Category Archives: Chapter 6

Jeremy Littau’s tweet storm on the news business goes viral

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Ralph Hanson

On January 24, 2019, my friend Jeremy Littau, a journalism professor at Leigh University, started a tweet storm of 30 or so posts that outlined an argument of why news media layoffs keep happening. Within half an hour I had … Continue reading →

Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 3, Chapter 6 | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Jeremy Littau’s tweet storm on the news business goes viral

Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on January 9, 2019 by Ralph Hanson

Did the major television networks collaborate together on deciding to give live coverage to President Trump’s border wall speech?  Kinda looks like it. They all gave coverage to 45’s speech, and they all declined to give coverage to President Obama’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Chapter 14, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 9 | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Questions Worth Asking (Maybe) – Cable News Host Edition

Posted on November 6, 2018 by Ralph Hanson

What would Fox News do if one of their major hosts directly supported a political candidate? Fox News host Sean Hannity spoke as a “special guest” at Trump rally Monday night after having been there originally to conduct an interview … Continue reading →

Posted in Chapter 14, Chapter 6 | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Questions Worth Asking (Maybe) – Cable News Host Edition

“A Church, A School –” An editorial from the Atlanta Constitution, 1958

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Ralph Hanson

For today’s blog post, I’m reprinting a Pulitzer Prize winning editorial by Ralph McGill, written for the Atlanta Constitution almost exactly 60 years ago. As I was researching the links to go with this, the following article from Poynter popped up. … Continue reading →

Posted in Chapter 6 | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on “A Church, A School –” An editorial from the Atlanta Constitution, 1958

Reading and Writing About Food

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Ralph Hanson

My senior reporting class this semester has been inspired by the work of the late food writers Jonathan Gold and Anthony Bourdain, and are working on stories about food and culture in the Kearney, Nebraska area.  One of their class-participation … Continue reading →

Posted in Chapter 6 | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Reading and Writing About Food

Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on October 18, 2018 by Ralph Hanson

How will the Music Modernization Act help musicians? The new MMA simplifies streaming payments for songwriters, older recorded music and producers. And how does the music industry loses $2.65 billion a year from coffee shops? When the owners use their … Continue reading →

Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Dangerous Times Globally for Journalists

Posted on October 11, 2018 by Ralph Hanson

I’ve been putting off writing this blog post because I really don’t want to write it. I don’t like writing about a journalist being raped and murdered for trying to cover totalitarian regimes. another journalist has been murdered, once again … Continue reading →

Posted in Chapter 15, Chapter 6, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Dangerous Times Globally for Journalists

Talking about the news and how we respond to it

Posted on September 28, 2018 by Ralph Hanson

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. I’m working to finish all the supporting materials for the seventh edition of Mass Communication: Living in a Media World, which hasn’t left much time for blogging. Hope to get back on a regular schedule … Continue reading →

Posted in Chapter 6 | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Talking about the news and how we respond to it

Should people’s heads be exploding over NY Times anonymous commentary from inside the Trump White House?

Posted on September 7, 2018 by Ralph Hanson

This week has not suffered from lack of news for people like me who are obsessed with the coverage of news coming out of Washington. First, there was all the fuss over Nike featuring NFL kneeling protester Colin Kaepernick being … Continue reading →

Posted in Chapter 14, Chapter 6 | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Should people’s heads be exploding over NY Times anonymous commentary from inside the Trump White House?

Remembering Senator John McCain

Posted on August 28, 2018 by Ralph Hanson

There is much about Sen. John McCain that I have admired throughout my adult life, starting when he was my senator in Arizona back in the early 1990s. The wide range of people praising Sen. McCain demonstrates that we do … Continue reading →

Posted in Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 6 | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Remembering Senator John McCain