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Hurrah for ‘The Fightin’ Newsies’
Stephen Colbert on newspapers and the Newspaper Association of America. It’s a can’t miss: here.
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Why can’t online newspaper link?!
I love the Buffalo News. I really do. But give me a break. In an ONLINE story about how the city of Buffalo government is releasing salary data online, the readers were given this direction. The...
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Best of the Blogs for Teaching Journalism
I’m starting a new occasional feature here focusing on some good reads for journalism teachers. I will be sharing these blog posts with students in my journalism and web design classes. ♦Gina Chen’s...
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Real people, real dismay about journalism
Last night I delievered a talk about news literacy to the Brockport Rotary Club. The talk soon became a discussion on the current state of journalism. What struck me most about the concerns the members...
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Hero emerges in journalism hearings
I watched the Senate committee’s hearing on the future of journalism yesterday from my computer at work. Well, watched isn’t the right word. It was more listened to. What struck me most about the...
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Newspaper boxes in museums
I took my daughter to the Strong National Museum of Play recently and noticed a couple of newspaper boxes like this in the exhibit for Sesame Street. Five years ago, I wouldn’t have thought much of...
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Paperboy: The video game
Paperboy arcade game Ah, memories. I recently saw an old Paperboy arcade game. The 1980s game had players take the paperboy through a variety of adventures and obstacles to deliver the paper to...
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5 Things Newspapers Could Learn from ‘Paperboy’
I recently took a walk down memory lane and revisited the 1980s arcade game Paperboy, which spawned many “remakes” and versions released for video gaming systems including some around today. Today I’d...
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Godspeed, fellow journalists
Many, many of my fellow journalists from my days at The (Syracuse) Post-Standard are taking the buyout that was offered and going their separate ways. I don’t blame them. The buyout includes a year’s...
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What does lack of sex assault coverage mean?
The silence is deafening. It sounds cliche, but I can think of no other way to describe the astounding lack of local media coverage of a reported sexual assault of a College at Brockport (SUNY) student...
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Proof Journalism STILL Matters
Journalism matters. Journalists are still working to hold those in power accountable for their actions. They are still “giving voice to the voiceless,” as the Society of Professional Journalists Code...
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