Archive for September, 2008
Recent Articles
- If you haven’t been there already
- This week in Der Spiegel
- Ira Glass: “Newspapers and network news deserve to die”
- Band of Doctors
- Starbucks Faces Problems in New York City
- Changing Media Landscape - Discussion at the J-School
- New Media, New Opportunities
- Bike Share in New York City
- Life in a Radio Bubble - Recap of Election Night Coverage
- Rachel Sklar will do twitter interview after leaving Huffington Post
Featured Articles
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Phil Rosenthal, writer of the Chicago Tribune asks: “Now that people get what they want the way they want on the Internet, where does that leave those mainstream media outlets that, in traditional fashion, pair the news people want with the news it is thought they need?” Charles Gibson, anchor of ABC World News Tonight, has [...]
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The “U.S. vs. Libby” lawsuit did not only put an administration and its actions in the wake of the Iraq war on trial, but featured many stars of the political media landscape on the witness stand. I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, former top aide to Vice-President Dick Cheney was on trial for purgery and obstruction to federal [...]
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An attentive observer could come to the conclusion that the conflict in Iraq was solved a long time ago, the next elections would still be years away and all political issues resolved. At least one will get this impression when tuning in to either MSNBC or FOX News these days. While President Bush is announcing his [...]
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In 2006, the Tyndall Report notices a bigger coverage of the Iraq war in the American media than in 2005. Hurricane Katrina also is still among the leaders in the battle for airtime minutes. For 20 years, the report of Andrew Tyndall measures each evening which topics get the most coverage among the three leading evening [...]
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Each Sunday, Tim Russert, host of NBC’s Meet the Press, interviews the most influential politicians and most important press members in his Sunday talk show and it should come to no surprise that there is only one topic since the mid-term elections: Iraq. In a recent episode, Russert talked to two columnists of The New York [...]
Twitter Updates
Protesters Demand Bailout for Main Street
Photo: Assembleyman Hakeem Jeffries (by Franz Strasser)
On Tuesday, members of ACORN and local politicians gathered across the Federal Reserve building in Lower Manhattan to demand a bailout for Main Street, not just Wall Street.
INTRO: WITH FED CHAIRMAN BEN BERNANKE AND TREASURY SECRETARY HENRY PAULSON TESTIFYING IN CONGRESS TODAY, PROTESTERS NEAR WALL STREET CALLED FOR THE GOVERNMENT BAIL OUT MAIN STREET AND NOT JUST WALL STREET. FRANZ STRASSER WAS THERE.
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Dean Grueskin Addresses New J-schoolers
Bill Gruskin, the new Dean of Academic Affairs at The Journalism School at Columbia University, addressed the new students on August 29 in the Lecture Hall inside the J-School.
The former Deputy Managing Editor of The Wall Street Journal oversaw the wsj.com website and is now committed to focus journalism students more on the web than ever before. CJR.org quotes him:
“You have a responsibility, now, to our industry,” Grueskin said. “Democracy works badly when the press is not healthy and vigorous. Create models that will make it vibrant and healthy for a long time.”
Watch the video below or read about his speech and others at the J-School website.
Covering Politics in 140 Characters or Less
Poynter Online Front Page
Since my arrival, I have been trying to convince journalism students at Columbia University to get into twitter and start using it. One by one I talked about pros and cons and debated the value of reporting in less than 140 character.
But it wasn’t until the arrival of John McCain and Barack Obama at our campus, when we finally had a project to utilize the strengths of twitter. Real-time reporting, adding a different perspective to an all-out coverage.
In my first article on Poynter Online, I talk about our experience.
> visit twitter.com/j_school for our collaborative effort and twitter.com/franzstrasser to see my tweets.
Watching the Forum at the J-School student center
Update on Sept. 12, 11:20 a.m.: This was a live feed of the student center during the forum. It has now gone back to the regular feed.
Visit mogulus page here.
Elmhurst, Queens reacts to Sarah Palin
Last week, I was out on my beat in the neighborhood of Elmhurst to ask female voters about their impression of Sarah Palin. The gouverneur of Alaska just delivered her speech to accept the nomination as Vice President as the first female candidate in the history of the Republican Party.
INTRO: AFTER ANNOUNCING SARAH PALIN AS HIS V.P. PICK, THE LATEST POLLS FIND JOHN MCCAIN GAINING 11 PERCENT WITH WHITE WOMEN IN AMERICA. IN THE QUEENS NEIGHBORHOOD OF ELMHURST, FRANZ STRASSER TALKED TO A DIVERSE GROUP OF FEMALE VOTERS ABOUT THEIR IMPRESSIONS.
Len Downie Jr. on the conventions
Just a few weeks ago, he opened the semester at the School of Journalism with his fascinating talk about the changing media industry.
Now it’s back to business.
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