AltWeeklies Wire
The Media's Transgender Transformationnew
FAIR reports the major network and cable news programs have nearly doubled their coverage of transgender issues in 2007 compared to last year. But not all the publicity is nice.
Weekly Alibi |
Simon McCormack |
12-11-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Helping Journalists Take the Jumpnew
An organization called The Jump aims to assist veteran journalists who've left the daily newspapers, as well as those who fear the end is near.
Tags: media
Good Intentionsnew
The Chicago Reporter held a documentary contest. Not even the winner's happy.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
12-10-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
A Bright Future for U.S. Newspapers, Not the U.S.
The internet isn't the future of newspapers. Print is.
Exodus at the State Journal-Registernew
Top editors and publishers bail after GateHouse acquires Illinois dailies.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
12-06-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Is the Examiner Stealing Web Content?new
Most of the "Around San Francisco" columns disappeared from the paper's site after I asked the author by phone about what appeared to be work from other news sources, pasted verbatim and without attribution, into her column.
Tags: media
Hyping the Weathernew
A recent Oregon storm may not have lived up to the hype -- but the coverage could be more frightening than the event. To wit, our awards for the past few days.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
12-05-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Zines Never Died, They Just Got Craftiernew
The conventional wisdom is that the "zine explosion" of 10 years ago ended with a whimper. But if zines are dead, why do we still get dozens of them sent to our office each year?
Metro Times |
Michael Jackman |
12-04-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Who Says There's No Money in Journalism?new
Profit-driven news executives cash in while editors and writers do more with less.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
12-04-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Can Online Media Be Profitable?
Internet evangelists have blind faith in a future beyond print. The numbers tell a different story.
Tags: media
PBS Westnew
Much of the network's signature news program comes out of a Denver office whose staffers have quietly been doing good work for nearly a quarter-century.
Tags: media
Was Reagan a Racist?new
Pundits bitch-slap each other over a 27-year-old campaign speech.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
12-03-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Fake-News Vacuumnew
What are the consequences of the Writers Guild of America strike in a world where more and more serious-news coverage -- particularly political news -- is coming from fake TV-news programs, such as The Daily Show and The Colbert Report?
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
11-29-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Suffrage Net Citynew
The web has become key to presidential politics -- we rate the candidates on how they've put Al Gore's invention to use.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
11-29-2007 |
Media
Tags: 2008 presidential election, media
The Times Ignores Real Issues in Stagehand Strikenew
It's curious to me how The New York Times justifies its blatantly frivolous treatment of the striking Broadway stagehands, instead concentrating on the inconveniences the shutdown has caused affluent New Yorkers and tourists who now won't be able to fork over the exorbitant ticket prices that a show like "Jersey Boys" commands.
New York Press |
Russ Smith |
11-29-2007 |
Media
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