“Television is the first truly democratic culture - the first culture available to everybody and entirely governed by what the people want. The most terrifying thing is what people do want.”
Perfect example of how, by following one thing more closely than anyone else, you can become the go to source for news: https://t.co/8rtShM8JTue Nov 22 13:49:19 via webJay Rosen
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elfa One of the personal treats of FutureMedia Fest 2011 at the Georgia Tech Conference Center on Tuesday was getting to see “Page One: Inside The New York Times.” I’ll admit that before looking over the program for FutureMedia, I...
Craig Tashman, a doctorate student in the School of Interactive Computing, says this research project at Georgia Tech is being spun out of the university and will become a startup. LiquidText will be first released as an iPad app. It’s...
The Knoxville News Sentinel, my employer, has filed suit to unseal a secret file being used by defense attorneys in efforts to overturn convictions in the brutal torture and murders of a young couple in 2007. Evidence presented in the...
A new Florida political web site was announced by E.W. Scripps today that leverages its newspapers and TV stations in the state.
The new site is called FLDemocracy2012.com. From the news release:
Running on Empty: The Brain Drain in Local TV News (TRT 57:00). This documentary was produced by Bill and Karin Schwanbeck, professors of journalism at Quinnipiac University. The documentary covers a development that doesn’t bode well for local communities. While...
Hilarious (or sad) video of how local TV news handled this story about a same-sex wedding on the Conan O’Brien show. (via Techdirt).
Nashville Scene reporter Jonathan Meador “covers” his own arrest during Occupy Nashville arrests early in the weekend. He is lucky the camera wasn’t confiscated.
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Another blogging platform; another next Twitter or Facebook or YouTube; another must-have smart phone app; another groundbreaking piece of hardware that will revolutionize … After awhile, it’s just so much beta burnout. If you are trying to lead the way...