Posts Tagged ‘CNN’

An open letter to Mindy McAdams, purveyor of online journalism teaching tips and tools and creator of that wonderful timeline noting significant moments in online news reporting:  —— Inauguration Day 2008 was considered historic even before it happened (literally, with CNN.com imploring Web surfers before the big day to be sure to “Watch History Unfold”).  In the end, however, from [...]

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A post yesterday on the blog “journajunkie” by College of Brockport journalism professor Marsha Ducey caught my eye.  She wrote in praise of the new media acumen of The Stylus, Brockport’s student newspaper, for working over the winter break (when no print editions are published) to send a breaking news e-mail alert to students and [...]

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One consequence of America’s historic election: The public has been gobbling up newspapers like collectors’ items.  CNN reported that post-election print newspaper editions nationwide sold out uber-fast, prompting some papers to even restart their presses(!).   College print newspapers also witnessed emptier-than-usual newsstands and stacks.  For example, the EIC of The Maneater at the University of [...]

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Steve Jobs is alive, a revelation that has placed citizen journalism under the microscope in the lands of mediahysteria and nearby blogosphere.    A phony “news” brief by a CNN “ireporter” (citizen journalist) stating that the Apple CEO had suffered a massive heart attack caused the company losses of more than $14 billion on Wall Street in a matter of minutes.  It [...]

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