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Eyeballing the News in 140 Characters

Jun. 15, 2009

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the talk of the town with his reelection victory on June 12. Commanding 63 percent of the electorate, many voters and political onlookers believe a scam occurred and votes were rigged, expecting former Prime Minister Mir Hossein Mousavi to take more than 34% of the total.
Protesters took to the streets [...]

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How Newspaper Mission Statements Could Change

May. 26, 2009

The Dallas Morning News celebrated its 21st birthday in 1906 and general manager George Bannerman Dealey, according to the newspaper’s history, spoke the words that guide the management and operation of The Dallas Morning News to this day. Referring to the founders of the newspaper, he said:
They built The News upon the rock of truth [...]

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How Citizen Journalists Scoop Newspapers

May. 26, 2009

If a newspaper prints an edition every day, aren’t you curious how citizen journalists scoop the news? If so, keep reading for I’m about to share one of many strategies.
With this blog post, I am beating the Newburyport Daily News at its own game.
Here’s one way:
I receive a number of Google Alerts daily; some, several [...]

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Are 100 Newspapers Wrong?

May. 2, 2009

In the wake of dozens upon dozens of newspapers around the country slashing their publication days, why aren’t other financially-strapped papers following suit?
Dan Kennedy’s been tracking the Boston Globe for a while, especially after the latest what-if scenario that the New York Times Company would close the Globe unless $20 million was found. In his [...]

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Has the MBTA Lost its Transportation Mind?

Apr. 12, 2009

Detailed by The Boston Globe on Friday morning, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority seeks to drastically eliminate subway, bus, and rail services; raise faires; and cut 805 jobs in an effort to alleviate $160 million in debt.
The T, as its affectionately abbreviated in the Bay State and around New England, insists its “backup plan” of [...]

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Should Public Safety Departments be Merged?

Mar. 13, 2009

Not unusual by any means, another story about merging police and fire departments appeared in yesterday’s issue of the Mercury News.
At a time when government employees are sharing information on social networking channels like Twitter’s @Govtwit and Govloop, it’s natural to extend this notion to communities, no?
This time, Alameda, California is in the hot seat.
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Thomas Jefferson on Newspaper Delivery

Feb. 4, 2009

The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers, stated Thomas Jefferson.
What would Jefferson think of social media?
Might his words be stemmed in part from the competitive fight for journalistic integrity and the battle over print and digital media?
You only need to read Mitch Joel’s perspective [...]

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