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January 2009 - Posts

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 12:57 PM

First Family Shows the Nation & World an Updated American Face

I was pleased to come across an article on NYTimes.com that discusses the extended Obama-Robinson-Soetoro-Dunham families' roots.In the article, by Jodi Kantor, the new president's sister boils down the article's theme quite eloquently:“Our family is
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Monday, January 19, 2009 4:06 PM

Keeping It To Yourself, Take 2

A few months back (Oct. 12, to be exact) I posted some thoughts about journalists keeping their political opinions off of social networking sites.  To wit, journalists should refrain from announcing their support for a political candidate on these
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 2:20 PM

Reaching Mexican-American Audiences in Idaho

An item from the Idaho Statesman caught my eye today.  An excerpt:"KIVI-Channel 6, which is ABC's Boise affiliate, has launched a new Spanish-language channel at digital 6.2.The channel is Mexicanal, which features news, information and programs
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 1:27 PM

Web design opportunity

I recently met Ron Kavanaugh of New York-based Mosaic Literary Magazine (check out his Facebook group).  He's a great guy who cares deeply about literature and other writings from and about people of color.  He is putting out a call for an interesting
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Thursday, January 08, 2009 3:30 PM

Overseas Teaching Opportunity

Visiting Faculty in Print and Television Journalism – Bangalore, India The Indian Institute of Journalism & New Media has two openings for visiting faculty in print and television in the next academic year starting in early July 2009 to May 2010.
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Monday, January 05, 2009 1:59 PM

Counting Color... and Missing the Point?

This morning I read a blog entry from Eric Deggans ("The Feed") about:"(a bit) of depressing news comes courtesy of network TV news analyst Andrew Tyndall, who has released his typically thorough accounting of the big three broadcasters' journalism work
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