The federal government has lots of important issues it needs to deal with these days. It doesn’t need to deal with protecting newspapers. It shouldn’t protect newspapers. It can’t afford to protect with newspapers. howardowens Dear Uncle Sam: Butt out. We don’t need your interference in the news business. 29 May 2010 from web The [...]
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4 things the feds should do instead of protecting newspapers
Posted in Government subsidies for journalism, How News Happens, Twitter, tagged Federal Trade Commission, How News Happens, Howard Owens, Jeff Jarvis, John Nichols, Len Downie, Michael Schudson, Project for Exc, Robert W. McChesney, Twitter on May 30, 2010 | 14 Comments »
My tweeps help with tips and examples of Twitter’s value in covering breaking news
Posted in Breaking news, Twitter, Workshop handouts, tagged Brian Smith, Chris Keller, Chron.com, Dean Betz, Dwight Silverman, Dylan Boyle, Houston Chronicle, Iowa State University, Nathaniel Miller, nwi.com, Sacbee.com, Twitter on May 24, 2010 | 8 Comments »
I like what the Houston Chronicle is doing to aggregate tweets from the community about breaking news stories. I asked my tweeps last week for breaking news tips for a Twitter webinar I was leading for the Online Media Campus. I got some great answers from a colleague at the Chronicle (some other tweeps responded [...]
As Mom’s memory fades, my memories of her grow more precious
Posted in Personal, tagged Alzheimer's disease, Harriet Buttry on May 9, 2010 | 13 Comments »
In my earliest memories, I am sick, struggling for breath on Mom’s lap as she strokes me gently and sings Brahms’ Lullaby in her clear soprano voice. We lived in England then, the first of Dad’s military assignments I can remember. My memories of Utah are more vivid. In the dry mountain air, my asthma [...]
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