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Academic interest
One of the smartest and most sensible social scientists writing about journalism and the news is Michael Schudson. He has a piece in the Cuadernos de Información (N°19, 2006) which is published by the Communications Faculty at Santiago’s massive Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. It’s called The Anarchy of Events and the Anxiety of Story…
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Bob Jones blogs the gap between local journalism and the web with this story about how it feels to be on the wrong side of the mental health system in Britain.
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Gerald Ford RIP
AP‘s Jeff Wilson hits the note: Ford’s death hit desert residents hard. A candle flickered at dawn atop his marker on the Walk of Stars on Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs. Flags were lowered to half-staff outside exclusive gated communities. Social inclusion. That wasn’t his legacy then.
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Crude Journalism
I‘m not used to getting dedications in books, but I am especially proud of getting a mention (albeit barely deserved) in Alao Adedayo‘s Crude Journalism: The History of Alaroye and African Indigenous Language Newspapers. Don’t be put off by the sub-title this is a rollicking good read – like Rousseau‘s Confessions. It tells the story…