- New Media
"Broadcasting -- simply pushing massive amounts of information out to people -- has its uses, most notably getting a story, your brand (gag) or whatever else attention. But, connectedness is the future -- and has almost limitless potential both for journalism and the digital world more broadly."The Washington Post column "The Fix" last Tuesday.
- CBS 60 Minutes Under Attack over its Africa stories:
"...this anachronistic style of coverage reproduces, in condensed form, many of the worst habits of modern American journalism on the subject of Africa.
To be clear, this means that Africa only warrants the public’s attention when there is disaster or human tragedy on an immense scale, when westerners can be elevated to the role of central characters, or when it is a matter of that perennial favourite, wildlife."
That's from a letter signed by 200 professors and other educators to CBS 60-Minutes which they criticize for its Africa stories.
- No, we do not try to coordinate our clothing colors each morning on Alabama News Network---but Olivia and I ended up with a robin's egg blue theme one day last week.
Even more unexpected: a few week s ago, ANN meteorologist Elissia Wilson wore the same dress as a person on the other Montgomery morning show.
- Language: I heard a broadcast network story about the French plane crash over the weekend in which the co-pilot was described as a "troubled pilot". He may have been, but I doubt you'll find much sympathy for him among the relatives of the 149 people he murdered.
"...CEO’s who think their job is to create “vertically integrated digital-media companies,” and journalists who think their job is to win Pulitzers. It’s hard to move forward when two separate cultures are pursuing their own separate objectives.
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