Category Archives: In the News

You Tube White House Channel

Did you know there was a You Tube White House channel? Tune in for President Obama’s weekly address.

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Buffalo News Coverage of Plane Crash

The Buffalo News mobilized 75 people to cover the Thursday night plane crash, pulling people off features. The website has youtube footage, blogs. It’s a great showcase for multimedia journalism LINK.According to the Poynter Institute’s Al Tompkins, there’s also some social media coverage. 

WNYMedia has a photo feed flowing photos online, and there is a Flickr feed. Witnesses quickly posted videos on YouTube, and Facebook groups began forming to support the victims’ families and share information. (Facebook login required).”

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Changing Washington Press Corps

Interesting Pew survey about changing face of the Washington Press Corps LINK.

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Michelle Obama on Cover of Vogue

The First Lady will appear on the cover of Vogue magazine LINK.

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Prez Obama’s First News Conference

Highlights from Prez Obama’s first White House presser LINK.

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Chicago Tribune Layoffs

Chicago Tribune execs say they have to resort to layoffs and subscription hike to weather the financial storm LINK.

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Obama Talks Football, Troop Withdrawal, Malia And Sasha’s School, And Jessica Simpson

Matt Lauer interview with Prez. Obama

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Purchase in the News

Journal News columnist Greg Clary writes about his visit to the class of professors Ross Daly and George Kraemer. LINK

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RIP Juicy Campus

Juicy Campus, the popular yet vile digital public bathroom wall for students, has gone broke and will shut down LINK

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Bale’s Outburst

 

Actors and directors have been leaping to the defense of Batman actor, Christian Bale’s four minute tirade against the film’s director of photography on the set.  The BBC counted the number of times he used the F-word (35). Here’s Bale: LINK And here’s the BBC’s story about it: LINK

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Phelps is Forgiven

Slate gets scientific about Phelps’ lung capacity after bong story. LINK

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Facebook Turns Five

The social networking site started by a student turns five today. LINK

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Student Told to Take “Black” Out of Yearbook

School officials tell NY student to take the words “black” out of her yearbook submission because it might be offensive. Student Press Law Center takes the case and calls it censorship. LINK

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Blago on Letterman

Urgh. Blago insists on Letterman that he’s innocent. Crowd boos.

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NY Times Hints at Charging for Website Access

Times’ Bill Keller suggests the paper may charge again for access to some parts of site. LINK

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