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   The Smiling Somali Pirate

   April 21, 2009 03:56 PM

   Linking to video of the Somali teenager accused of heading up the seizure of the Maersk Alabama arriving in New York City last night and smiling at the assembled cameras and reporters, Joshua Keating at Foreign Policy's Passport blog... Continue reading

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   NBC News’s Selective Pulitzer Reporting

   April 21, 2009 12:16 PM

   Questions we asked ourselves here in our news meeting earlier: Does television news -- the nightly newscasts, for example-- (still) cover or mention the Pulitzer Prizes? And if so, how did, say, NBC Nightly News, last night report on... Continue reading

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   Make mine…Someone Else’s?

   April 21, 2009 10:30 AM

   The first issue of mine, that free (conceived and sponsored by Lexus) choose-your-own-content (from assorted Time Inc. publications) magazine arrived last week-- though not, reports the New York Times, without a hitch. Some subscribers received content from magazines... Continue reading

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   Prized Journalists

   April 21, 2009 09:30 AM

   Paul Giblin, one of a two-reporter team yesterday awarded a Pulitzer for local reporting for the East Valley Tribune (Mesa, AZ), was laid off by that paper in October, as was Patti Epler, the editor for the prize-winning project.... Continue reading

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   (Don’t) Follow Me!

   April 20, 2009 04:36 PM

   Meghan McCain kicks off a Daily Beast column complaining about all the "creepy" people following her on Twitter (like Karl Rove and "America's Toughest Sheriff" and "journalists" who can't seem to "find something more important and useful to report"... Continue reading

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   Magic Wall And All

   April 20, 2009 12:48 PM

   If you watch CNN, you know that since Obama's inauguration they've been trying to retain viewers with/heavily promoting (music! logo!) their coverage of "President Obama's First 100 Days." And, maybe you've asked yourself, what of Day 101? How will CNN... Continue reading

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   ‘Round The Water Cooler: Bono’s Column

   April 20, 2009 11:57 AM

   Assorted CJR writers ponder Bono's second New York Times column: 1) Finally, a home for all those stray lyrics that didn't make the cut for No Line On The Horizon? 2) Remember what Gail Collins, the onetime Times... Continue reading

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   “Waiting To Be Told Things…”

   April 20, 2009 10:15 AM

   ...is what "the day of a typical White House correspondent consists [of], literally," writes Ana Marie Cox in a Washington Post piece arguing "Why We Should Get Rid of White House Correspondents," Cox's contribution to a Post "Spring... Continue reading

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   Sunday Morning: “Time Warp” or “Golden Age?”

   April 20, 2009 09:31 AM

   Writing for CJR last week Charles Kaiser declared "Sunday show punditry" "stuck in a hopeless time warp." Kaiser's focus was on the very limited spectrum of guests who routinely pontificate on the This Weeks and the Meet the Presses,... Continue reading

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    Bo Knows

    April 16, 2009 11:59 AM

    Only a matter of time before Bo Obama "gets" that he's "famous" and starts acting vain and entitled like Stump the Sussex spaniel who won Westminster's Best in Show this year, Stump's owner tells the New York Times. Also... Continue reading

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    In Other Wednesday Protest News

    April 16, 2009 11:21 AM

    Had your fill of news footage of Wednesday's Tea Party protesters? Be sure to check out the nytimes.com video of some Afghan women in Kabul who were also yesterday protesting. Sure, you don't get adults in tri-corner hats and Betsy... Continue reading

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    Remember When “Nuts” Were Naughty?

    April 16, 2009 09:25 AM

    Remember a time not long ago when "nuts" were really, truly in the news -- as in, a reporter could quote a well-known civil rights figure saying that word in an angry reference to a Democratic candidate for president?... Continue reading

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    “Strategy Session” Meets “The Pleasant Little Dog Story”

    April 15, 2009 03:46 PM

    Recall what Megan wrote earlier about Bo Obama's arrival and how it brought out the worst in cable news impulses, with cable outlets trying yesterday to squeeze Analysis and Significance out of what was a simple, sweet story. Calling... Continue reading

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    “Is Media Jingoism Fanning Indo-Pak Tensions?”

    April 15, 2009 03:08 PM

    Indian and Pakistani journalists sat down in New Delhi today "for a session of unflinching self-scrutiny." (The headline to this post is the official title of that self-scrutiny session.) While organized so journalists might "examine their role in fueling... Continue reading

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    Journalism Online To The Rescue?

    April 15, 2009 12:39 PM

    Behold: "a company that will quickly facilitate the ability of newspaper, magazine and online publishers to realize revenue from the digital distribution of the original journalism they produce." It is Journalism Online, LLC, founded by "experienced journalism and media... Continue reading

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    Today In “Spaghetti Ingenuity”

    April 15, 2009 11:24 AM

    Yesterday, my colleague Megan bemoaned the glut of "wishful thinking-" type contributions to The Future of News Conversation, calling for less pie-in-the-sky talk and "a little more action." Wrote Megan: No longer can we afford to fling fanciful funding-model... Continue reading

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    TMZ’s M.O. — and Bo

    April 15, 2009 10:26 AM

    Time.com has a piece about how TMZ, "the usually Hollywood-focused follower of celebrity gossip and scandal"-- not Politico or The Washington Post or any of the usual D.C. media suspects -- broke the Bo Obama Story. From TMZ's... Continue reading

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    Almost Bo Time!

    April 14, 2009 04:44 PM

    CNN is flooding the zone on the Bo Obama Story: as we count down to the dog's any-minute-now debut, a Portuguese Water Hound (3-year-old Maggie, a Bo look-alike) sniffs around in The Situation Room and The Dog Whisperer, Cesar Milan,... Continue reading

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    HuffPo’s Citizen Journalists (Now More Journalist-y?)

    April 14, 2009 02:53 PM

    Reports Jeff Bercovici: The next batch of aspiring Mayhill Fowlers will have to behave a little more like journalists... As [The Huffington Post] prepares to roll out its new citizen-journalism project, Eyes and Ears, the site is... Continue reading

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    Blame The Teleprompter? The Teleprompted?

    April 14, 2009 01:46 PM

    Another chance to talk teleprompter! Of which MSNBC's Joe Scarborough availed himself on today's Morning Joe: (Cue clip of President Obama speaking yesterday on piracy, emphasis mine.) OBAMA: I want to be very clear that we are... Continue reading

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