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Civic media researcher crossing boundaries to foster empowered, inclusive, informed citizenship. Co-founder, @immtcnj RTs are not endorsements. She/her
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Have Journalists Learned Nothing from 2016 | Ark Republic

Have Journalists Learned Nothing from 2016 | Ark Republic

arkrepublic.com — Oprah gave a dope acceptance speech at the 2018 Golden Globes ceremony. The fact that we now have a national conversation about her fitness for the Presidency says more about the news media than it does about her.
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DNC diary: Waiting on the world to change

DNC diary: Waiting on the world to change

kimpearson.net — On Tuesday evening, just after the Democratic National Convention made Hillary Clinton their official nominee for President, Maria Hutchinson stood impassively next to the complimentary charging station in the hallway of the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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I Marched for the Martin Luther King Holiday

I Marched for the Martin Luther King Holiday

SheKnows — Early on the crisp, clear morning of January 15, 1981, I boarded a bus in Princeton, New Jersey bound for a demonstration in Washington, DC to make the birthdate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. a national holiday. Via the Associated Press, the New
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Hillary Clinton's Next Act: Making Half the World's Leaders Women

Hillary Clinton's Next Act: Making Half the World's Leaders Women

SheKnows — The Women in Public Service Project, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's new initiative to shepherd a new generation of women into politics and policymaking around the globe, could prove to be the most significant public diplomacy move since the Kennedy Administration launched the Peace Corps fifty years ago.
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How Computational Thinking is Changing Journalism & What's Next

How Computational Thinking is Changing Journalism & What's Next

Poynter Online — I'm part of the post-Watergate generation of journalism school graduates, and I'm watching my peers struggle to master digital tools in an effort to stay relevant to an industry that is shifting under their feet.
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FOIA at 40: Can it still help journalists examine its government?

FOIA at 40: Can it still help journalists examine its government?

ojr.org — The Freedom of Information Act turned 40 on July 4 of this year, a moment for both celebration and reflection among advocates for open government and press freedom. Lucy Dalglish, executive director of The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press sees plenty of cause for both reflection and redoubled effort to preserve the public’s right to know in our current political climate, nearly six years after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
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Big Media vs. Grass roots: A status report

Big Media vs. Grass roots: A status report

ojr.org — The extended drama surrounding Rupert Murdoch’s unsolicited $5 billion bid to take over family-owned Dow Jones media empire, along with the pending $8.2 billion sale of the Tribune Co. has brought renewed attention to the longstanding debate over media consolidation. While these two high-profile transactions have grabbed the spotlight, they are mere flashpoints in a much larger battle between free-market advocates and grass-roots media advocates over the role of government in ensuring equal access to the marketplace of ideas.
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Cho manifesto highlights challenges for online news

Cho manifesto highlights challenges for online news

ojr.org — When Seung-Hui Cho sent a multimedia diatribe to NBC while on a two-hour break during his killing-spree at Virginia Tech University last month, it wasn’t the first attempt by a murder to use the media as his personal platform. However, the decisions that NBC and other news organizations had to make about whether, how and when to present Cho’s last thoughts took on a new level of complexity in this age of ubiquitous online media. The web presentation of portions of Cho’s video, photographs and words elicited thoughtful and divergent reactions from journalists, bloggers, scholars and other media professionals.
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Covering tragedy: Emerging lessons from the Virginia Tech Killings

Covering tragedy: Emerging lessons from the Virginia Tech Killings

BlogHer — In my day job, I'm a journalism educator. When a horrific event such as Monday's massacre at Virginia Tech occurs, I'm looking for the lessons I can share with my students, and ways to make sure that I am modeling good professional practice for them.
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Legal and business advice for online publishers

Legal and business advice for online publishers

ojr.org — Over the months that I’ve been writing about legal issues for OJR, the consistent issue that has emerged is that online publishers need good legal representation. But that imperative has been matched by an equally vexing question: how does a small publisher get the right legal advice at an affordable price? Fortunately, there’s a host of good resources available, and some fairly clear guidelines on when legal advice is needed. Here’s what I learned from talking to the experts and scouring the Web.
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The "Libby effect:" can you still keep your sources secret?

The "Libby effect:" can you still keep your sources secret?

ojr.org — At this writing, the jury has yet to hand down a verdict in the trial of former White House aide Lewis “Scooter” Libby on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice. [Update: Guilty on four of five counts — Ed.] Whatever the verdict, one thing is clear, according Amy Ginensky, a partner at the Philadelphia law firm of Pepper, Hamilton, LLP who has tried many First Amendment cases: the Libby trial is “a subject that all of us who have any thing to do with the media need to do a lot of thinking about.”
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Governments jailing more internet journalists

Governments jailing more internet journalists

ojr.org — A new report from the Committee to Project Journalists finds that increasingly, online journalists are being imprisoned for their work, causing an increase in the number of incarcerated journalists for the second straight year. CPJ said that as of December 1, 49 of 134 imprisoned journalists worldwide work via the Internet — the highest number in that category since CPJ began keeping records in 1997. Print journalists remain the largest category of imprisoned journalists; 67 print reporters, editors and photographers are behind bars, CPJ said.
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The free press in not-so-free nations

The free press in not-so-free nations

ojr.org — In late October, Reporters Without Borders released its annual global survey of press freedom, identifying such countries as North Korea, Turkmenistan and Eritrea as major violators’ of the right to free expression. Paradoxically, many of the countries that habitually appear on the human rights’ group list of worst violators have constitutions that guarantee the right to freedom of speech and association. To understand this paradox, we consulted Professor Adrien Wing, a professor of comparative constitutional law at the University of Iowa College of Law. Professor Wing’s expertise in constitutional law comes from practical experience, not just study: she advised the “founding fathers and mothers” responsible for crafting the constitutions of post-apartheid South Africa, the Palestinian Territory and post-genocide Rwanda.
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Josh Wolf_ videoblogger at the center of controversy over journalists' rights

Josh Wolf_ videoblogger at the center of controversy over journalists' rights

ojr.org — In some ways, Joshua Wolf cuts an unlikely figure as a crusader for the rights of journalists. The 24-year-old California videoblogger’s journalistic portfolio is “thin,”, according to Anthony Lappe, executive editor of Guerilla News Network. Some traditional journalists are discomfited by the Wolf’s sympathy for the anarchists whose activities he often covers.
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Chinese blogger's release no guarantee of press freedom

Chinese blogger's release no guarantee of press freedom

ojr.org — Chinese blogger and filmmaker Hao Wu isn’t making public statements about the 140 days he spent imprisoned in China. Wu, a Chinese citizen with US permanent residency, was released from prison July 11 after an international campaign by Wu’s sister, his fellow bloggers and human rights activists. Chinese security services officials did not disclose the reasons for Wu’s arrest or the conditions of his release.
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What I learned from meeting Maya Angelou: "There's always something wanting to come."

What I learned from meeting Maya Angelou: "There's always something wanting to come."

kimpearson.net — Her day is done. Dr. Maya Angelou, artist, activist, educator and inspiration, died this morning at the age of 86, according to news reports. # Link in context The news felt like a punch in the gut. I met Dr. Angelou first through her books, then in performance, and then in an interview that I never published, until now.
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The Me Nobody Knew Then

The Me Nobody Knew Then

SheKnows — "When I first get up in the morning I feel fresh and it feels like it would be a good day to me. But after I get in school, things change and they seem to turn into problems for me.
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Interview: Diane Abbott, Candidate for British Labour Party Leader

Interview: Diane Abbott, Candidate for British Labour Party Leader

SheKnows — Back in June, we reported on the effort of Diane Abbott, Britain's first black female member of Parliament, to get on the ballot for leadership of the Labour Pary. While some observers scoffed at the prospect that the veteran back-bencher could beat out better financed candidates who had served in previous Labour governments, Abbott did succeed in becoming the only female candidate for Party leader on the ballot. Voting began September 1st and will continue through most of the month under a scheme that accords weight to individual party members, organizations, and MPs. The winner will be announced at the Party's national conference September 26-30.
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Why James O'Keefe Is Not A Journalist

Why James O'Keefe Is Not A Journalist

SheKnows — James O'Keefe, the undercover videographer known for his recent arrest at Sen. Mary Landrieu's office and last fall's ACORN sting videos, calls himself an investigative journalist in the tradition of 60 Minutes and others. Even if you are a fan of his work, I hope that you recognize that he is an activist and propagandist, not a journalist by the standards most professionals use.
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How Journalism's Changes are Changing Our Ways of Knowing

How Journalism's Changes are Changing Our Ways of Knowing

SheKnows — Something has been missing from our conversations about the changing nature of news and journalism education, and after gnawing on it for months, I think I finally have the words.
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On Sonia Sotomayor and the Process of Inclusion

On Sonia Sotomayor and the Process of Inclusion

SheKnows — I have thought long and hard about writing this post about Judge Sonia Sotomayor and the racial debate touched off by what I think is a misreading of her 2001 speech, "A Latina Judge's Voice."By now,you know the speech I'm talking about.
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Rosa Clemente, Green Party candidate for VP, talks to BlogHer

Rosa Clemente, Green Party candidate for VP, talks to BlogHer

SheKnows — Rosa Clemente doesn't take things at face value. My first clue about that was when when the Green Party vice-presidential candidate nixed my plan to record our conversation using Freeconferencecall.com. She said she didn't like that kind of service because the providers store the audio files on their servers, where they can be datamined.
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A Rough-Hewn Kind of Beauty

A Rough-Hewn Kind of Beauty

SheKnows — Some months ago, a phone conversation with my BlogHer colleague Rita Arens turned toward my experience of having ankylosing spondylitis, an arthritic condition that froze my spine over the course of 30 years, first into a ramrod pole and now into a shepherd's crook. With her encouragement, I jabbered on about how, along the way, I've loved and lost, borne and raised two children, managed a career and had bi-lateral hip replacements - two surgeries - a week apart, followed by single doses of radiation. Then Rita suggested that my story would be a good addition to the "Own Your Beauty" series. That shut me up.
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NPR's Michel Martin Tells Us More

NPR's Michel Martin Tells Us More

SheKnows — National Public Radio's Michel Martin has a gold-plated mainstream-media resumé that stretches back over 25 years. High-profile reporting stints at the Wall Street Journal, ABC News' Nightline, and PBS' NOW with Bill Moyers, are just a few of the highlights.
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