Follow the National Association of Black Journalists 2010 Convention in San Diego all this weekend through the Student Multimedia Project. It’s one of the best things NABJ does. Don’t miss their daily convention reports in print editions of the NABJ Monitor and broadcast on NABJ TV (not to mention Twitter). Check out these kids who may be coming to a media market near you, and leave ‘em a thumbs up or high-five note of encouragement.
Ace student journalists again on the case at NABJ
July 30th · NABJ, news media
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What — no NABJ words for NAACP? — Part II
July 23rd · news media
Thanks to my colleague Rochelle Riley, Detroit Free Press columnist, for begging the question: “Why would the NAACP believe anything it saw on Fox?”
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What — no NABJ words for NAACP?
July 22nd · news media
Statement from the National Association of Black Journalists on the Reaction of News Organizations Covering Shirley Sherrod:
(Also, while NABJ kept its comment media-centric, Betty Baye of Louisville Courier-Journal, one of my journalistic role models, weighs in nicely, as usual. — cbh)
WASHINGON (sic), DC, (July 22, 2010)-Today, the National Association of Black Journalists issued the following statement in response to the reaction of media organizations covering former U.S. Department of Agriculture staffer Shirley Sherrod:
The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is dismayed by the profound failure of media organizations in their rush to report on the allegedly racist remarks of former U.S. Department of Agriculture staffer Shirley Sherrod.
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Sara Haji spanks Maureen Dowd — and other insight from the minds of Muslim ladies at Muslimah Media Watch
July 20th · InterFaith21.com, news media
That “Open Letter to Maureen Dowd?” That’s what I was talking about at the conclusion of my last post over at InterFaith21.
Our increasingly discredited “mainstream” news organizations continue feeding a diet of Faux News from the right and the Dowds and Tom Friedmans on the left.
But the Internet is making accessible such folks as the knowledgeable Juan Cole. Also the ladies of Muslimah Media Watch where, on the subject of far-right politicians’ thinly veiled obsession with defining how Muslim women should dress, see here and here.
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And it wasn’t even political? Days of ‘recreational rioting’ in Belfast to impress the — er, young ladies?
July 14th · The Guardian
Amazing story. Burning questions. Literally. Also, another perspective: “I watch these youngsters and, all but for a change in fashion, they could be the same people who were on the streets in the 70s and 8os. It is soul-destroying to observe…It is too easy, and it is frankly irresponsible in the longer-term, to dismiss those rioting as ‘thugs’ or ‘bigots’ or ‘criminal elements’ or, indeed, ‘recreational rioters’ (and believe me, I know from bitter experience that all of these have a part to play).” More here, video here.
‘Web first, print surprise,’ and readers’ pictures on the front page, coming soon to an edition near you?
June 29th · Newspapers
At the Gulf News, editors “publish online first and follow up on stories for the print edition with details that provide more background, context and a certain element of surprise.”
Media watchers, and other folks who keep asking “What’s happening to our newspaper,” may appreciate this look at the Dubai news organization’s strategies.
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McChrystal out? Meet the new boss, same as Iran boss. Impeccable Afghanistan analysis @ juancole.com
June 26th · Afghanistan, Iraq
I know. We don’t want to know. But we need to know:
“Lessons of Petraeus’ Iraq for Petraeus’ Afghanistan”
Iraq cannot be a model for victory in Afghanistan, and it isn’t even clear that there has been any meaningful ‘victory’ in Iraq. — University of Michigan Professor Juan Cole, “Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion”
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Dunbar Village suspect charged in drive-by
June 22nd · Dunbar Village
Last year when I reported (for whataboutourdaughters.com) on the trials of several youths convicted of the heinous rape and assault against a mother and son, law enforcement folks suggested there was insufficient evidence against others allegedly involved — but that their arrest on other charges was just a matter of time. This just in.
Hear, hear: Serious Iran analysis @ JuanCole.com
June 19th · Iran
“The Greens are a Movement, not a Coup,” says the erudite U. of Michigan professor, in a 2-minute read that places U.S.-Iran relations in crystal-clear perspective. His “Informed Comment” blog at juancole.com routinely illustrates why our traditional news media have lost their monopoly on the attention of people who want to be informed rather than entertained.
Are ‘hyperlocals’ replacing traditional newspapers?
July 26th · South Florida Times, The Coastal Star, news media
Time weighs in with another update on a question that no matter where I go, comes up as soon as folks become aware of my news journalism background — “What’s happening to our newspaper(s)?” A nod to Jan Norris, mother hen to a bunch of us former Palm Beach Posties, for the alert on the Times piece.
Interestingly, the Time article’s comments underscore what most news organizations still are slow to recognize: Thanks to the Web, their craft has morphed from a monologue to a conversation.
There’s another problem: In our soon to be so-called “majority minority” country, the Time piece still was talking about local news for, basically, whites.
In contrast, although The Coastal Star covers a niche of mostly white oceanside towns south of Palm Beach, it also regularly includes my Interfaith21 column, seeking to cover the waterfront of diversity on area and other spiritual traditions.
In addition, the South Florida Times, another newspaper for which I write, is fulling its self-stated mission of “elevating the dialogue” in print and online from an African-American perspective, led by Publisher Robert Beatty, former Miami Herald general counsel and VP, and Brad Bennett, a former Miami Herald and Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel editor.
The link from the Time article to “25 sites you can’t live without” also illustrates the problem. With no disrespect to any on the list, or to anyone else, does the Time editor really think we can’t live without Television Without Pity.com’s TV series recaps and reviews, where on a scan of the home page, nary a soon-to-be-majority face was to be found?
Again, given that our children’s children’s children are likely to be paying for our nation’s misadventures in Iraq and Afghanistan, wouldn’t the range of information and views at Altmuslim or Informed Comment be more topical for such a list?
Or — since we’re on the subject of “What’s happening to our newspaper(s)?” — how about an invaluable source for media watchers — the Journalisms online column by veteran Richard Prince, of whom not so coincidentally, commentator Faye Anderson said on her Facebook page today: “Happy Birthday to the Prince of Peacemaking’ among old and new media.”
In any event, it appears that the “hyperlocal” story soon will not be so whitebread.
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