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Politico: Reporters Have No Access on Campaign Trail
Politico has an interesting story today on how news orgs are apparently wasting big bucks traveling with Obama and McCain to limited results:
“Not only do the reporters have little interaction with the candidates, but increasingly they are having little impact on the broad campaign narratives and daily story lines that supply most voters with their [...]
E&P: News Orgs Should Capitalize on Young Voter Enthusiasm
A new study from Medill’s Media Management Center details recommendations to news organizations on how to harness enthusiasm for the presedential election into loyal young news consumers. I weigh in, and also talk with The Nation’s Ari Melber and Congressional Quarterly’s Andrew Satter.
“The thing that stood out most to me in the study was the [...]
Editor & Publisher: Can Entertainment and Social Media Be Considered News?
I received an overwhelming “No!” response to last week’s column, so this week I challenged that assumption a bit deeper.
“The journalism-school side of my brain was inclined to agree with [the reader] because certainly one can defiine as, say, an A1 story about Iraq from the New York Times or a report on the recession [...]
Post-Convention Wrap Up: Our Responsibility to Help Barack Achieve His Vision
When I watched Obama’s keynote address at the 2004 convention from my then-apartment in Chicago, tears streaming down my face because someone had finally articulated what it should mean to be an American citizen, like everyone else I thought: “This guy should be President.” To be sitting four years later at his electrifying acceptance speech [...]
Hybrid Media Love Fest at HuffPost Luncheon
A cast of entertainment, media and political heavyweights discussed the role of new media in the 2008 election this afternoon. Moderated by Charlie Rose, the lineup included Rahm Emanuel, George Stephanopoulos, WaPost’s Katharine Weymouth, Will.i.am, YouTube’s Chad Hurley and the guy who plays Barack Obama on Saturday Night Live.
While a lot of the usual arguments [...]
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