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September 13, 2010
15:37
The Virtual Assignment Desk and The Launch of the Local East Village
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Today The Local East Village launches. That makes it a big day for me and the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at NYU. And for Studio 20, which developed for the launch a new piece of software: the Virtual Assignment Desk. What is it? Read on...
August 15, 2010
10:45
The Citizens Agenda in Campaign Coverage
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The idea is to learn from voters what those voters want the campaign to be about, and what they need to hear from the candidates to make a smart decision. So you go out and ask them: "what do you want the candidates to be discussing as they compete for votes in this year's election?"
July 26, 2010
1:31
The Afghanistan War Logs Released by Wikileaks, the World's First Stateless News Organization
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"In media history up to now, the press is free to report on what the powerful wish to keep secret because the laws of a given nation protect it. But Wikileaks is able to report on what the powerful wish to keep secret because the logic of the Internet permits it. This is new."
July 07, 2010
14:14
Objectivity as a Form of Persuasion: A Few Notes for Marcus Brauchli
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"Reporting can be trusted if it is cured of opinion. Reporting can be trusted if it is dusted with opinion. Or even completely interwoven with opinion. It can lead to conclusions. Or the conclusions can be left to others."
June 24, 2010
1:48
The Politico Opens the Kimono. And then Pretends it Never Happened.
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"Think about what the Politico is saying: an experienced beat reporter would probably not want to 'burn bridges' with key sources by telling the world what happens when those sources let their guard down."
June 22, 2010
1:02
Fixing The Ideology Problem in Our Political Press: A Reply to The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder
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"If your job is to make the case, win the negotiations, decide what the community should do, or maintain morale, that is one kind of work. If your job is to tell people what's going on, and equip them to participate without illusions, that is a very different kind of work."
June 14, 2010
18:26
Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right: On the Actual Ideology of the American Press
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That it's easy to describe the ideology of the press is a point on which the left, the right and the profession of journalism converge. I disagree. I think it's tricky. So tricky, I've had to invent my own language for discussing it.
March 31, 2010
13:57
What CNN Should Do With Itself in Prime-Time
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A media beat reporter asked me if I had any advice for CNN about what to do in prime-time. Just so happens I do. Ditch the View from Nowhere but don't go aping your rivals. Here's my alt line-up for CNN from 7 to 11 pm.
March 17, 2010
23:17
How the Backchannel Has Changed the Game for Conference Panelists
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The bar's been raised. Use of the backchannel--years ago it was IRC, today it's Twitter--lets the audience compare notes and pool their dissatisfaction if the program misfires. Here's what we did to avoid that at SXSW.
March 07, 2010
16:00
News Without the Narrative Needed to Make Sense of the News: What I Will Say at South by Southwest
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