Things I don't dare look at this weekend because I know I'd be hooked into browsing away the day... I've already spent hours at Wikipedia compulsively editing pages I know at least a little about, while getting ready for a radio interview on Sunday on an old favorite
topic of mine. These will have to wait, even though I'll want to
mention them in class sometime... (Text below is all from the sites'
RSS feeds.)
OJR Journalism Wiki.
The Online Journalism Review has
started a journalism wiki. What is Wiki you ask? Although it's been
around for a while not (you may be familiar with WikiPedia), OJR
describes it as, "A wiki is an article, like an encyclopedia entry, but
that any reader can add to or edit. " Very cool, imho. They break it up
into three main sections; Ethics, Reporting, and Writing.
[from J-Log]
Apple 1, Indie Journalists 0.
California's 'shield' law does not protect websites that publish scoops
based on illegal tips from corporate insiders, a judge rules, ordering
a trio of online reporters to reveal their confidential sources to the
Mac maker.
[from Wired News]
The Media Giraffe Project
...hosted by the journalism faculty
at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and funded by private
donations, will be spotlighting individuals making innovative use of
media to foster participatory democracy and community. Beginning in
March, the year-long research effort will seek, identify and profile
individuals "sticking their necks out" using media to achieve more
citizen involvement and accountability in government.
[from Bill Densmore at Newshare via unmediated]
Is It News or Public Relations? Under Bush, Lines Are Blurry.
Prepackaged television news segments
were broadcast on local stations without any acknowledgement of the
government[base ']s role in their production. By Davod Barstow and Robin Stein.
[NYT > Home Page]
New clean air plan would hit TVA's pocketbook hard .
Sulfur emissions that lead to acid rain and haze would be cut by half
in Tennessee by 2015 and nitrogen oxide emissions that lead to ozone
and smog would be cut by 80 percent.
[from WBIR.com - News] [Other pointers and discussion over at SKBubba's place]
Across U.S., Citizens Fight for Records
FALL
RIVER, Mass. (AP) -- Ed Lambert, Al Lima and Mike Miozza never thought
of themselves as activists, just regular guys. Then an energy company
announced plans to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in this small
community on the Taunton River. The men - the mayor, a city planner and
an engineer - had nightmare visions of gas igniting into a huge
fireball on the river, and asked for government-held reports that
studied the threat to the town if the plant or a tanker were
attacked....
From [Associated Press]
Neighborhood Conference
Join Mayors Bill Haslam and Mike Ragsdale for Knoxville/Knox County's
Second Annual Neighborhood Conference April 23, 2005 at 8 a.m. at the
Knoxville Convention Center - 2nd Floor Park Concourse.
[From City of Knoxville]
Speaking of neighbors, here's something from my old neighborhood...
UConn seeded in unfamiliar territory
For
the first time in 11 seasons, the Huskies did not win the Big East
regular season title. For the first time in 11 years, the Huskies
aren't the No. 1 seed in the Big East Tournament. Although the Huskies
have had problems all season, this is the first big streak that has
ended.
[From Connecticut Daily Campus]
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