Thursday, July 21, 2005

Journalism education, blogging journalists, and more to read Berkeley's journalism school dean has a response to an online discussion of journalism education: "We Have Been Bull-Dozed Aside." The discussion began with a Carnegie Corporation and Knight Foundation project that got NYU's Jay Rosen and other journalism teachers talking a couple of months ago. The latest conversation is also taking place at Jay's blog, where Berkeley Dean Orville Schell and the accumulated comments from Jay and readers already run to more than 6,600 words -- about 18 single-spaced pages that I'll be reading on that "vacation." The New York Times reports on a media conglomerate's online move: News Corporation Buys an Internet Company. "The News Corporation bought Intermix Media, which runs MySpace.com, for $580 million, a transaction that gave Rupert Murdoch some pause." (Is this a surprise after Murdoch's speech in April? It gives me a sense of having been here before.) Ed Cone at the Greensboro, N.C., News & Record points to a colleague's article about his first six months as a "blogging newspaperman": Blog makes better paper, better writer. One quote: "Writing for the blog has made my writing voice crisper, more direct and more conversational." The new blogger, Allen Johnson, is the newspaper's editorial page editor. 9:03:35 PM     Rocky Top Brigade blogs on Well, that was quick! The Rocky Top Brigade constitution and roster have found a new home address, at the easy-to-remember http://rockytopbrigade.org, through the efforts of bloggers known as SayUncle and JustJohn. Things are still under construction, but looking good. Meanwhile, the full Rocky Top Brigade database of Tennessee-centric bloggers is being maintained by Barry at Inn of the Last Home. Says SayUncle, the new moderator: I don't want membership to be political. Membership will entail the following characteristics: 1 You're from Tennessee. 2 You have a blog. 3 You link to the RTB page. Pretty simple, eh? Political? As long as we keep the lines in the Constitution about Elvis, Dolly Parton and single-malt Scotch, I'm in.  South Knox Bubba sure did have a way with words, even if his citizen journalism, his ornithological photos and his East Tennessee liberal Democrat ideology were what charmed the masses, including (especially?) folks far from Tennessee. Since I set aside copies of the member list and constitution, expecting a longer hiatus, I'll keep them here as a little chunk of blog history... but the official copies -- and more RTB news to come -- are over at RockyTopBrigade.org. You also can get there through RockyTopBrigade.com, RockyTopBrigade.net and more. Looks like JustJohnny cornered the RTB-URL market! 6:24:43 PM

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