International Journalism Workshop, Ithaca College, July 09

CNN gets Pentagon approval

Big Media Hall of Shame, acc to the media reform group Free Press.

Sen. Stevens, opponent of net neutrality.

Indy journalists harassed at 2008 Repub convention

Indy video becomes major prez campaign story

David Weinberger of Cluetrain Manifesto says "Transparency is the new objectivity."

Grassroots local news sites

Business Week on Bloggers Who Bring in Big Bucks

Indy Media Course Syllabus

Click here for course syllabus in a word document.

Condi: "No, dear, you're wrong."

Let's hear it for YouTube and citizen journalism.

Thanks to Stanford students practicing journalism and asking about torture of prisoners, former Sec of State Condi Rice had a near meltdown moment ON VIDEO -- just before a campus dinner. She claimed she didn't authorize brutalizing prisoners, but just conveyed the authorization. Echoing Richard Nixon, she argued that if President Bush authorized it, then "by definition" it did not violate the Convention against Torture that our government has signed.

The video helped spark Stanford alumni from 1960s antiwar generation -- gathered for a campus reunion this weekend -- to publicly call for the prosecution or Rice, who is currently on Stanford's faculty.

You got censored

Steph M on Internet censorship in Australia:

What do a dentist, an owner of a dog kennel, a school cafeteria food provider and a US astrology site have in common? They all operate websites that have all fallen victim to Australia’s new Internet censorship laws.

Australia has joined the ranks of many countries that have decided to implement mandatory Internet censorship. The only problem is, their filtering system is far from perfect, and innocent people are having their businesses blocked under the new regulations.

Rural America needs broadband

Videos of rural Southerners from different walks of life asking the government to step in and help folks get broadband.

How to write a proposal...

Much how-to info all over the Net on drafting a prospectus for business start-up or a proposal seeking grants.

Video of Izzy Awards

Video of acceptance speeches from Glenn Greenwald and Amy Goodman

Grassroots local watchdog...

...journalism projects blooming, according to Prof. Dave Westphal writing in Online Journalism Review.

One of the most successful local online nonprofit news ops is Voice of San Diego.

Saving Journalism -- Where Should $ Go?

Every week brings new proposals to save newspapers or investigative reporting. In Bailout for Media Moguls? (a critique of the recent John Nichols/Bob McChesney article in The Nation), indy media trailblazer DeeDee Halleck argues that support and subsidies need to go to independents and grassroots/local content providers, not big media corporations. Similarly, Tracy Van Slyke of The Media Consortium argues on the British Guardian website that any federal endowment for investigative journalism must include independent journalists and outlets, not just corporate media.

Six Trends in Journalism...

...especially the business of journalism, from recent State of the News Media report from the Project for Excellence in Journalism.

5 Tips for Citizen Journalism

Interview with ProPublica's Amanda Michel, Pro Publica's editor for "distributed reporting."

Time Warner test marketing....

caps on downloading and two-tiered pay structure. Newly-elected nearby Congressman Eric Massa vows to resist the new plan. Here he is speaking against Time Warner's plan.

Bloggers' Code of Ethics

Here it is. (H/t Chris L.)

Going Postal

Small indy mags across the spectrum joined forces to resist postal rate hikes.

Defender of Telecom Industry

Ex-senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) -- recently convicted (and un-convicted) of accepting bribes -- has always been open for business as a defender of big telecom companies. Here is his attempt to explain his vote against a Net Neutrality measure in June 2006. His explanation put to music.

Comcast, one of the big cable/Internet companies, gets caught pushing public out of public hearing. Wonder why this wasn't a story in MSM?

Digital Divide

My daughters, 12 and 17, grew up with computers in the home and fast Internet access. In inner cities and poor rural areas, such tools for learning and commerce are out of reach.

Why do other countries...

...see broadband infrastructure as a national, public good, while the U.S. leaves it to "free enterprise"? U.S. lags behind much of developed world in speed of access and costliness of access.

Entrepreneurial Journalism Course

Instructor Jeff Jarvis writing at buzzmachine.com about his City University of NY course, which offered potential $50,000 in seed money to good ideas from students. He summarizes some of the ideas (without giving them away) and draws lessons about what was learned from the course and the exercise in pitching new ideas for journalistic or information businesses.

NY Times policy...

on reporters supporting candidates -- or even allowing their spouses/kids to put bumper stickers on family car. Policy email was leaked to NY Observer. (H/t Kristin C.)

Drudge "exclusive" accuses...

...CNN reporter Michael Ware -- during a news conference of Sen. McCain and other Congressional Republicans in Iraq -- of "laughing and mocking their comments." It was based on an anonymous "official" who Drudge quoted as saying: "I've never witnessed such disrespect." The claim was picked up by rightwing blogs who claimed Ware had "heckled" McCain. This videotape of the McCain-led news conference -- obtained by indy outlet Raw Story -- shows Ware sitting in the back, not saying anything.