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Robert Jensen : The Collapse of Journalism/The Journalism of Collapse
Image from Knight Science Journalism Tracker.New Storytelling and a New Story:The Collapse of Journalism/The Journalism of Collapse By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / March 26, 2010 [A version of this essay was delivered as the Lawrence Dana Pinkham … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Ecology, Journalism, Media, Robert Jensen, Social Justice
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A Dangerous Profession : Worldwide Abuse of Journalists
Honduran police surround AP photographer Dario Lopez-Mills as he covers protests that followed the June presidential coup. Photo by Oswaldo Rivas / Reuters / CPJ.CPJ report:Journalists around the worldFace harassment, prison, death 801 journalists have been killed since 1992, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Censorship, Freedom of Press, Journalism, Journalists, Ted McLaughlin, World
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Robert Jensen : Mainstream Media and the Conventional Wisdom
Ethan Bronner, Jerusalem bureau chief of The New York Times. His son joined the Israeli army.NY Times and Palestine imbroglio:No conflict of interest with conventional wisdom by Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / February 9, 2010 The New York … Continue reading
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Tagged Israel, Journalism, Mainstream Media, New York Times, Newspapers, Palestinian Occupation, Robert Jensen
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BOOKS / Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power
Who wants yesterday’s papers?Today’s biographers and cultural critics! By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / January 26, 2010 [Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power, by James McGrath Morris. Published by HarperCollins, February 2010; hardcover, 576 pp; $29.99.] … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Biography, Books, Jonah Raskin, Joseph Pulitzer, Journalism, Newspapers
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UT’s InCite : Documenting a Diverse Community
Patience and attention to detail go into producing a fine quilt. See story about Austin’s Blackland Quilting Group, below. Photo by Priscilla Villarreal / InCite.InCite into Austin:Online publication kicks UT journalism up a notch By James Retherford / The Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, Alternative Media, Austin, Crafts, Diversity, James Retherford, Journalism, UT-Austin
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Robert Jensen : War, the Ecology, and the Quest for Justice
Professor Robert Jensen.War, ecological crises, and the quest for justice:An interview with Robert Jensen If you feel overwhelmed, it’s because we face an overwhelming situation. By Calvin Sloan / The Rag Blog / November 3, 2009 [The following is an … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Austin, Capitalism, Climate Change, Ecology, Energy Crisis, Journalism, Peace Movement, Social Change, UT-Austin
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Jonah Raskin : Fear and Loathing without Hunter S. Thompson
Gonzo man: Hunter S. Thompson. Illustration by Ralph Steadman / The Badger.Where is Hunter S. ThompsonNow that we need him? At times he could he cynical and depressed, but he also had clarity of vision and a commitment to tell … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Gonzo Journalizm, Hunter S. Thompson, Jonah Raskin, Journalism, Literature
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Brad Will : Mexico’s Legacy of Murdered Journalists
Brad Will — Indymedia journalist murdered in Oaxaca, Mexico, in 2006 — depicted in “Remembering Anarchists of the Americas” mural, Bound Together Bookstore, San Francisco. Image from Wikipedia.Brad Will is still dead…(So are 55 other journalists murdered in Mexico) Despite … Continue reading
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Tagged Freedom of Press, John Ross, Journalism, Mexico, Reporters Without Borders
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Fox News : Just Don’t Call it ‘Journalism’
Glenn Beck of Fox “quote” News.Fox and its enablersIn the mainstream media Fox’s pretense of being an actual news network is hardly more convincing than, say, Milton Berle in a bra and garters posing as a woman. By Eric Alterman … Continue reading
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Tagged Fox News, Journalism, Mainstream Media, Obama Administration, Propaganda, White House
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Larry Ray : Echoes from Vietnam
Larry Ray in Cu Chi Vietnam, late summer 1966.Echoes from Vietnam: Dying again in Afghanistan Afghanistan is an even older and thornier problem [than Vietnam]. And one that cannot be bombed into submission. By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Foreign Policy, Iraq War, Journalism, Obama Administration, Sixties, Vietnam
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Robert Jensen : Teaching Journalism with a Mission
Can journalism schools be relevant in a world on the brink? By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / September 15, 2009 Journalism schools have much in common with the mainstream news media they traditionally serve. As the business model … Continue reading
Dick J. Reavis : Journalism Faces Full Court Press
Full Court Press Until and unless the press understands that its mission is to be the champion of the people’s welfare, nobody can plan for its recovery. By Dick J. Reavis / The Rag Blog / June 30, 2009 As … Continue reading
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Tagged Journalism, Mainstream Media, New Media, Newspapers, Print Media, Sports
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