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It’s Just Journalism | MiniMediaGuy
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Studying the media ecosystem. Category Archives: It’s Just Journalism. Conference in Minneapolis seeks media reform. The National Conference on Media Reform. Is being held this weekend in Minneapolis and while the gathering is largely being ignored by the corporate media that are the intended targets of reformers, the organizers offer plenty of ways to listen in. To the speeches. The local alternative paper, the Twin Cities Daily Planet, covered the kickoff. Professional journalists cling to their sancti...
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Citizen Journalism | MiniMediaGuy
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Studying the media ecosystem. Category Archives: Citizen Journalism. Follow the audience into the 21st Century. An edited version of an essay that appeared in April). Doug Millison mashes up a 1979 B&W graphic by Josh Gosfield. In this final essay in a series. Let me explain why I accuse mass media of dereliction of duty for helping mislead. The nation into war, for uncritically swallowing the sensational. And for too often ignoring complex problems until they erupt into crisis. Rich Media, Poor Democracy.
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Media Law | MiniMediaGuy
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Studying the media ecosystem. Category Archives: Media Law. Jail this reporter, save the First Amendment. It’s time for William Gertz, a member of the Washington, D.C., press corps, to make a small personal sacrifice to improve the ethics of newspaper journalism. He must go to jail. He must go directly to jail and he must acknowledge that by hiding behind the Fifth Amendment in a recent court hearing. Here’s the scoop. Writes about national security for the. To be perfectly frank there are no innocents i...
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Essays | MiniMediaGuy
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Studying the media ecosystem. Navy journalist by chance. Continued from last week. When I first considered enlisting because I was broke.). One instance from that 9-weeks of calculated abuse pertains to my journalism saga. This entry was posted in Essays. June 22, 2009. When I arrived home I found in my mailbox a financial aid check for about $1,500 dollars. I should have returned it but instead I took it as a sign that I was not destined to join the military. I paid the rent and took a ski trip ...That ...
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Federal Wasteland: Guest Post!
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A Federal Government Employee - 2.5 years and counting. It's your tax dollars. Monday, May 12, 2008. My hope for this blog is to have it evolve from me squawking about my ridiculous Federal Government experiences, blossoming into a meeting place for Feds, contractors, and taxpayers alike to squawk about their ridiculous Federal Government experiences - together! Step 1 (me squawking) has been accomplished. Welcome to step 2 - where you the reader get to help tell the story! This week, a project I am on w...
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Federal Wasteland: The Biggest Waste of Time?
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A Federal Government Employee - 2.5 years and counting. It's your tax dollars. Tuesday, April 29, 2008. The Biggest Waste of Time? There have been three “events” at work in the past few weeks that have been a bit puzzling. I’ve been trying to decide which one is the most pointless, the biggest waste of time, and the most egregious use of taxpayer dollars. It’s a pretty close call:. Last month, our office had a “get involved in the community” celebration. These events ran from. 6 hours of free pay! After ...
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Federal Wasteland: You're Fired!
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A Federal Government Employee - 2.5 years and counting. It's your tax dollars. Tuesday, April 1, 2008. Keep in mind, doing your job poorly isn't grounds for being fired. Maybe the expectations weren't clear? Maybe you were never provided the necessary skills or resources to complete the task? Maybe you can attribute it to "everybody makes mistakes! Of course, those are all BS excuses, but they actually work in the Federal Government. You may not have done your job correctly, but at least you tried! An ag...