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“In your face!” “Oh dude you should have been there she fell flat on her face!” “Have you checked your Facebook yet today?” CNN Money. com annunced Tuesday night the Facebook is getting closer to  winning the “face” trademark, causing some people to fret. Does this mean that every time I say “face” I owe […]

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Have we ever trusted journalist?

Posted by: | November 18, 2010 | No Comment |

Watchdogs. Honest. Gatekeepers. Objective. We have a lot of different words to describe journalist, but some how “trustworthy” never seems to be one of them. It seems the integrity of journalist has been questioned by the public for longer then many of us might realize — since 1648 (at least). In twenty first century journalism […]

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Saturate in news

Posted by: | November 11, 2010 | No Comment |

I can remember just a mere two years ago — I was taking a class that gave news quizzes, we had to know local and global news. I can remember being told to “read the Richmond Times Dispatch and The Washington Post.” Now only two year later, being told to read the newspaper is like […]

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The wall is moving

Posted by: | November 4, 2010 | No Comment |

Look out iPad, you are not the only one running the digital media world any more. HP introduced a “slate for businesses”  in late October. The new HP Slate 500 Tablet PC is running on Windows 7 and is giving the Apple iPad a run for its money in that snug category between cell phone […]

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Sensationalism or defamation?

Posted by: | October 28, 2010 | No Comment |

Mitchell Stephens wrote in his book ‘A History of News,’ that “Murders and their victims surrender all rights to privacy,” he goes on to quote John McEnroe a former tennis star that claimed that, “Being a celebrity is like I am being raped.” If murders and victims surrender all their rights to privacy and being […]

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Another way to report the news

Posted by: | October 14, 2010 | No Comment |

Have you ever sat back and listened to the words in the song you’re singing along to? Taken the time to hear the greater meaning then the time signature changes, the catchy rhythms and unique solos? Music tells a story, it may not be as simple as what the words say or how they match […]

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Short attention spans = fast news

Posted by: | October 13, 2010 | No Comment |

You click on the TV at 5am, 5pm and 10pm to catch your local news broadcast; your laptop is out, books are in your lap, coffee on the table, dinner being cooked, you’re constantly distracted by something and of the hour of news coming out of your TV you catch five minutes. As our attention […]

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