Here’ a lecture (video), this one on the future of news. It was presented as a community of learners lecture at Spring Arbor University in December 09 and also as an invited lecture sponsored by the World Journalism Institute at the College Media Advisors conference in Austin last fall.
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Video of a lecture I did on the role of questions in ordinary conversation.
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Writing in the Columbia Journalism Review, Terry McDermott’s post-mortem on newspapers addresses both the style and substance. It’s a good read, and about much more than the business model. It’s more about the heart of the thing.
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Obama’s recent essay for Newsweek reveals weaknesses in the widespread practice of ghost writing in terms of both ethics and quality. Here’s Marx on the ethics; read the whole article regarding the substance of such essays as well.
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Here’s a quote from Tim McGuire at Arizona State on copy editing in the new world. The whole thing is worth a read- with several tips on how it can/should/must be handled at newspapers. Quote from lecture after the jump.
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a wired classroom
