Is Anyone in America Not Writing a Screenplay? Weekend in the Blogosphere
The Blog, The Press, The Media: My Yahoo Ticker: Controversy opens Harvard blog meet
An invited group of bloggers and journalists began a two-day conference Friday morning at Harvard University amid cold weather (3 degrees) and controversy.
Alex Jones, head of Harvard's Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy, acknowledged "contentious" comments have been made about the event's guest list of about 50 people.
Among the critics was a conservative blogger who said the meeting "is a hopelessly biased group of center-left academics/journalists who are once again getting overwhelmed by the marketplace." That statement was made to Ed Cone, one of the conference's participants.
• I see it as a chance for a handful of bloggers who get journalism and journos (journalists) who get blogging to explain this real slow to the journos who don't get it yet [Credits: still life - Blog here, blog there, blogs are everywhere ; grooming - The Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists]
• · Strange what people find interesting. My excuse is that I crossed the Iron Curtain: Follow the same rules as one would walking down the street: Don't make eye contact with someone who seems crazy: When Bloggers Make News: As Their Clout Increases ... ; [Why credibility matters even if you write for free Blog nice, everyone; Listen to the "Blogging, Journalism & Credibility" conference (BJ&C) ]
• · · Media Matters’ chart showing the relative numbers of liberal and right-wing commentators deployed in the cable networks’ inaugural coverage No room for progressives on cable news inauguration coverage ; [Maine newsman who uncovered Bush DWI is now a trucker ]
• · · · SIliconValleyWatcher has the scoop: Google is opening up API support for AdWords. [Isohunt is a BitTorrent search engine, one of the many sites the MPAA is attempting to scare and/or litigate out of business. But the fellow behind Isohunt isn't folding his tent and going home, he's fighting ]
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