Archive for Social Justice
Day 8: Morning rushes past #OccupyPhilly
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I took another walk through #OccupyPhilly at Philadelphia City Hall this morning and found more tents sheltering protesters from the damp weather but couldn’t help but notice the lack of engagement between demonstrators and morning rush hour commuters. ©2011 jim@jimmacmillan.com
War and Peace and Journalism
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I am thrilled to report that I am taking on a new full-time position beginning today at Swarthmore College, as the Journalist in Residence at the Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility.
I will continue to advise the students who report and produce War News Radio, our free weekly public radio program, as I have for the past year. War News Radio strives to fill the gaps in media coverage of current US wars by providing balanced and in-depth reporting, historical perspective, and personal stories from the conflict zones.
Next, I will teach a new course on Peace Journalism in the Peace and Conflict Studies program. I have been studying this topic for much of the last year, and I am still putting finishing touches on the syllabus for the class that will arrive next next week. I plan to write more about this pursuit as the semester progresses, and I might even try to develop a new site and online community around my interest in this field.
Finally, I will be advising students and student groups on independent journalism practices, strategies and techniques, hopefully empowering them to further advance their many critical interests.
Overall, this feels like the opportunity of a lifetime, enabling me to incorporate my field reporting, indie journalism and teaching experiences in one place every day, while striving to inform the public, advance a new field and enhance the student experience.
Wish me luck!
Idiot Village: Philadelphia city officials take down Christmas, sort of
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Politically Correct Village
In a feeble attempt to please everybody, Philadelphia city officials responded to complaints from some city workers and other citizens by ordering the removal of the word “Christmas” from the Christmas Village signs at Philadelphia City Hall, where they are still hosting the Christmas Village you can find at, well, http://www.philachristmas.com/
They plan to replace it with a “Holiday Village” sign, but apparently not at the same time, and so for now it just says “Village.”
Oh, holiday tree.
Meanwhile, in the middle of the village, city workers continued to string Christmas lights on a Christmas tree, as “Oh, Christmas Tree” and other Christmas carols continued to play on the audio system.
Read more:
Village will be open through Holiday Eve.
UPDATE: CRISIS AVERTED; MAYOR SAVES CHRISTMAS:
Nutter says market will get its name back
Media week tweets & links
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Newspaper boxes, Philadelphia, 2010
NEW MEDIA
ProPublica starts using Journalism Online’s Press+ to encourage donations http://bit.ly/g0W9vo
I think we already did that, Biz. Reuters: Twitter co-founder hopes to create news network http://reut.rs/eUq4mL
RT @NiemanLab: Mobile advertising projected at $24.1 billion in 2015 with North America making up 18% of ad market http://nie.mn/grWN9g
Journalism: What added value will add revenue? http://In case I just got the Internet in my cave? The 2010 Newsroom: Lean and Techy http://huff.to/fqjHoB
What Should An iPad Newspaper Look Like? http://tcrn.ch/awEaRf
RT @mayerjoy: Blogged: Check the analytics. Your users are talking to you. (Brilliance from @DanaChinn) http://wp.me/pJJBn-m6
Life in the Patch: Is AOL’s hyperlocal news network an evil slave empire or a boon to hungry journalists? http://bit.ly/9UpoLO
Awesome. Now what do we do? RT @SeanBlanda: Unless my numbers are off, I think most people that “like” a story don’t actually read it.
RT @mediagazer: The Newsonomics of news anywhere (@kdoctor / Nieman Journalism Lab) http://j.mp/bimPh6 http://mgzr.us/AJV5
marketwatch: Gawker figures out secret sauce of media http://bit.ly/cfiUBv
The Washington Independent, signing off http://bit.ly/9wQJGN
Poynter Mobile Media >> Tablets may encourage long-form news experiences http://bit.ly/9Nhvat
Here are the courses that make up the new Entrepreneurial Journalism curriculum at CUNY. http://bit.ly/eMq7hV
transom.org: World’s first iPhone produced radio show http://bit.ly/b86icM
I lose sleep over teaching new tools v. old professional standards, but I can’t get over this news yet. RT @dkiesow: http://journ.us/dcvdYS
chronicle.com: Southern Cal opening lab to study digital media, develop software & biz ideas for journalism and comms. http://bit.ly/dhCQ9X
Poynter Mobile Media: Radio reporter covers D.C. with an iPhone only http://bit.ly/aeMt1E
Good roundup, but sounds branded. RT @ckanal: Nice guide to real-time news curation, AKA “newsmastering”: http://bit.ly/cF8xwK h/t @ksablanRT
So what happens when a small indie magazine meets up with an angry, empowered Internet mob? http://bit.ly/9SH7Le
Solid! RT @ckanal: 6 ways journalists can use Twitter better: http://bit.ly/ePmkDB Great list by @sreenet + nice shout for @rozzy!
OLD MEDIA
Great idea for more news companies! RT @iwantmedia: NYT former HQ building reopens as Times Square bowling alley http://bit.ly/fFzqRB
Every time I have turned on CNN this week they have practically been doing PR for the TSA.
mediadecoder: A Steep Drop in Ratings for ‘Sarah Palin’s Alaska’ http://nyti.ms/i1dnzY
Cute: USB drive with 35 hours of This American Life! http://bit.ly/hX7VTV
How Should Public Media Respond to Efforts to Defund It? http://to.pbs.org/fGgCVu
NPR, PBS Try to Tame Controversy, Embrace Tech at PubCamp http://bit.ly/fiPIUm
journalism.org/ Gravest economic crisis since the Great Depression has been covered in media largely from the top down http://bit.ly/hUMJXk
Financial Times editor dismisses notion that newspapers are like dinosaurs http://bit.ly/fX1wqY
The Future Of Paywalls: Microtransactions, Buy-Ins, And Content Wars http://bit.ly/9nXrLV
MediaShift » A Viral Video Takedown of Public Radio (in 5 Acts) http://bit.ly/aBPSrg
Rainey: The battle for NPR’s public’s funding http://lat.ms/alCYEE
What happens when a superfluous and irrelevant old media army has too much time on it’s hands? http://bit.ly/duwAGJ #alsoverywhitebtw
RT @NiemanLab: The Australian says “maybe not” to Times UK online pay model, “maybe yes” to WSJ approach http://nie.mn/9vH6bn
Guardian editor-in-chief sets out 15 things Twitter does effectively http://bit.ly/9w5Q0l #threeyearslate
Video: Reuters Readies Big Expansion in the United States http://bit.ly/cFdMJu
Mobile Media > Financial Times gives staffers ‘iPad bonus’ to buy a tablet http://bit.ly/8YBo9t
“A big tenet of AP’s social media strategy is that we have to be humble,” says @lfmccullough via #RJI fellow @mayerjoy http://wp.me/pJJBn-l7
Not recently. NYT: Is Cable News Actually News? http://nyti.ms/cPmeEA
Practice; not pretesne. NPR: Should Objectivity Still Be The Standard In News? http://n.pr/a32ag7
gigaom: In many ways, Newsweek is facing the same kinds of wrenching decisions (as) other traditional media entities http://bit.ly/9dgxNN
Transom.org on pro Tools 9: “The initial cost of $600 might be quite daunting for a new user.” #yathink? #getreal #2010 #ijustdontgetavid
adage: Why Tina Brown Might Not Be Crazy to Kill Newsweek.com http://bit.ly/9L3m0u
observer.com The Tina Brown Turnaround http://bit.ly/98BXsa
SOCIAL MEDIA
Google Street View Baby Birth, Or Not http://selnd.com/g5WSos #fake #stillfun
RT @iwantmedia: Facebook in past week saw 3% more web visits & almost 5 times more page views than Google http://on.mash.to/dfJ8VX
RT @nicolosi: Wow. Facebook Accounts for 25% of All U.S. Pageviews http://on.mash.to/ajpi8L
huffingtonpost: Twitsper, Group Tweeting App, Could Change Twitter As We Know It http://huff.to/aECoO5
Twitter is testing a new People tab http://on.mash.to/daU8c1
It’s your turn to call. RT @the_real_shaq For one day only call me. +17868379882 I’m up right now
jonathanstray: What’s the point of social news? http://bit.ly/ba5Wsf
Check out this #Movember effort to change the face of men’s health us.movember.com/mospace/103611… via @movember
Chinese Woman Sentenced to Labor Camp Over Tweet http://on.mash.to/dlnsbV
Breaking Internet Censorship Will Take More Than Circumvention Tools http://bit.ly/bz2oXF
Who was going to report this anyway? Bill Clinton bans Twitter, Facebook and live-blog coverage for upcoming speech http://lat.ms/dsURIE
Why now? RT @TigerWoods: What’s up everyone. Finally decided to try out twitter!
PHILLY MEDIA
Tuesday night: @webbmedia Amy Webb takes her Tech Trends to #Phiji at Temple U.: http://bit.ly/hL12SH @phijiorg #free #public #awesome
I’m working on a new site for War News Radio. How can we make it better? http://bit.ly/bAOJoU
Temple U. J-prof @gwmiller3 blogs on new Philly.com/Inki/Daily News CEO Greg Osberg’s visit to #PhIJI: http://bit.ly/buO4uy
RT @TechnicallyPHL: Recaps of every @tedxphilly speaker: http://bit.ly/aFyLgh
RT @TechnicallyPHL: Our coverage of TEDxPhilly; @seanblanda called one of his favorite Philly tech events thus far http://bit.ly/aFyLgh
RT @phijiorg: Check out Philly’s latest new media platform: newsworks.org http://phiji.org/2010/11/18/phillys-latest-newsworks-org/
niemanlab.org checks out Philly’s new http://newsworks.org from @whyy http://bit.ly/df1dAV
Philadelphia Area Entrepreneurial Journalists’ @gwmiller3 checks out new Philly news CEO Greg Osberg’s visit to #PhIJI http://bit.ly/acFxZS
