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Field Report: The Future of Journalism

September 18, 2009 by johne

In our vocabulary-challenged times it's not surprising that a seminar dubbed "the future of journalism" should turn out to be about the past, and, with a middle-name like "wewantourrocky," that the term "journalism" be taken to be a synonym for "newspaper."

Around 200 people (officially announced headcount) jammed themselves into the basement of a museum, ironically, last Wednesday night to discuss the future of journalism. Your intrepid reporter's observation was that about half the audience comprised former employees of the Rocky Mountain News and the other half were mere "citizens," a slightly mysterious tribe never before encountered in the flesh by the first half and whose presence brought forth several expressions of surprise. Filling in the cracks were advocates for a range of left-leaning organizations whose presence might have led to the dubious conclusion that whatever "the future of journalism" might be, it will take place on the left side of the stage.

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January 4, 2009 by admin

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My DNC Tuesday - Jon Stewart!! EEEEEE!!!

September 6, 2008 by CodeNeonBlue

You know me, I hate mornings like McSame hates nosy reporters investigative journalists. But when sufficiently motivated I can grit my teeth and lurch out of bed, and that’s what I did at 5:45 am Tuesday, hoping to contact someone at the head office of the Daily Show and get my tickets re-instated.

Because that’s just how my life goes, it took me about an hour and a half to manage this simple phone call. The number, you see, was on the web page. But I couldn’t access the web page, since now that I was away from the downtown area, the AT&T based wireless dealie I was renting claimed it could not connect me. Something to do with the Big Brother-esque filtering program in place for the DNC. Nice, huh?

After an un-install/re-install, I did get online, and was able to phone New York and…leave a voice mail. Sigh.

Carol K and I decided that the best plan would be to arrive extra early to the taping site at DU and beg the person in charge there for help. In the meantime, we turned to our next project, scrubs sewing.

AT&T reports there was a 4-fold increase of text messages on their network during the 4-day Democratic convention--almost 250 mi

September 5, 2008 by Steve Hanson