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Comment on My take on Helen Thomas in Politics Daily: she didn’t deserve this by michael thomas

michael thomas — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 03:23:48 +0000

Whatever one thinks of her comments, Helen Thomas never interjected her personal views into her journalism. She was one of the great great journalists of her generation.

http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reportsitem.aspx?id=100453

Comment on Sunday Show Scorecard: Where are the women? by Breaking: Women scarce on Sunday talk shows « Politicoholic by Nisha Chittal

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:05:41 +0000

[...] really new. This has been a problem a lot of people have been complaining about for years. I’ve written about it dozens of times. So have many other women. Media Matters did a study on it in 2007. So, I [...]

Comment on Breaking: Women scarce on Sunday talk shows by Dmbosstone

Dmbosstone — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:07:19 +0000

I saw a promo last night for This Week with Christiane Amanpour in August- do you think having a female host breaking up the former all male trio of hosts will make an impact?

It would also be interesting to take a bigger look at TV news in general, now that 2 out of 3 network evening news anchors are women. I remember when Couric took the desk at CBS there was an initial ratings bump before numbers sank back down. I should go see how Diane Sawyer is doing…

Comment on Meet Adriel Hampton: A Social Media Candidate for Congress by A Jilted Lover: My Evolving Feelings Towards Facebook « Adriel Hampton: Wired to Share

Thu, 20 May 2010 02:50:07 +0000

[...] I tolerated the site for more than a year after that, building up a following of more than 2,000 over the summer for my social media-fueled bid for U.S. Congress. [...]

Comment on Personal Democracy Forum 2009 by NewtoForex

NewtoForex — Sat, 15 May 2010 22:55:20 +0000

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Comment on If you’re not growing, you’re dying. by Agents of Change Pt.1 – pragmatic idealist

Agents of Change Pt.1 – pragmatic idealist — Sun, 09 May 2010 18:27:52 +0000

[...] Nisha Chittal (Blog: Politicoholic Twitter: @nishachittal) Nisha is currently finishing up a degree in political science and Middle Eastern studies at the University of Illinois. After graduating this May, she will be going to Cambodia to start up a branch for AIESEC, an international exchange organization which provide internships abroad for students. Her work will involve working with Cambodian college students and businesses to help build programs. Learning to embrace uncertainty and instability, fighting the urge to applying to jobs with big firms like her friends, Nisha is stepping out of her comfort zone because she wants to do what she really loves, live on the edge, take risks with her life, and turn them into huge learning opportunities. Why? Because “If you’re not growing, you’re dying.” [...]

Comment on 25 Ways to use your blog and social media to create change by Latino Rebranded: Latinos and Social Media » Copies of Copies

Latino Rebranded: Latinos and Social Media » Copies of Copies — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:37:16 +0000

[...] content. Content about politics, design & art, relationships, news, fashion, careers and issues. Content about things that matter. (Yes, fashion matters [...]

Comment on About by My CongressCamp session on tools and strategy « Advocacy Avenue

My CongressCamp session on tools and strategy « Advocacy Avenue — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:08:23 +0000

[...] Howard (@digiphile) posted notes from the CongressCamp session we and Nisha Chittal and Scott Eagle ran, focusing [...]

Comment on What are the student journalists doing? by Journalism For The Old Folks « The Edit: WFPL's Gabe Bullard blogs the news

Journalism For The Old Folks « The Edit: WFPL's Gabe Bullard blogs the news — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:20:57 +0000

[...] Politicoholic is a bit concerned about the lack of digital immersion, but says all hope is not lost. I can’t really rail on college journalists: this past Monday Huffington Post launched its college section and they have a really fine collection of college student bloggers writing for the site and sharing their insights on the college experience today. There is some great content to be found on HuffPost College from some great student writers who really get the importance of digital journalism. So you know those students are out there, but I feel like they’re few and far between. [...]

Comment on What are the student journalists doing? by MattHurst

MattHurst — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:38:22 +0000

I’m curious as to what online news outlets besides blogs and social media student journalists may be turning to an the medium evolves. .Perhaps schools are instead training a generation of digital natives who were coming-of-age during the rise of YouTube to become visual storytellers. I see such creative and professional looking video coming out of video and photo sharing social media everyday, that this group seems particularly apt to take advantage of new forms of storytelling that have yet to mature (like the authors themselves).
Of course, so much of what I’m reading lately portrays a generation of students who lack self-direction and intellectual curiosity but rather a Checklist-oriented mentality. Yet in my experience working with these recent college grads (myself included), I can testify that they may be the most media literate students of history yet and we can expect some powerful creative solutions from them.