Even in a new era, journalism has one responsibility other forms of communication and entertainment do not:

To provide citizens with the information they need to navigate the society. That does not preclude being entertaining or profitable — or publishing something merely because it's interesting. But it does imply a commitment to comprehensiveness, to offering certain information about democratic institutions, and to ordering information in some relationship to its significance so that people can use it as a map to travel through the culture.

~ The Project for Excellence in Journalism

Media Quotes

July 18th, 2011 by

Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light.

~ Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American publisher

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CMA Awards 2011

November 9th, 2011 by
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Ozark Holiday

August 17th, 2011 by

Ozark Holiday from Dolly H on Vimeo.

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Reorganize

August 9th, 2011 by

We trained hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we would be reorganized. Presumably the plans for our employment were being changed. I was to learn later in life that, perhaps because we are so good at organizing, we tend as a nation to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.

Charlton Ogburn

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Newt

August 1st, 2011 by

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Music licensing for the uninitiated

July 27th, 2011 by
If you are a bookstore (shop) owner who has been in business for some time, you may have received the phone call: A customer service representative (CSR) is on the line and inquiring as to whether you, the owner, play music in your store. Assuming the answer is “Yes,” the CSR explains that you need to pay his/her company money on an annual basis. While you remain silent — wondering how this person got your name and number — the CSR explains that you are in violation of the copyright law if you are “publicly performing” music in your store without the permission of the copyright owner(s).

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Can Dogs Have Spiritual Experiences?

June 28th, 2011 by

By Jennifer Viegas

Research suggests spiritual experiences originate deep within primitive areas of the human brain — areas shared by other animals with brain structures like our own. Many scientists, therefore, believe it’s possible that dogs have moments that we may interpret as being spiritual.
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Some Tips For Recording With A Lapel Mic

June 16th, 2011 by

By Howard Fine

Do you want to get great results when miking someone for broadcast or film? Who wouldn’t?Here is some sure fire advice for getting the best results when recording your subject with lapel mics. Discussed are some of the problems associated with lapel mics and some ways to solve them.
Ready?
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The Post-PC Era Is Already Here

June 10th, 2011 by
In late 1974, tiny New Mexico calculator manufacturer MITS announced a $439 build-it-yourself gizmo called the Altair 8800 — the first true “personal computer.” A couple of young protogeeks named Bill Gates and Paul Allen got so excited that they founded a startup called Micro-soft (yes, with a hyphen) to write software for it. They did rather well. So well, in fact, that most of us are still using PCs running Microsoft software thirty-six years later.
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