Journalism

notes from the interblags: link dump

• Via Theresa, article on local tv taking advantage of newspapers failing. Check out Theresa’s commentary as well.
• The MSM are discussing that meme going around Facebook: 25 “Random” Things… Time, WaPo, NY Times.
• It’s weird having a President who’s authoring opinions in newspapers again.
• Michael Bérubé retook the lit subject GRE. Pretty interesting.
• I guess some [...]

Internet culture, Journalism, New Media, Notes from the Interblags, Queer issues and theory, Social Justice, public sphere

Letter to the Editor

Sent to the Barometer:
In the Barometer’s October 26 editorial regarding the October 5 article “Student section… color selection” and Renee Roman Nose’s October 26 column “Blackface? what’s your opinion?”, the editorial staff apologized for their ignorance regarding the historical use of blackface and asked for further discussion on campus and in the Barometer.
To quote:
“To all [...]

Journalism, Social Justice

OSU Barometer engages in censorship

cross-posted
I’m going to try to be brief because I have a lot of grading to get to.
As some readers may know, the OSU Barometer printed a story encouraging students to dress up in black for a football game, which normally wouldn’t be a problem; however, included with this story was an image of a student [...]

Journalism, Social Justice