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Lucia Brawley: El Sistema in LAReprinted from the Americans for the Arts' Arts Education Blog, September 22, 2009 When Arianna Huffington asked me at an Obama fundraiser to write for her and I drafted my first Huffington Post piece, "President Obama's Arts", I never would have anticipated that a little less than a... |
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FTC Testimony Paints a Gloomy But Not Despairing Picture of the Newspaper LandscapeAnyone concerned about the survival of newspapers should read Rick Edmonds' testimony to the Federal Trade Commission. Edmonds, the Poynter Institute's business analyst, spoke Tuesday as part of the FTC's workshop on the future of journalism. And while speeches from Rupert Murdoch and Aria... |
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Lloyd Chapman: Obama Doesn't Need Another Forum to Cut UnemploymentThe Obama Administration is Missing the Boat on Job Creation On Thursday, December 3, President Barack Obama will host a forum on jobs and economic growth to supposedly come up with ideas to cut the highest unemployment numbers in 30 years. I think the President's jobs forum is just another dog a ... |
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Arianna Huffington on the desperation of Journalism 2009Full text of Arianna Huffington’s ‘Desperate metaphors, desperate revenue models, and the desperate need for better journalism’ speech, made at a Federal Trade Commission event in Washington DC – at this link. An extract: “So now sites that aggregate the news have b... |
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Alexander Howard: Is Journalism Going Through Its Own Reformation?Is Catholicism to the old media view of journalism as Protestantism is to new media? To be clear, this isn't an exact metaphor, nor does it in any way reflect my opinions of any branch of organized religion (or those of my employer). It's a tricky metaphor, to be sure, and one I'm on dangerous... |
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Minds of the Media Gather to Discuss Future of NewsThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is hosting a 2-day workshop on "Journalism and the Internet Age" today and tomorrow. Featured at the event are a number of high profile media executives and gurus. The cast ranges from News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch to Huffington Post co-founder Arianna... |


