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National Sunshine Week? Hardly
Too many clouds hamper journalism’s ability to tell you what you need to know. By Denny Wilkins Oh, joy — it’s National Sunshine Week. That prompts the annual outpouring of paeans to the value of transparency as essential to this thing… Read More ›
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Joe Biden: Everybody’s drinking buddy, but no one’s favorite commander-in-chief
By Michael P. Riccards As the Democrats are all revved up to defeat Trump in 2020, they are realizing the old truism – you cannot beat someone with no one. Increasingly the name of Joe Biden, age 75, is coming… Read More ›
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Social media, Cory Booker and the changing landscape of celebrity politics
By Paul Ziek In June 2016, Gentleman’s Quarterly (GQ) ran an article detailing the day that New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker hosted Hillary Clinton in his adopted hometown of Newark. The article describes how Booker was “working it” as he… Read More ›
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Local news looks like it’s dying. I believe we can bring it back to life
By Michael Shapiro These are tumultuous times for publishers. In the past two months, there has been a steady stream of headlines about job losses, hedge fund takeover bids and consolidation, all leading to a broader conversation about the viability… Read More ›
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Streaming services should focus on quality instead of quantity
By Dominic LoVallo We live in a time where the demand is “more now.” We want more of the things we like, and we want them as soon as possible. This can be seen clearly in the amount of shows… Read More ›
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When speech isn’t free – but ought to be
If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that Government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable. — Justice William J. Brennan, Texas v. Johnson,… Read More ›
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Journalists should not have to worry about being attacked
When newsrooms need to lock their doors, their ability to serve readers and viewers is sadly impeded, compromising the press’s democratic functions and responsibility By Denny Wilkins I became a journalist, in part, because I was able to walk through… Read More ›
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A candidate’s home state media can be both a blessing and curse
By Meghan Hall Kirsten Gillibrand, the U.S. Senator from New York who is seeking the Democratic Party’s nomination for president, will need to be diligent in keeping up with her media relations. When Gillibrand announced her presidential campaign, each featured… Read More ›
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Archive: Richard Lee’s WSBU Radio Shows
A Musical Look at the Impeachment Hearings (11/25/19) Ret. MSG Francisco Morales and Vernon ‘Longhorn’ Davis, a fourth-generation Army veteran, about Veterans Day with music (11/11/19) Cameron Hurst and music about Election Day (11/4/19) Mike Jones-Kelley and music about Brexit… Read More ›
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What the media missed in the 2018 campaign for governor in New York
By Richard Lee News coverage of New York’s 2018 gubernatorial campaign provided voters with sparse information on the public policy issues confronting the state. A content analysis of 15 of the state’s major news outlets found that the preponderance of… Read More ›
