By Michael P. Riccards Another of the many Democrats for president has bit the ugly dust. Senator Kamala Harris of California has said she just cannot raise enough money to continue her quest. What she should say is that people… Read More ›
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How Jandoli School journalists covered Bishop Malone’s resignation
The Jandoli School was out front and center yesterday reporting the breaking news that the Most Rev. Richard J. Malone, bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo, had resigned. Here are some samples of the coverage: Charlie Specht ’10, WKBW: Engulfed… Read More ›
Are we doing enough to educate ourselves about the impeachment process?
By Michael P. Riccards The American Founding Fathers were extremely concerned about the uses and abuses of power. They gave the nation a system of divisions of powers, and its intention was to checkmate sudden change or grabs for territory… Read More ›
How local news is vital to our cities and towns
By Michael Shapiro This week, I’m headed to the New Jersey League of Municipalities annual conference in Atlantic City. The League, as it is colloquially known, provides municipal officials across New Jersey with opportunities to learn about the latest in… Read More ›
Jandoli School experts differ on TV coverage of impeachment hearing
If you sensed something different about Wednesday’s coverage of the impeachment hearing, you were right. C-SPAN, which provided pool coverage of the hearing, used seven cameras. Congressional hearings usually warrant just three cameras. We asked broadcasting experts from the Jandoli… Read More ›
Where is the line between facts and truth?
By Chris Mackowski If anyone still doubts we live in a post-truth society, take a look at these two articles published on October 18. Clinton email probe finds no deliberate mishandling of classified information A U.S. State Department investigation of… Read More ›
If you could build a president from scratch…
What if you had a chance to build a president rather than elect one? High school students had this very opportunity when they took part in CommDay at St. Bonaventure University on Oct. 18. As part of a CommDay workshop,… Read More ›
Taro Tsujimoto: The story of a fictitious Buffalo Sabre takes on new relevance
By Paul Wieland Fake news…fake news… How about “real” fake news. The nirvana of hoaxers…my nirvana… After a decade as a reporter on two Buffalo newspapers, I went over to the dark side, selling my journalistic soul to General Motors,… Read More ›
Ten things I learned bootstrapping a local news site
By Michael Shapiro Coming up on Friday, I have the opportunity to participate in a panel about bootstrapping a local news site at the Local Independent Online News Publishers Conference in Nashville. I’m looking forward to sharing some of the… Read More ›
The problem with news is we don’t agree on what news is
By Michael Shapiro What started as a way to connect with friends, family and sometimes strangers has turned into a massive ecosystem for distributing all sorts of information. As social media has matured, the ways in which that information is… Read More ›
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