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NPC Forum in Atlanta Oct. 14
he Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Pultizer Prize-winning editorial page editor and the anchor of an Atlanta TV station will appear with a journalism professsor and a longtime political writer and editor to discuss the news industry next week as part of the Club's nationwide conversation about the direction of the business. The Oct. 14 event will begin at 6 p.m. at Georgia Public Broadcasting, 260 14th St. in Atlanta. It is open to the public. Admission is free for National Press Club members, Atlanta Press Club members and students; admission for others is $15. The NPC Forum on “The First…
Type: News
New Economic Models for News Organizations: Panel
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – New ways of raising revenue will be developed to support the news business, leading North Carolina journalists said at a NPC here Tuesday. The two mistakes that have been made to far with Internet news are the idea that news is free on the Internet and that the price of advertising should be based on the television model – how many eyeballs see an ad, said Penny Muse Abernathy, a University of North Carolina professor of digital economics. That will change, she said. “You will have business models that emerge that take advantage of information that just can’t be free,” she…
Type: News
A Reference Guide to the Language of Politics
Politics is the focus of the latest edition of Update-1. Specifically, the language of politics and the terms and phrases we hear on a daily basis. Broadcast Committee member Jared Rizzi, the White House correspondent for SiriusXM Satellite Radio, interviews Chuck McCutcheon, a co-author of "Dog Whistles, Walk-Backs, and Washington Handshakes: Decoding the Jargon, Slang, and Bluster of American Political Speech." They discuss who uses what terms against whom, and some surprising examples of their use.
Type: Media
New Economic Models for News Organizations: Panel
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – New ways of raising revenue will be developed to support the news business, leading North Carolina journalists said at a NPC here Tuesday. The two mistakes that have been made to far with Internet news are the idea that news is free on the Internet and that the price of advertising should be based on the television model – how many eyeballs see an ad, said Penny Muse Abernathy, a University of North Carolina professor of digital economics. That will change, she said. “You will have business models that emerge that take advantage of information that just can’t be free,” she…
Type: News
Investigative Reporting Vital to Industry Future, Panel Says
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Good investigative reporting is key to maintaining strong local journalism, but it is difficult to do under current economic conditions, leading South Carolina journalists said at an NPC Centennial Forum here Wednesday. “There are few things we do that gets a more favorable response from readers than investigative reporting,” said Mark Lett, editor of the Columbia newspaper, The State. In the past, he said, a reporter could disappear for a week or even a month and then come back with a great story because he or she had time to run down tips and make context out of the…
Type: News
America Needs to Put Its House in Order, Bacevich Says
Americans must make substantive changes in this country and put its house in order if things are going to improve, Andrew Bacevich, professor of history and international relations at Boston University, said at an Oct. 10 Newsmaker. Bacevich is the author of "The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism," which has beencalled "an authoritative call to arms for change." Focusingon the current economic crisis, Bacevich said you can look at it as either a passing problem or a true turning point in global history. After Sept. 11, the Bush administration's national security policy…
Type: News
Parties Assess Congressional Races
Democrats appear ready break tradition with additional House gains in November’s elections, but Republicans still have time make up lots of ground, according Club luncheon remarks on Oct. 10 by former Republican National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Thomas M. Davis III and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen. Davis, who oversaw the Republicans' House campaigns in 1998, 2000 and 2002 before announcing his retirement at the end this term, was the more specific in his predictions, saying that he foresaw Republican as losng “double digit seats.”…
Type: News
Forums Set for Oregon, Seattle, Des Moines, Columbia, Minneapolis
Top editors, Pulitzer Prize winners and on-line experts will participate in upcoming NPC forums. The panels explore issues of the 21st century news industry. On Oct. 21, the University of Oregon is host to a panel featuring: Sandra Rowe, editor, The Oregonian; Mike Donahue, reporter/anchor KOIN-TV; and Mark Blaine, instructor, School of Journalism and Communications, University of Oregon Moderated by former NPC President Gil Klein, the panel is at 5 p.m. at the university's School of Journalism and Communication, 70 NW Couch St., Portland. On Oct. 22, a panel at the University of…
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Costas Wants More Hard News in Sports Coverage
An element of hard news should be in sports reporting, but most television sports shows are shying away from it, Bob Costas, the NBC and HBO sports broadcaster, told Marvin Kalb Monday night during "The Kalb Report." More than at other Olympics, the one in China allowed him to include "a dollop" of journalism as he interviewed President Bush and included references in his broadcasts to economic, political and social conditions in the host country. "If I had my druthers, there would have been more," he said. "That's what made these Olympics special ... But I host the Olympics; I don't produce…
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The Future of Journalism: Corporate Sponsorship?
ATLANTA – The future of journalism may be in niche products supported less by advertising and more by corporate sponsorships, by interest groups and by public broadcasting-style memberships, leading Georgia journalists said at a Club Centennial ForumTuesday. While Cynthia Tucker, editorial page editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, described how her paper is pulling back its reporting to the core four counties in the metropolitan area, Susanna Capelouto, news director for Georgia Public Broadcasting, said her organization is expanding. “The reason public broadcasting is doing so well is…
Type: News