My media newsfeed posed some interesting questions today:
Where did you go, investigative journalism?
I don't know about you, but I went in to journalism thinking I'd write groundbreaking investigative pieces, ala Seymour Hersh's expose on the Mai-lai massacre (he's still one of my journalism idols). I'm not sure we'll ever have another era of hard-core investigative pieces that don't become salacious and "To Catch a Predator" in their ridiculousness. Thoughts?
Is everyone creating a Facebook application?
I find it very humorous that media and political pundits are essentially tripping over themselves trying to "harness the power of Facebook." I guess it's inevitable that if there's money to be made with anything, it'll be taken advantage of until it barely resembles what it started out to be (and I'd argue Facebook is nothing like what it was originally, thank you very much, newsfeed.)
Are J-Schools teaching the right things?
I'm curious: what do YOU think Drake's J-school should be teaching that they're not? What are they getting wrong? What are they getting right?
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Are you caucusing today? Man, if I ever would miss Iowa, it'd surely be today. Caucus for me, ok? Though I'm still not 100-percent sure what side of the room I'd be standing on ...
These Portlanders just don't get the fervor that is caucus season. This time four years ago, I was running scripts for CNN. So fun -- yup, it's true. I miss Iowa today.
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I'm right there with ya, Rach. Granted, I've only been gone from Des Moines just over a month but Caucus Day was the first day I REALLY missed Des Moines (and wondered why I didn't wait until after the caucuses to move). I wore my "Des Moines is the greatest city in the world" shirt from Smash, devoured NPR, CNN, CSPAN, and even (gasp!) a little Fox News though to make up for not being there ... It's awfully exciting when you see people you know (like Drake profs and random Meredith folks) on national TV participating in the political process though.
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