Hi everyone. Each week I'll put in a blog entry for my "news meeting." A news meeting in a newsroom would be the session at which editors decide what's worth putting in the paper or online. TV and radio have them too. Some PR practitioners also send out "morning meeting" roundups to reporters when they try to pitch stories.
We'll use the news meeting as a way to clue each other into what's news. I'll lead off with some things I've been reading about this week and you can add comments to throw in your ideas. I'll scan the activity on Sunday nights before I write current events questions for the quiz, but I can't make any promises that all the questions will come from the blog activity. I can only say the more active you are, the more likely you'll cover everything I will.
So, without further delay, our first-ever KC News Meeting. Currently, I'm reading a lot about:
- John McCain's resurging candidacy
- a guy named Rudy who used to be a front-runner
- race and gender in the Democratic primary battle
- Suharto's death (for real reasons but also because it ties to one of the best journalism movies EVER, check out my Facebook favs for more info)
- economic stimulus package
- subprime mortgage crisis
- Super Bowl
- Yahoo layoffs
- Madison's new school superintendent
- city's first homicide of '08
What are you checking out?
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
KC's News Meeting
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What about the crisis in Kenya? A still raging dispute over elections in December has claimed the lives of over 800 people. I have been watching this story for a while now, and I actually caught an error in a BBC story where they spelled a politicians name wrong! (The BBC has Mr. Mugabe WARE, while the NYTimes and other BBC articles have Mr. Mugabe WERE. ) I included the BBC story with the wrong spelling, and a New York Times story with the correct spelling
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7216872.stm
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/30/world/africa/30kenya.html?th&emc=th
And I don't mean to take up the whole blog, but there was also a police shooting in Lima, Ohio that is sparking racial debate. A SWAT team entered the home of a suspected drug dealer and opened fire, killing a 26-year-old woman and seriously injuring her 14-month-old. The young woman was the girlfriend of the drug dealer, but friends and family say she was never involved with drugs. The fact that the Lima police force is predominately white and the victims were black has combined with the area's history of racial tension to spark protesting in the community.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/30/us/30lima.html?th&emc=th
One issue that has been in the news periodically lately is how China is preparing for hosting the Olympics. I read a story from The New York Times last weak about how some human rights activists and others who speak out about the government are being jailed so that when the media comes to China, people won't speak out. Are the Olympics games really worth all that?? Maybe China wasn't the best choice for a location.
I've been reading a lot about Microsoft's bid for Yahoo! at $44.6 billion to compete with Google. Yahoo has until the end of March to decide, but it could mean big things for the media world.
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/category/microsofts-yahoo-bid/
I have been following the Baghdad suicide bombings. It was pretty horrible. Our group is going to tie this issue into our group presentation this week. If anyone is interested in reading about the bombings or see a video about the aftermath, check out the link below.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/02/world/middleeast/02iraq.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=baghdad+bombings&st=nyt&oref=slogin
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