Tag Archives: journalism

called it

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Chris Houchens

Yesterday, in my post about the media and the Nashville floods, I suggested that maybe the lack of national media attention was due to the lag between the tuned-in minority  and the traditional media. Turns out I was right. Today … Continue reading →

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you missed it

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Chris Houchens

If your only source of news is national media, you may not realize that a U.S. city was heavily damaged this weekend. Yes, the Gulf oil disaster should be the top story and the Times Square car bomb attempt was … Continue reading →

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punish your biggest fans

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Chris Houchens

A memo from the top brass at the New York Times was sent to employees about the plan to charge for online content at nytimes.com… Today we are announcing that we will be introducing a paid model for NYTimes.com at … Continue reading →

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connecting the dots

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Chris Houchens

Another printed newspaper went away today and with typical media self-absorption, the paper reported their own obituary with an in-depth report complete with a full page front page farewell. This death comes on the tails of last week’s Pew Research report that apparently … Continue reading →

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stories

Posted on November 10, 2008 by Chris Houchens

So over the past two years gas prices rose about $2/gallon from what they were. Supply and demand? That can’t be causing it. The oil companies were sticking it to us. Let’s start a chain email to not buy gas … Continue reading →

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