We Want Media

While reading E-Media Tidbits, I came across an interesting post about the bloggers. The post commented on Jeff Jarvis’s essay Gatekeepers v. Amateurs that says bloggers may not have the tools that professional journalists have.

Jen Chung, editor and co-founder of Gothamist.com told me she wanted the news blog to make readers feel like they were living in New York. It has a broad scope and tackles topics that range from city crimes to a Project Runway drinking game.

Myopia, a.k.a. near-sightedness, is caused by "focusing on close-up objects such as a book or a computer for long periods of time."

Barry Bonds' baseball career is over. And I can't really say that I feel bad about it. Yeah, I'm pretty sure I'm reveling in the fact. After all, this is the guy who called a press conference just to accuse the media of ruining his life.

So supposedly Cox didn't authorize the subpoenas and Romenesko reports a claim that Cox, in fact, stands up for investigative journalism.

I don't own a television and don't feel any particular desire to own one. Yet as a student of communications and an American citizen, I feel somewhat responsible for knowing what's happening on the tube.

Remember that crazy Paula Abdul video that features her dancing with a cartoon cat? Well, it seems that in China, no longer will viewers get to enjoy the fun that ensues when people and cartoons interact.

With the advent of the video iPod and the ever-growing need for television stations to diversify their media output, it comes as no surprise that networks have begun offering shows for convenient $1.99 downloads on iTunes.

We are living in an age of mobile media. It seems that we can’t live without them for a day. Most people own a cell phone, a laptop computer, a mp3 player, so on. We are almost addicted, and we even get nervous when we forget to bring them one day.

The recent news headlines on the police investigation of the murder of a John Jay College student irrates me because it is part of the growing trend of the media morphing into the unnoffical judge and jury of crimes.

An anonymous commenter to Paul's entry on journalism and blogging asked the following question: "Would you rather pay $4.99 for gawker mobile or $19.40 for a NY Times paper dropped on the ground floor of your building?"

All night, the Oscar telecast noted the social issues brought up by this year’s nominees. Just looking at Best Picture, you see films that confront homophobia, racism, censorship and terrorism.

I leaped into the air with excitement last night when Three 6 Mafia won the Oscar for Best Song. Not only did Three 6 win the Oscar they were also the first hip-hop group to perform at the Oscars.

Blogs and online media sites are growing by the second these days. The technology now available allows anyone to start his own blog or website. But are they all journalists?

Did Hollywood make the right decision in choosing a political comedian to host its biggest show of the year? No.

Normally, I’m pretty indifferent towards the Academy Awards. But this year, I really couldn’t care less.

In a recent talk at Yale University, Slate Magazine editor Jacob Weisberg said that “print media is falling behind” and the industry is slow to “exploit” the internet. As an up and coming print journalist, I strongly disagree.

I’m sick of the Brokeback media trend. Ever since Jake-Darko-Gyllenhaal laid one on "That’s the most words I’ve said in a year" Aussie Heath Ledger, people have been snatching up cowboy boots and hoping their gay best friend finds a guy who castrates cows for a living.

Sometimes America is just a downer. When Iraqis are killing each other as often as they pray and Palestinians are freely electing terrorist organizations and the Vice President is shooting old retired lawyers in the face, one can do little more than furrow their brow and dream of better days.

I subscribe to a conservative website called Human Events Online. No, I'm not a conservative, but I have nothing against them. No, really--I don't.