Since leaving my job as the News Director of KFAI Radio, a few interested parties have suggetsed I start a blog.
So here I go: I'm in Ohio, doing a new media fellowship. No, I will not leave with an M.A. in journalism. This fellowship is where they pay me to complete a project ( in this case a multimedia website on Somali businesses in Columbus, Ohio). They also pay for classes if I want to take them. I'm taking constitutional law - watch out, Scalia!
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Drinking at a Kiplinger Party
A few thoughts on public broadcasting, news, and where journalism is going...not from the dinosaur perspective.
Ann in Ohio
Drinking at a Kiplinger Party
News Crushes
- Raw news judgement isn't developed...it just is. KFAI's leader-facilitator-collaborator is Janis Lane-Ewart. As she has reminded me in the past, she is not a news person. Well, she might as well be. She displayed the right news instincts the night of the bridge fell down in Minneapolis, culling people resources, getting the feed from KSTP, and displaying her gentle fortitude in times of immense pressure. Janis is an example by doing, not saying. She done good.
- Marisa Helms has quit Minnesota Public Radio. They did well to hire her: she was not only effective and accurate, she was ambitious in a profession that doesn't notice it very much unless you're covering a war zone. She decided she was mad as hell and wasn't going to take it any longer. And to that I say, good for her. I received 3 voicemail messages since she quit, all asking for references in support of applications for Marisa's job. I only hope they show as much courage as she has.
- I'm reading Mary Mapes' account of her fall from grace at CBS news when the bloggers went to town on the documents she verified showing that Shrub had received preferential treatment in the Air National Guard to get out of serving in Vietnam. I don't agree with her on everything (like the press is the noble watchdog of democracy - there are too many corporate hack reporters and publications out there) but she showed a lot of courage under fire. She's also a babe, not that that matters so much, but I gotta say for someone with 25 years in broadcast news, Mary's well kempt. I hope I look that good when I'm her age.
- Bill Moyers is still on my list. And the state of the union is still bleak, but Bill Moyers makes the future seem salvageable. Very sweet interview with Robert Bly...although I think people will die if Moyers goes off the air.
- Ita Eyabong, one of the Kiplinger Fellows at Ohio State. He's drawing attention to the plight of African journalists in exile. We are so spoiled in the United States, and Ita reminds me every day (since his office is next to mine) that we can't waste air time and print space on Anna Nicole Smith. And he has a sexy mustache.
- Elliot Jaspin, who just wrote Buried in the Bitter Waters. Check it out. This guy is suffering alienation in his own news bureau to shed light on yet another black eye on American history, racial cleansings. He also has an amazingly dry wit, which I find quite charming and cute. Smart and cute, who could ask for anything more?
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