- -: The Stigmas of Outdoor Writing - Tim Cahill
August 25, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/08/13/The_Intrepid_Spirit_of_Travel_Tim_Cahill Outside magazine founding editor Tim Cahill reminisces on the stigmas that outdoor writing used to behold: illiteracy and machismo. He attempts to break those barriers by writing more intelligent, multi-faceted...
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- -: Presenting Spot.Us - Open Sourced Community Reporting
September 16, 2009 (over 14 years ago)David Cohn discusses the importance of journalism and presents his website Spot.Us, an open source project to pioneer "community funded reporting." For more programs from the Tides: Momentum Conference, visit: http://fora.tv/partner/Momentum David Cohn is the founder of Spot.Us, an open source ...
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- -: Michael Moore: Greed Killed the Newspapers
September 30, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/09/17/Filmmaker_Michael_Moore_on_Capitalism_A_Love_Story Documentarian Michael Moore argues that media executives have 'killed' newspapers by laying off beat reporters, dumbing down news coverage and endorsing "anti-education" Republican political candidate...
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- -: Did Myths Blind Americans to 'Mistake' of Vietnam? - Neil Sheehan
November 2, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/12/A_New_Cold_War_Neil_Sheehan Journalist Neil Sheehan discusses his initial support for the Vietnam War, which he now views as a mistake. "We were supposed to be saving this country Vietnam, but what we were doing was blowing it up and burning it down."...
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- -: How to Get Wall Street Insiders to Tell All - Andrew Ross Sorkin
November 13, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/02/Too_Big_to_Fail_The_Inside_Story_of_a_Crisis Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times explains the research methods behind his book Too Big to Fail, which reconstructs pivotal moments of Wall Street's financial crisis. Sorkin interviewed over 200 indu...
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- -: Social Media Frees 'Democracy Now!' from Arrest - Amy Goodman
December 2, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/15/Amy_Goodman__Denis_Moynihan_Breaking_the_Sound_Barrier "Democracy is a messy thing," says Amy Goodman. The Democracy Now! host revisits her controversial arrest while covering a protest at the 2008 RNC. She praises social media sites like YouTube and ...
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- -: Sports, Sex, Scandals, Weather: How News Media Competes
December 24, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/v/c11190 A panel of experts discusses the benefits and challenges of increased competition in the world of news media. While journalist Christine Ockrent argues that competition decreases quality as well as profitability, others contend that it has allowed news ...
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- -: Through the Lens: The Media Legacy of Princess Diana - Tina Brown
January 22, 2010 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/13/Tina_Brown_The_Diana_Chronicles Tina Brown, author of The Diana Chronicles, explains how Princess Diana had a "natural understanding of the power of the media." Princess Diana, however, soon began to use the press as a "weapon" and it "became very ugl...
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- -: Is Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show" Good for Democracy?
February 20, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/02/12/Reaching_the_Audience_in_a_Fragmented_Media_Landscape Journalists Rachel Davis Mersey and Ted Anthony defend "The Daily Show" from NPR's Ira Glass, who argues that the program, while good satire, is a poor substitute for actual, in-depth news coverage...
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- -: Breaking Tweets: Fact Checking User-Generated News
February 22, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/02/12/Social_Media_and_Journalism Rachel Sterne, founder and CEO of GroundReport.com, and Robert Mackey, blogger for The New York Times' Lede Blog, discuss how they determine the credibility of news reports contributed online by unknown or anonymous users. ...
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