The Media Drop

Nicholas Blanford writes about the changes currently taking place in the Syrian press, including a lessened “fear of imprisonment” by journalists.

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Kevin at PubliusTX points out the reaction of Pegasus News to an article in the Dallas Morning News about how blog readership is “on the decline.” The piece unfortunately focuses on political blogs as the bellwhether for the entire “industry,” however. Sure, political blogs made huge amounts of news in the months (even […]

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Some bloggers have put together a wealth of tsunami-related information if you’re looking for updated details:

Jeff Jarvis has a stack of news coverage of Sunday’s tsunami and its aftereffects in southern Asia, India, and the surrounding region.
Over at Command Post, Michele Catalano is doing yeoman’s work of putting together all sorts of information, from the […]

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In October, there were concerns about the accreditation of Arizona State University’s journalism school. This week, the accreditation was removed the AP reports.
But while we’re talking about journalism skills and credibility, this report should probably be fixed up - “fail to promote woman” isn’t exactly correct grammar, to say the least. […]

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On the “Today” show this morning, Ann Curry was discussing (briefly) the horrific tsunami in Asia, and how there is a lack of warning system enabled for much of the region. Before tossing to the CNBC Asia anchor, she said something along the lines of “I guess this lack of warning system is a […]

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K. Paul Mallasch put together some good thoughts (and a good springboard) about credibility and transparency, and their relationship to online media - figured I would chime in a bit. Blogs and a lot of online-only media were started with the idea of “differing” with the way that the previous few hundred years of […]

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In Sunday’s Naples News (reg. req’d), editor Phil Lewis details a situation surrounding an anonymous person putting flyers inside the newspapers found inside a coin-operated rack. The handmade flyers are in no way associated with the paper, and are apparently from someone attempting to get the word out about a person they describe as […]

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Just wanted to take a moment and wish everyone a Merry Christmas!!!!
(well, if you’re so inclined, of course.)

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Just wanted to share my thoughts and prayers for those close to Johnny Oates, former Texas Rangers and Baltimore Orioles manager, who died Friday from a brain tumor. He was 58.
Details on Oates’ career as a player are available here and as a manager here, courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

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The Associated Press reports on a story involving Corpus Christi Caller-Times reporter Venessa Santos-Garza, who “participated in a police sting by posing as a prostitute.” This appears to be part of a potential newsgathering operation, and the paper has stated that it would not go forward with a story about it.

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