How much experience should journalism educators have?

An educator at Slippery Rock University says enough is never enough...

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05365/630326.stm

Shake up at KDKA Radio in Pittsburgh

3 hosts out in end-of-year changes...

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05364/630044.stm

What in the name of Ashley Banfield is going on here?

NBC buying MSNBC. So what's next for the cable operation?

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/23/business/media/23cnd-nbc.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1135355571-SHVfFYmwBtOSumFCFTIhAw

More TV going to the Web

Two CBS comedies joining the rush...

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/3548361.html

Hold the Presses, part 2

http://www.usatoday.com/life/
columnist/mediamix/2005-12-18-media-mix_x.htm

Hold the presses...

...because the White House wants us to???

Apparently, the New York Times did.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/16/AR2005121601716.html

A Vote for Katie Couric...

...from Bob Schieffer

http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/entertainment/
columnists/13393380.htm

We Are Family

Somewhere, Sister Sledge is singing proudly -- Family friendly programming is coming to cable.

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/452df154-6b46-11da-8aee-0000779e2340.html

Newsroom naming rights?

It's happening in Wisconsin...

http://www.madison.com/wsj/home
/local/index.php?ntid=64670&ntpid=4

That liberal bias thing again...

...this one from Neil Cavuto of FOX News

http://www.suntimes.com/output/pickett/cst-nws-lunch11.html

Protecting sources --- lots of talk, not a lot of action?

This article on Slate.com argues that reporters talk the talk about protecting sources...but might not always be willing to walk the walk.

http://www.slate.com/id/2131829/

Adjuncts

An interesting (though too short) story on CNN's web site about one of the unforseen effects of state funding cuts at many state universities -- the rise of adjunct faculty. To be fair, this is not a problem reserved only at state schools.

Note that the woman featured at the beginning of the report is teaching four courses per term -- as an adjunct!

http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/12/09/
army.of.adjuncts.ap/index.html

Woodruff and Vargas not the 1st choices???

A New York Times article says they might not have been...

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/06/business/media/06abc.html

Journalists doing e-mail interviews

Growing in popularity...but perhaps not good for the profession.

http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=4005

Radio companies joining forces...

...want digital efforts to quickly move forward

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/a0fe21ce-6697-11da-884a-0000779e2340.html

Rumsfeld criticizes media

Too negative about Iraq, he says...

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/06/international/middleeast/
06rumsfeld.html?th=&adxnnl=1&emc=th&adxnnlx=
1133881856-yLEl9OR3tKpm3bQXSf7Pdg

Religion and racy programming...

...what could they possibly have in common?

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05338/616394.stm

Planting news stories isn't that bad...

...so says a retired Army officer.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec05/media_12-02.html

The New WNT team...

...and a live west coast edition of the newscast is planned.

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=1373524

How a Chicago newspaper...

...can hurt Chicago broadcast outlets.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/
chi-0512020102dec02,1,6368143.column?coll=chi-business-hed

Planting stories?

Various reports suggest that is happening in Iraq -- and the U.S. government is behind it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/01/politics/01propaganda.html?hp&ex=1133499600&en=3af8aaf9fa1cb0bc&ei=5094&partner=homepage