We have landed a good one here. An email interview with Walter Cronkite. I want the focus to be on his thoughts on modern journalism and not the stuff that is in his biography. Questions? Send me them, and do so ASAP.
Brian McNeil
On Feb 7, 2008 9:41 PM, Brian McNeil brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org wrote:
We have landed a good one here… An email interview with Walter Cronkite. I want the focus to be on his thoughts on modern journalism and not the stuff that is in his biography. Questions? Send me them, and do so ASAP.
Brian McNeil
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OT: Bare in mind that the images they send will have to be GFDL (or compatible Creative Commons) with an explicit statement saying so. Merely saying "you can use this on 'pedia" is not enough.
Peres, now Cronkite? This just keeps getting better and better!
Do you believe that modern journalism is more "style over substance?" Do you believe that the 1976 film *Network* has somewhat foreshadowed modern television journalism in someway? What is your opinion on citizen journalism? Do you think citizen journalists can report more truthfully then professional journalists? What do you think about "Memogate?" What is your opinion on blogs?
On Feb 7, 2008 4:41 PM, Brian McNeil brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org wrote:
We have landed a good one here… An email interview with Walter Cronkite. I want the focus to be on his thoughts on modern journalism and not the stuff that is in his biography. Questions? Send me them, and do so ASAP.
Brian McNeil
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I've incorporated the below questions and sent a link to [[WN:YOURPHOTO]] on to the CBS contact to distribute among the photographers who might have something on Cronkite.
I need another 5-10 questions and the thing to bear in mind is the current working title. Cronkite is 91(?) His start in journalism predates computers and I want to draw out his opinion on the contrast between then and now.
So. Get the questions in!
Brian McNeil
-----Original Message----- From: wikinews-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikinews-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Mannion Sent: 07 February 2008 23:09 To: Wikinews mailing list Subject: Re: [Wikinews-l] Walter Cronkite
Peres, now Cronkite? This just keeps getting better and better!
Do you believe that modern journalism is more "style over substance?" Do you believe that the 1976 film Network has somewhat foreshadowed modern television journalism in someway? What is your opinion on citizen journalism? Do you think citizen journalists can report more truthfully then professional journalists? What do you think about "Memogate?" What is your opinion on blogs?
On Feb 7, 2008 4:41 PM, Brian McNeil brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org wrote:
We have landed a good one here. An email interview with Walter Cronkite. I want the focus to be on his thoughts on modern journalism and not the stuff that is in his biography. Questions? Send me them, and do so ASAP.
Brian McNeil
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A few questions (if it's not too late):
1. Contemporary television journalism relies on ever more entertainment news, human interest stories, and often an explicit bias to draw in viewers. Do you believe that the trends that have shaped TV news presentation for the last couple of decades will continue, or is there another change coming? 2. The last ten years have seen a meteoric rise in the popularity of NPR news magazines. Some see NPR as a last bastion of quality journalism; others see it as more of the same albeit with a liberal bias. How would you explain NPR's popularity and what does it mean for the future of radio news? 3. Young people heading for college this year will have lived with Internet access most of their lives, and have had many more sources for news and information than generations before them. The news media has been trying to diversify its offerings as well -- TV and radio news organizations have websites, and blogs, and podcasts. What do you think will be (or has been) the impact of this diversification of sources and modes of access to information? 4. The media has been shown to be very polarizing: people seek out a news source they agree with and use the source to further reinforce their world views. How can a news organization that strives to maintain objectivity, or has a more centrist point of view, survive given this polarization?
-ilya
On Feb 8, 2008 12:45 AM, Brian McNeil brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org wrote:
I've incorporated the below questions and sent a link to [[WN:YOURPHOTO]] on to the CBS contact to distribute among the photographers who might have something on Cronkite.
I need another 5-10 questions and the thing to bear in mind is the current working title. Cronkite is 91(?) His start in journalism predates computers and I want to draw out his opinion on the contrast between then and now.
So… Get the questions in!
Brian McNeil
-----Original Message----- From: wikinews-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikinews-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Mannion Sent: 07 February 2008 23:09 To: Wikinews mailing list Subject: Re: [Wikinews-l] Walter Cronkite
Peres, now Cronkite? This just keeps getting better and better!
Do you believe that modern journalism is more "style over substance?" Do you believe that the 1976 film Network has somewhat foreshadowed modern television journalism in someway? What is your opinion on citizen journalism? Do you think citizen journalists can report more truthfully then professional journalists? What do you think about "Memogate?" What is your opinion on blogs?
On Feb 7, 2008 4:41 PM, Brian McNeil brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org wrote:
We have landed a good one here… An email interview with Walter Cronkite. I want the focus to be on his thoughts on modern journalism and not the stuff that is in his biography. Questions? Send me them, and do so ASAP.
Brian McNeil
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Questions were sent this morning - sorry. I figured we'd reached the limit in any case.
Brian McNeil
-----Original Message----- From: wikinews-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikinews-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Ilya Haykinson Sent: 09 February 2008 18:55 To: Wikinews mailing list Subject: Re: [Wikinews-l] Walter Cronkite
A few questions (if it's not too late):
1. Contemporary television journalism relies on ever more entertainment news, human interest stories, and often an explicit bias to draw in viewers. Do you believe that the trends that have shaped TV news presentation for the last couple of decades will continue, or is there another change coming? 2. The last ten years have seen a meteoric rise in the popularity of NPR news magazines. Some see NPR as a last bastion of quality journalism; others see it as more of the same albeit with a liberal bias. How would you explain NPR's popularity and what does it mean for the future of radio news? 3. Young people heading for college this year will have lived with Internet access most of their lives, and have had many more sources for news and information than generations before them. The news media has been trying to diversify its offerings as well -- TV and radio news organizations have websites, and blogs, and podcasts. What do you think will be (or has been) the impact of this diversification of sources and modes of access to information? 4. The media has been shown to be very polarizing: people seek out a news source they agree with and use the source to further reinforce their world views. How can a news organization that strives to maintain objectivity, or has a more centrist point of view, survive given this polarization?
-ilya
On Feb 8, 2008 12:45 AM, Brian McNeil brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org wrote:
I've incorporated the below questions and sent a link to [[WN:YOURPHOTO]]
on
to the CBS contact to distribute among the photographers who might have something on Cronkite.
I need another 5-10 questions and the thing to bear in mind is the current working title. Cronkite is 91(?) His start in journalism predates
computers
and I want to draw out his opinion on the contrast between then and now.
So. Get the questions in!
Brian McNeil
-----Original Message----- From: wikinews-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikinews-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Patrick
Mannion
Sent: 07 February 2008 23:09 To: Wikinews mailing list Subject: Re: [Wikinews-l] Walter Cronkite
Peres, now Cronkite? This just keeps getting better and better!
Do you believe that modern journalism is more "style over substance?" Do you believe that the 1976 film Network has somewhat foreshadowed
modern
television journalism in someway? What is your opinion on citizen journalism? Do you think citizen journalists can report more truthfully then professional journalists? What do you think about "Memogate?" What is your opinion on blogs?
On Feb 7, 2008 4:41 PM, Brian McNeil brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org wrote:
We have landed a good one here. An email interview with Walter Cronkite. I want the focus to be on his thoughts on modern journalism and not the
stuff
that is in his biography. Questions? Send me them, and do so ASAP.
Brian McNeil
Wikinews-l mailing list Wikinews-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikinews-l
-- Autism is both a gift and a curse at the same time; But I think of it as
a
gift. _______________________________________________ Wikinews-l mailing list Wikinews-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikinews-l
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