tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91209792856277732012024-03-13T13:59:51.627-05:00News Eye Of The TigerStalking Our Prey In The Night...MrNoxthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15566169001931162878noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9120979285627773201.post-64972444777841641782010-04-08T22:03:00.001-05:002010-05-13T00:38:17.972-05:00This week's scrutiny:<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4ON8RwDPtaY/S8TdnTyQaLI/AAAAAAAAAO8/o6x2AIY1pgE/s1600/t1larg.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 112px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459732315675584690" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4ON8RwDPtaY/S8TdnTyQaLI/AAAAAAAAAO8/o6x2AIY1pgE/s200/t1larg.jpg" /></a> *** In <a href="http://writetomygeneration.blogspot.com/2010/04/television-catching-up.html">Television is Catching Up</a>, Kacey Larsen examines a <em>CNN Entertainment</em> article exploring GLBT characters on the tube.<br /><br />Alecia Brooks breaks-down <em>Time</em> magazine's story about consumer safety when <a href="http://thinkcurrent.blogspot.com/2010/04/timeliness-importance-and-locality-are.html">Plastics, other common chemicals could be ruining health</a>.<br /><br />When aliteration runs amok, Mallory Cole asks editors to <a href="http://mallorycole.blogspot.com/2010/04/please-permanently-prohibit.html">Please Permanently Prohibit perpetually Preposterous Headlines</a>.<br /><br />When a gubenatorial campaign statement leads, Lars Headington asks why the <em>Iowa City <a href="http://newsslantpolitics.blogspot.com/2010/04/press-citizen-tone-deaf-to-news.html">Press-Citizen </a></em><a href="http://newsslantpolitics.blogspot.com/2010/04/press-citizen-tone-deaf-to-news.html">is tone deaf to news</a> in its immediate purview.<br /><br />Heather Lamb examines a writer's focus when a <em>Gazette</em> <a href="http://csicrimestoryinterpretation.blogspot.com/2010/04/cedar-rapids-gazette-reporter-adam-belz.html">Crime story turns into a profile, unintentionally</a>.MrNoxthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15566169001931162878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9120979285627773201.post-76700559115033708712010-04-01T22:43:00.003-05:002010-04-05T23:09:16.689-05:00This Week's Purview:<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4ON8RwDPtaY/S7qvbivCalI/AAAAAAAAAOw/bsyh9s-dEBo/s1600/calabrese_612.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 78px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456866786228202066" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4ON8RwDPtaY/S7qvbivCalI/AAAAAAAAAOw/bsyh9s-dEBo/s200/calabrese_612.jpg" /></a> *** In <a href="http://csicrimestoryinterpretation.blogspot.com/2010/03/current-photos-old-news.html">New photos, old story </a>Heather Lamb looks at how the Chicago Tribune reported the revival of an old investigation.<br /><br />Alecia Brooks examines coverage of World Water Day 2010, where activists are <a href="http://thinkcurrent.blogspot.com/2010/04/clean-water-for-all.html">Going to war with unsanitary water</a>.<br /><br />In <a href="http://thinkcurrent.blogspot.com/2010/04/clean-water-for-all.html">Know Thineself</a>, Cole Cheney compares fresh versus tired online coverage of the China-Google dispute.<br /><br />Mallory Cole reveals how a potentially funny story falls flat in <a href="http://mallorycole.blogspot.com/2010/04/resurrecting-road-kill-take-one.html">Russerecting Road-Kill, Take One</a>.<br /><br />When a <a href="http://newsslantpolitics.blogspot.com/2010/03/staged-political-event-not-news.html">Staged political event is not news</a>, Lars Headington asks why it still gets front-page treatment.MrNoxthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15566169001931162878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9120979285627773201.post-59434773750230502052010-03-11T23:22:00.007-06:002010-03-23T18:06:06.627-05:00This Week's Look:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4ON8RwDPtaY/S6lI1_7gx3I/AAAAAAAAAOg/oGS8W3PMw88/s1600-h/t1larg.drowning.alzheimer.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 112px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4ON8RwDPtaY/S6lI1_7gx3I/AAAAAAAAAOg/oGS8W3PMw88/s200/t1larg.drowning.alzheimer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451968916440008562" border="0" /></a>*** Kacey Larson scrutinizes the focus of a medical story in <a href="http://writetomygeneration.blogspot.com/2010/03/burying-alzheimers-in-life-and-in-media.html">Burying Alzheimer's, In Life and In Media</a>.<br /><br />In <a href="http://mallorycole.blogspot.com/2010/03/when-watchdog-sleeps.html">When the Watchdog Sleeps</a>, Mallory Cole asks why a negligent girlfriend was not scrutinized more by a Cedar Rapids Gazette story.<br /><br />Heather Lamb wants to see clearer reporting in an Iowa City crime story when <a href="http://csicrimestoryinterpretation.blogspot.com/2010/03/revealing-too-little-leads-into-too.html">Revealing Too Little Leads to Too Many Questions</a>.<br /><br />In <a href="http://thinkcurrent.blogspot.com/2010/03/finding-blance-between-citizen-and.html">Finding a balance between the citizen and the journalist</a>, Alecia Brooks asks what distinctions are made by editors when using citizen journalists.<br /><br />In <a href="http://corpresp.blogspot.com/2010/03/who-made-who.html">Who Made Who?</a>, Cole Cheney examines levels of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">disclosure</span> when news organizations face possibly conflicts of interests in reporting.<br /><br />Lars <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Headington</span> lauds the approach of a New York Times reporter whose put his <a href="http://newsslantpolitics.blogspot.com/2010/03/focus-on-money-not-rhetoric-behind.html">Focus on money, not rhetoric behind policy</a>.MrNoxthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15566169001931162878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9120979285627773201.post-73430991980576816042010-03-04T23:10:00.006-06:002010-03-23T18:15:28.858-05:00At a glance:<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4ON8RwDPtaY/S6jltLNZqWI/AAAAAAAAAOA/ZmZE4E89rqk/s1600-h/03linespan-cnd-articleLarge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px; float: left; height: 110px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451859913197857122" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4ON8RwDPtaY/S6jltLNZqWI/AAAAAAAAAOA/ZmZE4E89rqk/s200/03linespan-cnd-articleLarge.jpg" border="0" /></a> *** Kacey Larsen analyses the approach of a New York Times Supreme Court article in <a href="http://writetomygeneration.blogspot.com/2010/03/sleepover-at-supreme-court.html">Sleepover at the Supreme Court</a>.<br /><br />Heather Lamb looks into a television-news outlet's series on unsolved murders in <a href="http://csicrimestoryinterpretation.blogspot.com/2010/03/cold-cases-brought-to-life-by-kcrg.html">Cold Cases Brought To Life By KCRG</a>.<br /><br />In <a href="http://mallorycole.blogspot.com/2010/03/becker-convicted-one-newspapers.html">Local Paper Copies, Doesn't Cover Conviction</a>, Mallory Cole critiques the <em>Iowa City Press-Citizen</em>'s non-coverage of a high-profile murder trial.<br /><br />Alecia Brooks examines how the Bangor Daily News brings federal government policy close to its readers in <a href="http://thinkcurrent.blogspot.com/2010/03/addtional-900m-proposed-for-failing.html">An Additional $900 Million Proposed For Failing Schools</a>.<br /><br />In <a href="http://corpresp.blogspot.com/2010/03/many-shades-of-green.html">Many Shades of Green</a>, Cole Cheney compares a mainstream media outlet with an advoccy group in theit coverage of Coca-Cola's new eco-friendly bottles.<br /><br />In <a href="http://newsslantpolitics.blogspot.com/2010/03/fp-blogger-media-complicit-in-political.html">Media Complicit In Political Games</a>, Lars Headington highlights the apolitical conversion of a blogger.MrNoxthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15566169001931162878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9120979285627773201.post-86793067588857886102010-02-25T20:16:00.007-06:002010-03-23T11:04:12.346-05:00Caught In Our Sights:<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4ON8RwDPtaY/S6jmcYKsurI/AAAAAAAAAOI/3CR7FBJNnbI/s1600-h/toyoda-congress_1585515c.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 125px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451860724130036402" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4ON8RwDPtaY/S6jmcYKsurI/AAAAAAAAAOI/3CR7FBJNnbI/s200/toyoda-congress_1585515c.jpg" /></a> *** In <a href="http://corpresp.blogspot.com/2010/02/two-perspectives-one-story.html">Two Perspectives, One Story</a>, Cole Cheney compares cultural shades in Al-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Jazeera</span> and Associated Press coverage of Toyota's apology.<br /><br />Heather Lamb examines how the Des <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Moines</span></span> Register reports <a href="http://csicrimestoryinterpretation.blogspot.com/2010/02/when-photos-tell-story-psychiatrist.html">When Photos Tell A Story: Psychiatrist Labels Mark Becker A Psychotic</a>.<br /><br />In <a href="http://mallorycole.blogspot.com/2010/02/dead-for-eight-years-but-still-doing.html">A Good Wife: Kills Husband, Still Files His Taxes</a>, Mallory Cole dissects how one TV news station website offered readers confusion rather than clarification.<br /><br />Alecia Brooks discusses how USA Today chose to cover a pair of divergent American economies, <a href="http://thinkcurrent.blogspot.com/2010/02/one-bustling-and-one-struggle-two.html">One Bustling and One Struggling; Two Cities On Opposite Ends of the Employment Gap</a>.<br /><br />Kacey Larsen breaks-down the effectiveness of USA Today's reporting as <a href="http://writetomygeneration.blogspot.com/2010/02/sale-events-turn-to-trials-for-toyota.html">Sale Events Turn Into Trials for Toyota</a>.<br /><br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lars <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Headington</span> shows how <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error"><a href="http://newsslantpolitics.blogspot.com/2010/02/wsj-beats-times-post-to-point.html">WSJ</a></span></span><a href="http://newsslantpolitics.blogspot.com/2010/02/wsj-beats-times-post-to-point.html"> Beats Times, Post to the Point </a>of a senate vote by bringing the facts - and not politics - up-front.MrNoxthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15566169001931162878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9120979285627773201.post-33639234964303473172010-02-19T04:51:00.002-06:002010-03-23T11:05:48.712-05:00In Our Gaze:<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4ON8RwDPtaY/S6jm05loJvI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/1ExQzkPEmiw/s1600-h/jobline.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451861145418213106" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4ON8RwDPtaY/S6jm05loJvI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/1ExQzkPEmiw/s200/jobline.jpg" /></a> *** Alecia Brooks offers points of improvement for articles in <em>Reuters</em> and <em>Business First</em> discussing <a href="http://thinkcurrent.blogspot.com/2010/02/double-digit-unemployment-rate-for.html">Double-Digit Unemployment Rate for Minorities in NY</a>.<br /><br />Heather Lamb judges the effectiveness of new media methods for the <a href="http://csicrimestoryinterpretation.blogspot.com/2010/02/mark-becker-trial-covered-live-online.html">Mark Becker Trial Covered Live Online</a>.<br /><br />Mallory Cole compares the presentation of age in crime stories <em>The Gazette</em> and the <em><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Iowa City</span> Press-Citizen</em> in <a href="http://mallorycole.blogspot.com/2010/02/baby-behind-bars-robbery-turned-to.html">A "Baby" Behind Bars: Robbery Turned To Murder</a>.<br /><br />Cole Cheney examines treatment of <a href="http://corpresp.blogspot.com/2010/02/big-soda-lobbying.html">Big Soda Lobbying</a> in three different media outlets.<br /><br />Kacey Larsen scrutinizes the tone and scope of a CNN.com article on college volunteers <a href="http://writetomygeneration.blogspot.com/2010/02/soaking-up-sun-in-haiti.html">Soaking Up the Sun In Haiti</a>.<br /><br />Lars Headington asks why the <a href="http://newsslantpolitics.blogspot.com/2010/02/times-bumps-social-security-for-bayh.html"><em>New York </em><em>Times</em> Fronts Dem's Retirement, Fall-Out </a>while the <em>Des Moines Register</em> buries it.MrNoxthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15566169001931162878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9120979285627773201.post-29390777441091064482010-02-11T20:38:00.005-06:002010-03-23T11:07:01.278-05:00This Week's Purview:<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4ON8RwDPtaY/S6jnHAu2zcI/AAAAAAAAAOY/nrizf0Zg1Zs/s1600-h/policesubstation-300x220.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 147px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451861456573615554" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4ON8RwDPtaY/S6jnHAu2zcI/AAAAAAAAAOY/nrizf0Zg1Zs/s200/policesubstation-300x220.jpg" /></a> *** Heather Lamb examines The Gazette's coverage of a CR police substation's attempt to reduce crime while <a href="http://csicrimestoryinterpretation.blogspot.com/2010/02/cedar-rapids-business-owners-seek-more.html">Cedar Rapids Business Owners Seek More Help</a>.<br /><br />MalloryCole compares trial coverage by the <em>IC Press-Citizen </em>and <em>The Gazette</em> of an <a href="http://mallorycole.blogspot.com/2010/02/ic-counselors-case-in-court.html">IC Counselor's Case In Court</a>.<br /><br />Alecia Brooks takes a look at <a href="http://thinkcurrent.blogspot.com/2010/02/leaving-facebook-to-begin-social-life.html">Leaving Facebook To Begin A Social Life</a>.<br /><br />Cole Cheney examines the <a href="http://corpresp.blogspot.com/2010/02/haitian-situation.html">Haitian Situation </a>of big-dollar donations.<br /><br />Kacey Larsen ponders a college's offering of <a href="http://writetomygeneration.blogspot.com/2010/02/degrees-in-medical-marijuana.html">Degrees In Medical Marijuana</a>.<br /><br />Lars Headington shows you just one way that <a href="http://newsslantpolitics.blogspot.com/2010/02/fox-puts-spin-first.html">Fox Puts Spin First</a>.MrNoxthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15566169001931162878noreply@blogger.com0