Author Anita M. Harris, whose new book is about the founding of the Harrisburg Independent Press, urges readers to donate to Cambridge Day.
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Newsrooms Must Adopt “Innovation Culture” To Survive, Google Exec says
Cambridge writer Anita Harris reports on Google News Exec’s advice to newspaper industry at Nieman Foundation, May 11, 2012
ProPublica: Newsgathering of, by and for the people
I think it’s exciting that members of the public can now help the press enhance understanding of the world we live in. I do wonder how many people will remain interested in contributing for free. But for journalists, here’s a scoop: ProPublica is hiring.
—–Anita Harris
CBS News Chief Lauds Obama, predicts stronger newspapers
CBS Evening News Exec: At the recent G20 Summit, “when [Obama] stood up, it was a proud moment for America.”
Boston/NY Newspaper War: Pulitzer Winners Face off
Was surprised last night when two Pulitzer prize winning journalists locked horns on WGBH-TV’s Greater Boston over NYT
Joining Blog Rally to help the Boston Globe
The New Cambridge Observer is pleased to join Beth Israel Hospital’s Paul Levy et all in the blog rally to help the Boston Globe.
Look back, move forward
In his 3-05-09 post “Probe the Past to Protect the Future,” Washington DC business-advocate-re-turned investigative journalist Andrew Kreig says it’s “nonsense”for the country to look forward without addressing the “wrongs” of the recent past “nonsense”….I’m not anxious to delve back into the murky recent past. By temperament, like Obama, I would rather let it all go. But as George Santayana said, “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” I don’t relish the possibility of investigations, indictments or imprisonments. But I do think it’s important to find out why things went so wrong in hopes that we never have to go through times like those–or these–again.
For a free press–please pay!
“Please support the free press–by paying for it.”