Read more: Part One: What’s next for The News & Observer? Part Two: With fewer reporters covering local news, upstarts try to fill the gaps There are those who want to save newspapers and those who suspect the future of journalism lies elsewhere. Dan Gillmor is in the latter camp. A former newspaper reporter, Gillmor […]
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The News & Observer’s next life
Read more: Part Two: With fewer reporters covering local news, upstarts try to fill the gaps From our blog: Front-page spoof created by departing N&O employees, plus reactions to the departure of ideas columnist J. Peder Zane Q&A: Dan Gillmor, director of the Center for Citizen Media, says the future of journalism depends on active […]
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With fewer reporters covering local news, upstarts try to fill the gaps
Read more: Part One: What’s next for The News & Observer? Q&A: Dan Gillmor, director of the Center for Citizen Media, says the future of journalism depends on active citizens “Nothing will work, but everything might,” Internet pioneer Clay Shirky wrote recently in an essay titled “Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable” that explains why digital […]
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Frank Daniels Jr. says Howard Weaver “mistaken” on N&O
Maybe someone should invite Howard Weaver out for a nice game of golf. The retired McClatchy executive seems to find it hard to keep his hands off the keyboard, and it’s a rather sensitive time for employees — and former employees — of the newspapers he used to oversee. After launching a defensive back and […]
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Bon voyage, News & Observer staffers
It’s been a very sad month for those of us who work in journalism, as we watch dedicated people whose work we admire and whose talents we envy lose their jobs. What makes it all the more sad is that they aren’t just victims of an economic downturn that will eventually turn back around. It’s […]
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Ty Harrell jumps on anti-muni broadband wagon
Update 4/16: A vote on the bill was postponed to next Wednesday, April 22. N.C. Rep. Ty Harrell, who represents western Wake County in the General Assembly, last week introduced a House companion to a Senate bill that would effectively stop local governments from building their own broadband Internet and other telecommunications services if they […]
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More expensive Internet access, coming soon to a city near you
How many gigabytes of bandwidth do you consume each month? No idea? Well, if you’re a Time Warner Cable customer, you may need to start keeping track. Business Week reports that the company has launched a “tiered pricing” structure in four U.S. markets, including Greensboro, N.C. The idea is to charge customers for Internet access […]
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Anti-muni broadband bill is back
The ‘Anti-Competition Act” is back. Two years ago, state legislators rejected a bill that would have effectively made it impossible for cities, towns and counties to build their own high-speed Internet, cable TV or phone services. Now a new version of the bill has emerged. Last week, N.C. Sen. David Hoyle (D-Gaston) introduced SB1004 to […]
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Bart Ehrman discusses faith and revisionism
⇒ Read the full text of our interview with Bart Ehrman On Easter Sunday, April 12, Christians will fill church pews to hear the familiar story of Jesus’ resurrection from the dead and his ascension into heaven. They’ll read from the Gospelsthe four books of the New Testament that recount Jesus’ experience on Earthand affirm […]
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Complete interview with Bart Ehrman
On March 9, 2009, Indy reporter Fiona Morgan sat down with Bart Ehrman, UNC’s James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies, to discuss his latest book, Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (and Why We Don’t Know About Them). “I think people have objected to the tone of the book maybe, […]