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The Case for Obama from Rolling Stone

October 22, 2010 | Posted by Jay Collier

“Less than halfway through his first term, Obama has compiled a remarkable track record. As president, he has rewritten America’s social contract to make health care accessible for all citizens. He has brought 100,000 troops home from war and forged a once-unthinkable consensus around the endgame for the Bush administration’s $3 trillion blunder in Iraq. … | Read more.

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Towards a new civic ecology by @henryjenkins

October 20, 2010 | Posted by Jay Collier

“The contemporary communications system is at once struggling with the threat that many major news outlets which have been the backbone of civic information over the past century are crumbling in the face of competition from new media. We may not be able to count on the traditional newspaper, news magazine or network newscast to … | Read more.

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What’s the point of journalism school?

October 18, 2010 | Posted by Jay Collier

“If there’s one thing a journalism school expects of its students, it is the ability to pose a tough question. “Orion de Nevers, a freshman at the University of Southern California, serves up this one: Why would anyone major in journalism at all?” Excerpt from NPR My comment: Journalism is (finally) being decoupled from newspapers … | Read more.

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