Latest Media ColumnHere is the new media column, a collection of impressions from the Society of Professional Journalists' convention I attended in Chicago a couple weeks ago. I'll try to post some additional thoughts soon.
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Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Latest Media ColumnHere is the new media column, a collection of impressions from the Society of Professional Journalists' convention I attended in Chicago a couple weeks ago. I'll try to post some additional thoughts soon.
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Any SPJ conference buzz about Ms. Couric anchoring CBS evening news?
Did you watch her debut last night?
Maybe print journalists should get agents...Katie has certainly done well.
No, Anne, I can't say that Couric was much of a subject there. In fact, TV in general wasn't, probably because as a medium for serious journalism, it's largely collapsed in recent years. That was true of local TV a long time ago, but more recently also true for the networks. Other than Frontline and a few other bright spots at PBS, things aren't so great.
As for Katie's debut, I did intend to watch (mostly for the sheer spectacle of it) but I ultimately missed it. I did enjoy the print coverage the next day, though. I thought the Washington Post's Tom Shales was especially interesting. His article is here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/05/AR2006090501473.html
Thanks for the link. I didn't see the debut either and it appears I didn't miss much. A picture of Suri Cruise, yikes.
Yikes, indeed. I especially love how she/they are asking the audience to choose a sign-off message. Pathetic.
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