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NEWS/RESEARCH TOPICS
First Amendment issues
Is Apple undermining First Amendment protection for bloggers-as-journalists?
UPDATED: March 12, 2005
Apple Computer's zeal to protect corporate trade secrets has led it seek subpoenas in a California state court seeking testimony or documents from three "blog" sites. Are bloggers entitled to the same First Amendment protection as journalists? Who defines "legitimate media"?
SEE: Associated Press | Reuters
Mar 12, 2005, 8:35pm
A-Giraffes at Work
Book, website spotlight media innovation for democracy
Spotlighting individuals making innovative use of media to foster participatory democracy and community is the goal of the Media Giraffe Project, hosted by the journalism faculty at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and funded by private donations.
Mar 4, 2005, 7:43pm
Resources
MEDIA LINKS: Selected media-news resources
There are a dozen or more excellent websites for tracking the latest news about media reform, journalism, journalism ethics and the effect of the Internet on traditional media. Many also offer "RSS" feeds.
Feb 11, 2005, 4:31pm
Resources
MEDIA LINKS: Selected media-news resources
There are a dozen or more excellent websites for tracking the latest news about media reform, journalism, journalism ethics and the effect of the Internet on traditional media. Many also offer "RSS" feeds.
Feb 11, 2005, 4:31pm
Resources
COLLABORATORS: Useful links
Here is a compilation of informal collaborating websites of the Media Giraffe Project.
Feb 11, 2005, 4:19pm
A-About MGP
What's a "media giraffe"? Help us define
The concept of individuals "stick their necks out" for the common good has been popularized by the Giraffe Heros Project, which endorses the Media Giraffe Project. But the organizations are indepedent of each other.
Feb 11, 2005, 4:02pm
A-About MGP
MISSION: What is the Media Giraffe Project accomplishing?
The Media Giraffe Project's mission is to foster participatory democracy and strong communities through independent-minded media. It does so by finding and spotlighting individuals taking personal or professional risk to make innovative, sustainable use of media (old and new). Their use is aimed at advancing opening, honest, accountable and effective government and society.
Feb 11, 2005, 3:46pm
A-About MGP
How to contact the Media Giraffe Project
The Media Giraffe Project is house at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Mass. within the journalism program of the Department of Communication.
Feb 11, 2005, 3:40pm
A-About MGP
TEAM: Who is the Media Giraffe Project?
The Media Giraffe Project is the collective idea of dozens of journalists, technologists, web-media practitioners and media reform activists.
Feb 11, 2005, 3:27pm
Media Education
ROUNDUP: Comment on Knight study of student media consumption
A digest of articles and comments on the Knight Foundation study of students' perceptions of the media. University of Connecticut researchers did the work. The overall conclusion: Teen-agers lack basic understanding of First Amendment and free press principles and values -- because they aren't being taught them.
Feb 1, 2005, 9:04am
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