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YouSpeak: Got News?
In our weekly feature, “YouSpeak,†we ask students to answer a single question. There’s no doubt that the internet and social media are radically changing the way many Americans get their news. A study last spring revealed that [...]newspaper circulation had dropped an average of 8.7 percent, part of an ongoing downward trend. At the same time, the popularity of mock news programs, such as Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report, has soared, particularly on college campuses. So this week we ask: “How do you get your news?â€
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Current State of Investigative Reporting
Newspapers across the nation are in serious trouble, pummeled by the recession, by declining revenue and readership, and by competition from round-the-clock online resources. Speaking at a reception marking the launch of the New England Center for [...]Investigative Reporting at BU, Seymour Hersh, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and an author, speaks about the current state of investigative reporting.
Hosted by New England Center for Investigative Reporting on May 19, 2009.
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Caryl Rivers: Faculty Profile
Caryl Rivers, journalism professor, discusses her work as a journalist. She began as a newspaper reporter and evolved into a feature writer, author and blogger.
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