Cedars wins awards

Congratulations to the students who work on Cedars. They have done a great job at rebuilding it.

http://www.cedarville.edu/Offices/Public-Relations/CampusNews/2012/Cedars-Wins--Awards-ONA.aspx

Some interesting links on bin Laden death

Newseum site of today's front pages from newspapers around the road has been crashed by too-heavy traffic.

http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/top-stories/130349/newspaper-front-pages-capture-elation-relief-that-osama-bin-laden-was-captured-killed/

Here's newseum site in case it starts working. I'm having trouble with it right now.


http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash/

Here's the guy who tweeted about the attack.

http://eu.techcrunch.com/2011/05/02/heres-the-guy-who-unwittingly-live-tweeted-the-raid-on-bin-laden/

In regards to how people get news, I asked my five students in reporting class today how they found out. The could all be traced to a form of digital media. Two on Facebook, one a text message and two heard from someone in the dorm and watched the president's announcement live online on news channel Web sites.

I found out this morning from my wife, who saw it on Yahoo! news.

How did you find out?

I loved you, New York Times...

Yesterday The New York Times' website implemented its long-awaited (dreaded, in my case) pay wall, that limits online readers to 20 free articles a month before it asks (requires) that they subscribe.

Twenty free articles a month might sound fine and dandy to... well, I don't know who... but I probably go through that many in a day or two. Many people do. Of course, the easy solution to that is obvious: subscribe! But. I'm in college. I am poor. And I am desperately cheap.

From the Times Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. (you can read his entire explanation letter here):

"As you have seen during this recent period of extraordinary global news, The Times is uniquely positioned to keep you informed. The launching of our digital subscription model will help ensure that we can continue to provide you with the high-quality journalism and substantive analysis that you have come to expect from The Times."

I mean, I get it. Newspapers all over the world are struggling to keep afloat. But that doesn't mean I'm not going to pout about it.

I love the Times for that "high-quality journalism and substantive analysis" Sulzberger was talking about. I've defended the Times (and CNN as well) to people who have called it liberal hoopla (in so many words...) because, lets face it, they are the best at the NEWS part. Just because I'm a conservative doesn't mean I should have to suffer through FOX News (or, heaven forbid, the Fox News website) and shun everything else. I don't have to agree with every Op-Ed column that appears in the Times to acknowledge that it is good at what it does.

I'm not sure whether or not I'll subscribe. Perhaps after the first month of rationing I"ll change my mind, but for now I'm disappointed enough to do without.