A few years after graduating college, as newspapers were coming to grips with having an online presence, and I found myself as a newspaper reporter wondering about the future of print journalism, a copy editor friend of mine said she will never stop reading newspapers in their paper form. She loved the feel of holding [...]
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The touch, the feel of newspaper
Posted by Shoshana Hebshi on November 30, 2011
http://shebshi.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/the-touch-the-feel-of-newspaper/
Buses on NPR
NPR’s afternoon/evening news program “All Things Considered” ran a story Thursday about the honking buses in downtown Des Moines. The buses are now required to honk thier horns when turning a corner within the downtown area as a measure to keep pedestrians safer. There have been a sharp increase in pedestrian-bus collisions in the area. [...]
Posted by Shoshana Hebshi on August 7, 2009
http://shebshi.wordpress.com/2009/08/07/buses-on-npr/
Iowa in the Media
I am starting a new category with the above title to document the random and frequent mentions of Iowa in non-Iowa media. I find it interesting that Iowa often is perceived as “fly over country” and “the middle of nowhere,” when actually it has become an iconic image of Americana through Hollywood portrayals of the [...]
Posted by Shoshana Hebshi on June 29, 2009
http://shebshi.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/iowa-in-the-media/
Internet Rules
An informal poll produced by the blog BTW, WTF?!?! found that respondents learned about Michael Jackson’s death primarily through Internet sites. Read the full details here.
Posted by Shoshana Hebshi on June 29, 2009
http://shebshi.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/internet-rules/
The Gloved One Shakes Cyberspace
From CNN: “How many people does it take to break the Internet? On June 25, we found out it’s just one — if that one is Michael Jackson.” The news of Michael Jackson’s death on Thursday apparently rocked cyberspace. There was so much commotion online through social networking sites, such as Twitter and Facebook, that [...]
Posted by Shoshana Hebshi on June 26, 2009
http://shebshi.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/the-gloved-one-shakes-cyberspace/
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