Bob Collins
We are only allowed so many memorable moments in our relationship with the stuff that comes out of a radio, and there can only be one at the top of the list. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Tag: Media
She doesn’t have the visibility in this neck of the woods as other public radio staples like Keillor or the Car Talk guys, but another pioneer of public radio — Diane Rehm — is about to call it quits. Read more →
‘The people of Congress are not as good people as the people who are first responders.’
With that brick, Jon Stewart showed again last night why his voice has created such a vacuum of moral authority in the national dialogue.
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After losing a game Saturday night, Minnesota Timberwolves coach Sam Mitchell tried to embarrass a reporter for asking a question everyone who paid for a ticket was asking. Read more →
It dawned on me the other day that I’ve now been in public radio longer than I was ever in commercial radio, which was shocking because I’ll always consider myself a loyal son of the AM band. It remains for me the most pure form of community media that ever existed, at least when it existed in some abundance. Read more →
Star Tribune blogger Michael Brodkorb, who has publicized the case of two missing Lakeville girls over the last few years, has written a stunning post today explaining why he, a political insider, was so interested in the whereabouts of Samantha and Gianna Rucki, who were found two weeks ago, nearly three years after running away following a custody battle between their parents.
In his post, Brodkorb raises ethical questions about a Twin Cities television station, which conducted an interview with the missing children a month after they disappeared. Read more →
The snowstorm that didn’t live up to expectations wasn’t a lot of fun for a few hours yesterday, but do you feel ‘pummeled’ by it?
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When it comes to TV news personalities, the viewers often have a difficult time understanding their boundaries. Read more →
The Washington Post says there’s gnashing of teeth at NPR because of a problem that’s been developing since it started on Feb. 26, 1970 — people are aging.
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There is value, of course, to the social media of participants, who now have the freedom to raise voices previously muzzled.
But it has not yet eclipsed — not nearly so — the value of a courageous storyteller.
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Many news media organizations insisted after the beginning of the war in Iraq that they’d learned the lesson that they’re not supposed to set the agenda when it comes to the urge to rush to war.
So it was at least a little significant today when CNN’s Jim Acosta got his chance to ask President Obama a question about why the U.S. isn’t ready to go back to war in Syria and Iraq? Read more →
Far be it from us to recommend you go listen to another radio station today, but go listen to another radio station today. Read more →
When students set up a camp to protest racism on campus, they declared their public space a no-media zone, then assaulted reporters who tried to do their job and tell the story. Read more →
It was a breath of fresh air on The Current this afternoon when Mary Lucia returned as afternoon host after a seven-month battle to shed a stalker. Read more →
Daniel Heinrich has not been charged with any crime relating to the disappearance of Jacob Wetterling. But officials identified him with a phrase that presents ethical questions for journalists: person of interest. Read more →