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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

actorschecklist.com - Feb. 06 (Special Report) - In this award year the Academy of Motion Picture Sciences has launched "Celebrate the Movies," a digital exhibition spotlighting iconic moments from 84 films. The exhibition appeared on digital billboards in Los Angeles, and on ABC's digital "SuperSign," an electronic landmark in New York's Times Square...

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Best Media Watchdog Experiment: NewsTrust

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

City Paper - Sep. 21 (Editorial) - We got used to NewsTrust Baltimore’s e-mails very quickly. More than a thoughtful amalgam of Baltimore stories from around the web, the alerts came with an invitation to think about the stories in a critical way and comment via a strict form included on the site. Inveterate web commenters might at first be offended by this kind of formalism, but it worked: The idea of rating which news sources are “trustworthy” is, of course, not new. But in using this form to guide self-selected readers, NewsTrust helped its readers (and itself) understand something about the news ecosystem from the point of view of both newsmakers and consumers. NewsTrust, launched via a now-concluded six-month pilot program but with its site still active, was filled with thoughtful, constructive criticism of stories and articles both local and global, and was blessedly devoid of moronic flame wars. In this age of partisan rancor, that is no small thing.

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The Off Switch

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

WYPR - By Sheilah Kast, Lawrence Lanahan - Sep. 13 (News Analysis) - Can protest movements keep moving when governments try to shut down wireless networks? Sheilahasks our social media analysts Nathan Jurgenson and P.J. Rey.

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NewsTrust Baltimore Findings

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

WYPR - By Sheilah Kast, Fabrice Florin, Mary Hartney - Aug. 12 (Interview) - As newspapers shrink and the internet allows each of us to read only the things we each want to be exposed to, how do you discern what news is high quality? That’s the question that NewsTrust set out to answer when they came to Baltimore early this year to start the NewsTrust Baltimore project. For six months, through the end of July they identified news articles, posted them online and invited people review the quality of the journalism. Now the project has wrapped up, and we’ve brought some of its leaders together to tell us what they’ve found. Fabrice Florin, Executive Director NewsTrust joins us with Mary Hartney, Local Editor for NewsTrust Baltimore.

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A guide to Baltimore’s online news ecology

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

City Paper - By Michael Byrne - Aug. 09 (Special Report) - For six months, Baltimore was fortunate enough to have an organization here dedicated solely to analyzing the city’s journalistic output, NewsTrust Baltimore (the local pilot project of the larger NewsTrust organization). It was a bit like Yelp crossed with the Columbia Journalism Review. The project ceased operations on July 31 (it was always intended as a six-month pilot), leaving behind a collection of reports, one of which is a final comprehensive analysis of sorts. It eventually concludes, “The local news scene is in a state of flux with more than a little creative chaos. But patterns are emerging. As news startups and impassioned individuals become more rigorous and as traditional news organizations become more open and responsive to the public, there is a growing opportunity for collaboration across the local journalistic community.“

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The Ninth Circle of Google+

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

WYPR - By Lawrence Lanahan, Sheilah Kast - Aug. 08 (News Analysis) - Google+ lets you separate your social contacts into separate circles. Is it social media heaven or social media hell? Sheilah asks our social media gurus, Nathan Jurgenson and P.J. Rey.

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What is independent media independent of?

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Indypendent Reader - By Stephen Roblin - Jul. 25 (Speech) - At this year's ArtScape, Stephen Roblin and Corey Reidy from the Indypendent Reader gave talks and held a Q&A on the importance of independent media. This is a transcript of Roblin's introductory remarks.

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My Baltimore's Next: Mary Hartney

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Bmore Media - By Mary Hartney - Jul. 19 (Opinion) - Can we bring together disparate groups and link communities with services? Can we ensure that big ideas make it through execution, all the way to sustainability?

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WBAL news director Mark Miller leaving after nearly 32 years

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Daily Record - By Rachel Bernstein - Jul. 12 (News) - Mark Miller, the longtime news director at WBAL Radio, will resign by the end of July after nearly 32 years on the job.

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Baltimore's late newscasts are shifting their focus away from sports

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Sun - By David Zurawik - Jul. 12 (News) - When Scott Garceau was forced out of the sports anchor chair at Baltimore's ABC affiliate, competitors said it was a desperate move by a station trying to cut costs.

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A year later, progress in Baltimore sex offense investigations

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Sun - By Justin Fenton - Jul. 08 (News) - A major category of crime is up substantially in Baltimore, and police and city officials are pleased. A year after The Baltimore Sun revealed that the city led the country in the number of rape reports discarded by detectives — part of what women's advocates and victims said was a broader pattern of ignoring sexual assaults — the number of rapes being reported is up more than 50 percent.

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GiveCorps Launches to Spur Local Philanthropy: Give Local, Get Local

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Citybizlist Baltimore - By Brian Wolak - Jul. 06 (News) - BALTIMORE -- Looking to connect philanthropy, crowdfunding, and merchant discounts on a local level, GiveCorps launched this week to make donating to Baltimore-based nonprofit projects easy and rewarding.

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Silencing critics – Baltimore’s approach to free speech?

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Brew - By Brew Editors - Jul. 05 (Opinion) - The right of assembly in a public place and the right of a free press – principles we celebrated yesterday over hot dogs and baked beans seemed to be under attack even before city officials took the extraordinary step of ejecting Tom Kiefaber from the Board of Estimates meeting last week.

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Mourning five martyred newsboys and the evening paper they worked for

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Brew - By Brew Editors - Jul. 05 (News) - Veteran Baltimore journalists raised their plastic cups of single-malt Scotch at Loudon Park Cemetery yesterday morning to five young colleagues who died in the line of duty. Just like the newspaper they all had worked for.

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Mr. Kiefaber goes to City Hall

Sat, 02 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Sun - By Jean Marbella - Jul. 02 (Opinion) - A poll-driven, consultant-packaged politician he surely isn't, and that should liven up the city election season — or at least provide a pretty good ongoing game of movie-reference trivia.

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The Baltimore Grill: The Best of the Best

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:04:08 -0700

Baltimore Magazine - By Max Weiss - Jul. 01 (Interview) - We relive some of the classic answers for this, our final Grill (sniff). E

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College Radio Round-Up

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Fishbowl - By Rachel Monroe - Jul. 01 (Review) - Where to listen, and who's worth listening to. Also: is college radio in danger? And is it worth saving?

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The Glover Report: COUNTDOWN TO SEPTEMBER 13th: Why Redistricting Isn’t Being Mentioned in the News Thus Far

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

BMORENEWS - By Doni Morton Glover - Jun. 30 (News) - Redistricting is underway. That’s where they change the districts around the State of Maryland to adjust to the population shifts. The thousands of vacant properties in Baltimore are evidence that we have lost population. People are continuing to leave urban centers across America, actually. Many of them are black.

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b to Become a 'Free Weekly'

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

North Baltimore Patch - By Adam Bednar - Jun. 29 (News) - b, the free tabloid published by The Baltimore Sun, is cutting back from publishing five days a week to every Wednesday, according to an email obtained by Patch that was written by Tim Ryan, the newspaper's publisher.

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Investors may soon be able to buy into their favorite Internet companies

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Sun - By Eileen Ambrose - Jun. 26 (News Report) - For many small investors, some of the companies they are most familiar with are the e-commerce and social media sites they use every day.

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Clicks, Likes, Tweets and Tumbles: Who Rules on Maryland Social Media?

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Towson Patch - By Allison Eatough - Jun. 25 (News) - How many friends do you have? If you live in Maryland, chances are, quite a few – at least in the world of social networking.

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Veteran Sportscaster Dies

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

WBAL Radio - By Robert Lang - Jun. 25 (News) - In the 1970's, the former Chicago cab driver turned sportscaster worked in Baltimore as part of the "Eyewitness News" team at WJZ-TV led by anchor Jerry Turner and weatherman Bob Turk.

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Clicks, Likes, Tweets and Tumbles: Who Rules on Maryland Social Media?

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Reisterstown Patch - By Allison Eatough - Jun. 24 (News) - According to a recent report, more than one-third of Marylanders had accounts on Facebook.

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Conaway suit could "chill free speech in Baltimore," blogger says

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Sun - By Julie Scharper - Jun. 23 (News) - Blogger Adam Meister has asked a judge to dismiss the $21 million law suit that Baltimore City Councilwoman Belinda Conaway brought against him after he reported she signed documents indicating she lived in Baltimore County.

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Documents: Report on shooting that killed unarmed informant

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Sun - By Justin Fenton - Jun. 23 (News) - When Dennis Gregory was shot and killed by Baltimore police officers in February 2010, the department reported that Gregory had aimed a gun at the officers, who fired back.

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