At the age of 27, Rob became the youngest editor-in-chief of a national daily newspaper in Europe at nrc.next, the morning edition of leading Dutch daily NRC Handelsblad. Under Rob’s leadership, nrc.next reached a paid circulation record of 82,000 and a daily reach of 350,000, making it the most successful new newspaper in Europe. With his outspoken views on the role of news in modern society, Rob has attracted a large following. This support helped him put his ideas into practice in founding De Correspondent.
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Writer/Director Jonathan C. Stevens has been building a city and statewide collaboration between various social and cultural enclaves that will culminate in the feature film The Merrimack and a series of three documentaries entitled Collage of a City that will take viewers on a journey through the past and present in Lowell.
A public reception for the photography and poetry exhibit was held Saturday, Oct. 28th at the Eliot Presbyterian Church Library Gallery, 273 Summer St.
As part of this project, Framingham State University film student and Aloysius Productions intern Raysam Donkoh-Halm has photographed nearly 70 people from the Lowell community. This Collage of a City exhibition features 11 of those portraits, as well as more than a dozen behind-the-scenes photos. Poetry and photos by Jonathan C. Stevens are also featured in this exhibit.
The Collage of a City documentaries feature interviews with more than 300 people, including politicians, business owners, people living on the streets, artists, musicians, gang members and Lowellians from all walks of life. Mayor Edward Kennedy, U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas, state Sen. Eileen Donoghue, former Gov. Michael Dukakis, state Rep. Rady Mom, famed boxers Micky Ward and Dicky Eklund, and Sal Lupoli of Lupoli Companies are some of the notables interviewed.
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Connecticut's Proposed Newspaper Bailout: Will The News Media Be Neutered? (Guest Voice) – The Moderate Voice
Is a local newspaper bailout by the state about to happen in Connecticut? And, if it does, what will it mean to the news media? In this Guest Voice post, authors and speakers Floyd and Mary Beth Brown warn that it could be a slippery slope, indeed. Guest Voice posts do not necessarily reflect the opinion of TMV or its writers.
Connecticut is considering a bailout for local papers. But government assistance always comes with a catch. In the case of government aid of newspapers, it will destroy the ability of those papers to function as watchdogs. As journalism professor Paul Janensch told Reuters, “You can’t expect a watchdog to bite the hand that feeds it.” That’s why the news out of Connecticut is very disturbing.
Two small-town papers have been in danger of being shut down because of decreasing revenue and poor management decisions. Journal Register Corp. recently had to sell the two papers, The Bristol Press and The (New Britain) Herald. Without a buyer, the alternative would have been to close the papers.
Just prior to the sale, one Connecticut State Rep., Frank Nicastro, along with the state’s Department of Economic and Community Development, came to save the day. They offered a helping hand. Nicastro believes “the media is a vitally important part of America.” For that reason, he has been willing to extend a bailout and keep these newspapers in business. The newspapers’ announced buyer, Michael E. Schroeder, has declined to comment on any specific tax breaks or other incentives that may have been offered or accepted.
The preservation of America’s democracy has long relied on a free and fiercely independent press. Newspapers play a crucial role in investigations of government corruption. Elections become meaningless when information is not accessible regarding government officials and their activities.
In countries with dictatorships or weak democracies, the press is one of the first institutions to come under attack. They hold a nation’s leaders accountable. Widespread propaganda is only effective where a free press is absent, and then the citizenry can be fed government-sponsored lies. The freedom of our press would be undermined even by this less overt but equally dangerous newsroom subsidy.
Preserving the free press is impossible when that industry is subsisting on government handouts. As the old adage goes, a government powerful enough to give something is powerful enough to take it away.
Government involvement in assisting newspapers throws the idea of a free and fair press out the window. This is a timely issue, given that most newspaper publishers including The Washington Post Co., McClatchy, and The New York Times are dealing with tough fiscal times as the economy sinks and ad revenues decline sharply.
Over the coming months, watch as it becomes increasingly common for newspaper publishers to seek government assistance as they struggle to survive in this challenging economy. When the government becomes involved in a private industry, the assistance always comes with strings attached. As evidenced by the recent bailouts of the banking and auto industries, Congress only doled out money once they were given greater oversight and control over the recipient.
Even if a newspaper is not under direct pressure by the government, there will be an inherent pressure to not upset those who are funding your company. If the state of Connecticut is giving tax breaks to The Bristol Press, and the paper starts writing articles and editorials critical of the governor, those in authority could easily decide they could no longer afford to give tax breaks for that company.
Lost amid the myriad of Rod Blagojevich scandals and transcripts was the fact that the governor of Illinois and his chief of staff were in discussions to withhold government assistance from the Tribune Co. unless an editor critical of the administration was fired. Few government officials are as corrupt as “Hot Rod”, but the opportunity for abuse is readily available.
The situation in Connecticut presents a dangerous precedent. Government involvement in the press is an inherently bad proposition that will take away the ability of newspapers to properly fulfill their role and opens a Pandora’s Box of abuse. Newspapers must adapt and survive without government assistance or else one of the foundations of our free society will crumble.
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When they were done, the chefs came back in, taking their plates. "Would you like some cake, young prince?" One of them asked, already knowing Alice's response.
The chef nodded, and walked back in. After a few moments they came out with the most ridiculous looking slices of cake. It was mostly frilly decorations then cake actually.
Alice looked at the cake weirdly. She grabbed a fork, and scraped off the weird frilly stuff, so she could have just the cake. She noticed there was no strawberry on it, and imedantly glanced to the chef. The chef gave her a look that said 'The prince doesn't like strawberry's, so it's best not to put any on the table'. Alice sighed and just watched the prince eat.
"Oh, uh. Well.." She mumbled. Alice would NOT eat any cake without strawberry's on it, and couldn't tell the prince that. "Well it doesn't have strawberry's.." She mumbled so lightly, barely herself could hear.
Alice looked down at the cake again. It looked weird. She took a bite. It was way to sugary for her. She forced herself to swallow it. Alice tried to smile. "D-Delicious!" She said.
"Please tell me you have something other than just underwear under that thing," Cai said, noticing what she was doing.
"Don't be silly. I have another NORMAL dress under this." She replied, taking the bigger one off, revealing a short white and red dress.
Alice kept on laughing for a moment, after realizing that she had to marry that freak in two weeks. She began to panic.
"I'm marrying a freak in two weeks! DUH!" She yelled. "Oh, nothing. I was just thinking about all those things on the list that we gotta do before the wedding!" She lied.
We had the worst Indian food for dinner at work but I feel like I can't say it sucked 'cause then I have to do a panel about it or something
Sorry, folks. Nothing to report today, and I get the feeling that if I waxed philosophical I'd take a sharp turn into negative territory, and we've had enough of that yesterday.
The more fall items I paint, the sooner we will get out of the 90's here in Georgia, right? This heat is killing me this year. We have had one very dry and hot summer - and it is still summer, even on September 17th.
Love the pumpkin!! Know how you feel about the heat! I am so tired of the heat but wish we would get rain here in Middle GA. It seems to pass us by..even the last tropical storm! Hopefully Fall will be here soon and we don't just skip to Winter!