by | Apr 24, 2008 2:36 pm | Comments (0)
Neat enough for you? A new ordinance regulating newsracks in the public way as well as enabling the city to consolidate print media in kool kiosks moved through the City Plan Commission Wednesday night.
by | Apr 23, 2008 12:04 pm | Comments (3)
Koffee? provided the baked goods and the East Rock Ramblers served up the bluegrass, as an Independent crowd celebrated the publication of a satirical novel about a lame-duck president turned Western novelist.
by | Apr 18, 2008 2:49 pm | Comments (1)
An Independent reporter caught up with the local author of a new satirical novel about a lame duck president looking to preserve his legacy.
by | Apr 17, 2008 11:07 am | Comments (0)
Friday’s guests on Live! with Lisa (1340 AM & WYBC.com; 10 – 11:30 a.m.): Dr. Richard Edelson and philanthropist Joel Smilow; Dr. Arnold Kriegstein; Yehezkel Landau, on Moderate Voices for Progress in the Middle East; NY Times Reporter Adam Liptak, on Border Fence Laws; live Coverage of Yale Governor’s Conference.
by | Apr 13, 2008 5:16 pm | Comments (0)
Tables are turned: Activist Gary Holder-Winfield sent in this video he filmed of Independent editor Paul Bass addressing the Ella Grasso Youth Conference at the State Capitol last Thursday.
by | Apr 9, 2008 8:52 am | Comments (0)
Whether you are a news junkie or a news abstainer, you should check out Al Jazeera if you want to know how world news is covered.
by | Apr 4, 2008 7:55 am | Comments (20)
News racks, to be specific.
by | Jan 29, 2008 2:10 pm | Comments (0)
El Registro Editor Julio Urdaneta left about 10 days ago to pursue another job, according to his boss, Jack Kramer.
by | Dec 4, 2007 12:11 pm | Comments (0)
As in Joe Ugly. His grassroots hip-hop online radio station, UglyRadio.net, is moving up.
by | Nov 28, 2007 9:12 am | Comments (2)
These folks aim to bring a touch of 5th century B.C. Athenian direct democracy to the coverage of the 21st century American presidential primaries and beyond.
by | Nov 20, 2007 4:06 pm | Comments (0)
Or, more precisely, at the top of the column to the right. Thanks to Victor Wong’s “flyerboard,” the Next Big Thing in media innovation.
by | Nov 20, 2007 4:06 pm | Comments (16)
Sort of like 33 RPM records. Brian McGrath broke the news.
by | Oct 30, 2007 8:01 am | Comments (0)
Spanish-language radio has returned to the airwaves of New Haven after a seven-year absence, thanks to this crusader for community control of the airwaves.
by | Aug 30, 2007 2:55 pm | Comments (3)
So long, Indiana… a new Hollywood heavyhitter is expected in town next week: Robert De Niro will be filming scenes of the thriller “Righteous Kill” in an East Rock home.
by | Aug 15, 2007 2:33 pm | Comments (0)
Yale Press fought back against a SLAPP by an alleged terror front group — and won.
by | Aug 9, 2007 8:34 am | Comments (1)
This editor of a metropolitan daily — a charter member of the monolith known as the “MSM,” or “mainstream media” — was spotted conspiring with bloggers, independent “hyperlocal journalists,” professor types and other dreamers to bring their digital revolution into newsrooms like his.
by | Aug 7, 2007 4:22 pm | Comments (0)
Amid a “state of the revolution” new-media gathering, citizen journalist Faye M. Anderson (at right in photo) wondered: Have bloggers, like those consorting with Democratic presidential candidates last weekend, become too much like mainstream journalists?
by | Jul 2, 2007 9:52 am | Comments (0)
When Steven Spielberg walked onto the lawn, these kids perked up.
by | Jun 22, 2007 11:01 am | Comments (23)
Why do kids have a hard time getting jobs? Why do some resort to drug dealing? A new locally produced documentary goes to the source — teens themselves — to explore that question.
Continue reading ‘Teens’ Documentary Explores Teen Joblessness’
by | May 7, 2007 12:44 pm | Comments (11)
A garden party in East Rock celebrated the urban wonders that can grow from New Haven soil — from flowers to journalism.
by | May 1, 2007 10:34 am | Comments (0)
Following are videotaped highlights from an April 27 – 9 conference held at Yale Law School on “A2K” — the Access to Knowledge Initiative. Scholars from around the world attended to asses the “economic and humanitarian tolls along the information superhighway and how much the evolution into a worldwide information economy is really costing humanity on a global scale. Environmentalism was a belated response to the industrial revolution” and “to build an intellectual framework that will protect access to knowledge both as a the basis for sustainable human development and to safeguard human rights.” (Click here for more info.)
by | Apr 15, 2007 10:03 am | Comments (1)
Longtime Hartford Courant reporter Thomas D. Williams (pictured) sent a broadside against his former employer to the Securities and Exchange Commission, joining the chorus of outrage over the pending sale of the Tribune Company (parent of both the Courant and the New Haven Advocate.) Following is the text of Williams’ letter.
by | Apr 13, 2007 10:17 am | Comments (14)
As radio shock-jock Imus finally got the boot for calling Rutgers basketball stars “nappy-headed hos,” one of his longtime enablers, Connecticut U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman (pictured), finally issued a public statement about his longtime friend’s remarks. Sort of.
by | Apr 8, 2007 1:22 pm | Comments (0)
And the story isn’t even finished yet. But what a story!
by | Mar 19, 2007 1:15 pm | Comments (0)
Reporters joined some of the politicians and advocates they cover to debate how well the new media is reporting on Connecticut — and what it means. Read on to find out why State Sens. Martin Looney and Toni Harp believe they don’t have stronger opponents, and why anchorman Derek Slap (at left in photo) left the tube to work for politicians.