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A Ken Burns Guilt Trip At PBS?
Posted by AP on 27 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: News, PBS, Television, Cable, Latin America, Mexico
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By David Bauder, AP Call it a guilt trip or a cultural awakening, but some Latino filmmakers feel that the controversy over Ken Burns’ World War II documentary has unexpectedly opened doors for their work at PBS. |
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New Technology Helping Rather Deliver Old-Fashioned TV Journalism
Posted by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on 23 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: News, Media Savvy, Bias, Ownership, Free Speech, Technology, Ethics, Media Freedom, Journalism, Television, Activism, Telecommunications, Radio, Satellite Radio, Satellite TV, Mexico, Documentary
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By Tim Cuprisin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “We’re trying to do something new, but insofar as we have a model, ‘See It Now,’ which was the breakthrough Ed Murrow series in ’50s, is the model in my own head,” says Dan Rather, talking about his new work with HDNet. |
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On Air: Call To Citizenship
Posted by Fortwayne.com on 26 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: News, Media Savvy, Bias, Ownership, Free Speech, Ethics, Media Freedom, Journalism, Activism, Radio, Satellite Radio, Mexico, Immigration, Talk Shows
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By Peter Prengaman, fortwayne.com Maria Elena Castillo let her voice go unheard in American politics for a decade because she was afraid of failing the U.S. citizenship test that could give her the right to vote. The Mexico native was finally convinced to give it a try by a massive citizenship campaign on Univision, the Spanish-language television giant better known for its newscasts and torrid telenovelas. |
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Drug Wars Endanger Mexican Press
Posted by Christian Science Monitor on 13 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Ethics, Media Freedom, Journalism, Mexico
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By Sara Miller Llana, Christian Science Monitor The most significant change at the paper in Nuevo Laredo, the traditional epicenter of Mexico’s increasingly violent drug wars, was a decision about how to cover the news itself: all local, drug-related news came off the front page and names of suspects came out altogether. |
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Ruling Hits Two Media Giants
Posted by LA Times on 08 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, Television, Judicial, Mexico
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By Marla Dickerson & Carlos Martinez, LA Times Mexico’s high court nullifies parts of a law that would have helped solidify TV Azteca’s and Televisa’s control. |
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