Home Section Reporter

A reporter of the Newyork Times has made major contributions to the Home section according to an article entitled Talk to the Newsroom: Home reporter.

For 10 years Penelope Greene has been a freelance writer contributing articles to major magazines such as "Vogue" and "House Beautiful."

It was not until 2006 until Greene returned to the New York Times becoming a reporter of the Home section.

The New York Times reports that other staff members have answered some of the questioins available in Greene's articles.

Some of her works are "This Season's Must Have: The Little Black Roll," and "Saying Yes to Mess."

I appreciate the New York Times effort to acknowledge a journalist that many people may not pay attention too. Alot of people don't realize that there are journalists for every section in the newspaper including the Home section. It is a great opportunity to be able to not only work for the New York Times but have other journalists take the time out and respond to your articles. She is truley an inspiration to many people including myself.

Network Voting Calls

Networks may call the race before voting is complete

According to the NYTimes, at least one broadcast network and one website said Monday that they could try signaling to viewers early Tuesday evening which candidate may have won the presidency.

"When a candidate gets 270 electoral votes, they're the next president," said Sheldon Gawiser,director of elections for NBC news.

News organizations are preparing for a race that could be far less close than those in 2004 or 2000.

The NYTimes reports that the networks are going to be very particular as to how they will telegraph the way the election is going.

I think that networks, whether more liberal or conservative should wait until the polls are closed before making any remarks as to which way the the election is going. This is important because an inaccurate call may in-turn prevent someone from voting.

However I do think that if a presidency candidate has 75 percent of the electoral votes at a given point of time it would be very smart of the networks to make a confident call.

"The Associated Press Guilt Pains"

The AP (Associated Press) made an announcement on Thursday offering discounts to newspapers and removal to retsrictions on articles they recieve.

According to the NYTimes the AP has made their decision based on frustrations of newspapers and news stating that some of them may leave the cooperative.

The company is convinced that the changes would raise the savings to newsrooms from $21 million a year to $30 million.

"We fully understand the pain and the challenges of our members, and we have worked to address these concerns," Tom Curly president and chief executive officer of the A.P said.

I think that the A.P is trying to be sincere to the fact that the newspapers are suffering. They are trying to gain there respect back, however I think that they still are and will always be selfish and inconsiderate when it come wages.

Wireless Celebrity Gossip

Celebrity gossip has been a profitable staple of print, radio, and television according to an article entitled All the Celebrities You Want, On Your Cellphone.

The article discusses how the cell phone has been the latest medium of celebrity gossip.

Beating People.com, the website of the pop culture magazine, TMZ.com began a mobile offering last April and sucessfully had 1.1. million visitors in July. People has in turn decided to create a specific application for the iphone dedicated to celebrities to gain back its credibility.

Because more mobile phones have location-tracking abilities, it is easier to spread the news of celebrity gossip, according to the article.

"We are all going to be walking television stations," said Jeff Selllinger, the general manager for CBS mobile.

I don't find it a suprise that alot of people are interested in celebrity gossip and tend to it everywhere they go including on their cell phones. This is a good benefit towards these active magazine corporations, however I feel a little sorry for the celebrities. Privacy definitely is not in their vocabulary.

Obama buys T.V Time

Barack Obama is the first presidential candidate in 16 years to buy a half-hour of time network television for a campaign infomercial according to a NYTimes article.

Several television networks said on Thursday that Obama completed deals to show a half-hour television broadcast about his candidacy on CBS and NBC Wednesday Oct. 29.

The program is scheduled to run at 8 p.m. in the time slots on CBS.

John F Kennedy, a former US president, also presented a half-hour commercial that featured parts of his speech in Houston about his religion.

"It feels very old-fashion, very 1960 or something,"said Jim Jordan, a Democratic strategist.

The NYTimes reports that Obama's campaign aides wouldn't discuss the cost of the television time.

I think that this is a very good idea on Obama's part. I'm sure he will get alot of viewers and his time will have a great impact on his infomercial delivery. The media is concerned with how much he paid but I don't think it should matter. They should watch the infomercial and report on if it is "time worthy" or not.

OBAMA 08!

Game Show Hosts

Many people fail to realize the hard work that it takes to host a television show.

According to the New York Times Kevin Belinkoff, vice president for original programming at The Game Show Network, has been loaded with resumes from performers trying to earn their spot in hosting a game show.

Some interesting stars including Alfonso Ribeiro, Will Smith's cousin off of the show entitled The Fresh Prince, would like a chance to expand their career.

The NYTimes reports that game shows are inexpensive, to produce, can be sold in the same format around the world, and are appealing to the viewers.

"A bad host can ruin a good game," Belinkoff said, "but a great host can't rescue a game that's flawed."

I find it interesting that alot of actors and performers would like their chance to host a television broadcast. It would give them alot of publicity and the network may even gain an excess amount of credibility from a star that viewers already know of compared to that of a new face. Game shows are becoming very important in todays society.

Journalist Retires After 55 Years Working Tabloids

After 55 years in journalism, Steve Dunleavy is seeing the curtain come down on his career, according to an article entitled A 'Tabloid Guy' Calls it A Night After 41 Years with Murdoch.


Dunleavy, a tabloid journalist for Murdoch has decided to retire after 55 years in journalism, 41 if them spent working for Murdoch.


Murdoch's brand of tabloid journalism was personalized by Dunleavy in print and on television. An interesting tabloid that was written by Dunleavy was an article about Wayne Dumond, who was accused of raping one of Bill Clinton's distance cousins.

Murdoch explained to the Times how as a young copyboy, Dunleavy was so anxious for a story that he popped the tires of his father's car at a murder scene earning his paper a "big scoop."


According to the Times, Steve was involved in educating America about the pleasures and joys of tabloid journalism.


I think that Dunleavy was very sucessful in his career as a journalist. He has been in the business for a very long time and is leaving with a bang. I find it very interesting on how his career started as a little boy. He wanted to get footage of a story and did whatever it took.

Journalistic Pioneer Dies

The first black women to be a reporter at the New York Times died Sunday in Los Angeles at the age of 61, according to an article entitled Nancy Hicks Dies at 61; a Groundbreaking Black Journalist. She died due to organ failure, the report says.

The article goes on to explain how Nancy Mayard first became interested in journalism as a teenager. A fire destroyed her former elementary school in Harlem, and she became upset at the way the media portrayed this event. She wanted to make a difference, the reporter stated.

Mayard was hired by the Times in 1968. She covered everything from race riots to the complexities of medicare.

I think that this is a devestating loss. I can relate in a way to Mayard not only because of my ethnicity but because I gained interested in reporting the same way she did. I witnessed something brutal and didn't like the way the media portrayed the event. Being reporter of The Times is a reward in itself and I know she lived a good life.

The "Real World" Online

According to an article entitled Like 'The Real World', With More Computers, MTV and its MtvU channel will join with Hewitt -Packard to present a series with 16 contestants, divided into four teams called The Engine Room.

These teams will complete in producing digital art using PCs, work stations, monitors, and other products sold by H.P. At the end of the series a team will win prizes that include $400,000 in cash.

Almost 2,000 people from 122 countries submitted more than 20,000 original artworks to earn a chance to take part in the contest, David Roman, vice president for world wide marketing communications stated.

This show could be compared to The Real World because they both are series that bring a group of young adults together with the opportunity to win alot of money.

I think that this series will gain alot of views and H.P. will recieve alot of advertising credibility. This show would function exactly like the The Real World and the computer geeks would love it!

Magazine Accusations of Being Bias

Most people like exciting stories that will grasp their attention. But where do you draw the line? According to a news article entitled Readers See Bias in US Weekly's Take on Sarah Palin, Us Weekly Magazine had no problem creating an "attention getter."

This month a cover story which featured political candidate Sarah Palin recieved more than 1 million website views.

According to the article, many people feel that US Weekly is bias. In a June cover featuring Barack Obama and his wife, US Weekly entitled the cover "Why Barrack loves Her," however, felt differently about Palin with the title of "Babies, Lies, and Scandal."

Palin's fans aren't very happy with Us Weekly. The article recognized a quote from one of the viewers saying, "Stick to your mindless gossip and leave real journalism to those that have the know-how." Another went on to say that Weekly had no business covering politics in the first place.

I think that Us Weekly was not being bias at all. A title that is an overview on the topics that will be covered in the duration of the magazine is a magazine that is doing its job. Palin certainly has more issues under her sleeve than Obama, she should have knew that the press was going to comment on her livlihood even if it was a little exaggerated. That is the responsibility of journalists. Palin opened a door to her issues and the press took advantage and walked in.

Political Cable against You-Tube?

Many people in today's society retrieve their information from Internet sources such as YouTube and Yahoo. The cable networks have feared for many years that these popular websites are slowly taking away their ad revenue . In order to keep this from happening the cable industry has come up with its own television network Canoe Ventures. This network is based on advertisements and political information.
I believe this idea is sufficient to politicians who spend most of their day wondering what's going on in he world; however this programing may not be persuasive because the viewers who aren't into advertisement of any sort may not decide to waste their time on changing to the channel. I personally wouldn't be one.

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