"UN-AMERICAN" Right? CJR- Massing

Columbia Journalism Review essay by Michael Massing casts a long term eye at the right-wing assaults on Obama's character. In light of recent and continuing developments, the NY "POST" cartoon for one (reference our discussion of the right-wing visual syllogism,) Massing paints a pretty clear picture of the propanda that has been spewing forth.

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Lexie Carter's Convocation

This Allexthea Carter's Convocation package.

The Internet and Convention Coverage

Power of Internet in election 8:49
CNN.com Live's Melissa Long talks to Republican consultant Mindy Finn and to Nancy Scola of Personal Democracy Forum.

Veteran Photographer talks about Convention lessons

Veteran Photojournalist, Steve Simon, talks about covering The Democratic Convention for the Digital Journalist. The Digital Journalist is an on line publication directed at Photojournalists in the broader sense. The publication has dealt with multimedia issues for some years now, guiding photographers into the multi-media realm.

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Washington DC has Highest HIV/AIDS Rates

by Tashira Walker, The Black College View
D.C. health officials released a report earlier this week showing the Washington, DC area to have the highest rate of the AIDS infection than any other city in the US. Between the years of 2001 and 2006, there were 7,947 HIV cases reported which included, 4,468 AIDS cases. Following these statistics, it is reported that African Americans (84.3%) made up that population nine times more than whites and twenty times more than Hispanics.
According to the 2007 District of Columbia HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Annual Report "The preeminent finding of this renewed annual examination of the District's HIV and AIDS status is that every community and every population group is impacted by the virus."
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Art World Has New Heavy Hitter

by LeeSandra Alexandre, The Black College View
When you hear someone mention a strong artist, typically you think of your favorite singer or rapper who is a current hit on the charts. In the Washington, D.C metropolitan area, Johnnie Bess is an up and coming artist, but you won't see him in any music video anytime soon.

Bess who prefers his artist name "Monk" can be considered a triple threat. A junior painting major and photography minor at Howard University, Bess has mastered the skill of painting, sculptor and photography.

"I've been painting since '98, [and] besides loving it I have gotten a lot of good feedback" Bess said.
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The Canary in the Social Networking Coal Mine

by ZDNet's Dan Farber
Facebook has stirred up a great deal of controversy and now harsh criticism with its Beacon advertising program. Three weeks after launching Beacon Facebook, the company did a 180-degree turn to make it more palatable for users rather than advertisers. It still fell short of the total opt-in approach that some critics called for. Coke, one [...]

Facebook: The canary in the social networking coal mine