Chandra's Currents: April 2013

Saturday, April 20, 2013

TCF 335 April 22, 2013

Updated Boston Blogs:
http://live.boston.com/Event/Live_blog_Explosion_in_Copley_Square

Below is an email from a colleague of mine that I have worked with years ago. You can even check out his wikipedia page to see his qualifications.

CNN on Thursday night
oldshue@gmail.com [oldshue@gmail.com] on behalf of John Oldshue [john@oldshue.com]
Sent:	Sunday, April 21, 2013 11:43 PM
To:	carr@nytimes.com
Cc:	Clark, Judith

Dear Mr. Carr

I read your story about CNN and agree with you....

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/22/business/media/in-boston-cnn-stumbles-in-rush-to-break-news.html

One point that has been missed is what happened late Thursday and early Friday with the news networks ... when the MIT officer was shot I became curious and found a site that allowed me to listen to the Boston PD scanner ...good old fashion assignment desk scanner listening.... soon a patrol car was following a suspected carjacking and then a high speed chase which had the officer reporting hand grenades and explosions and automatic weapons being fired.... carjackers usually dont have hand grenades or automatic weapons....so it was fairly easy to reason that this might not be your normal every day crime happening... but either somebody at CNN ( and FOX and MSNBC ) was not monitoring the scanner or they had gotten reprimanded so badly they were afraid to report the explosions and gunfight from the scanner.... all we had on ALL 3 was news recorded from 2 hours earlier ? It was 45 minutes after the report of explosions when CNN finally switched on live reporting from the BBC ( or CNN International ?) that we finally had someone national covering it .... so the question I want answered is what is happening at those places overnight ??? .... I remember when they were staffed with someone at the assignment desk and in the anchor chair 24/7 .... but over the last 2-3 years I have found that is increasingly not the case and breaking news stories over night are not covered even in the crawl ???? Any chance you can do a story and get an answer about what ALL 3 do for overnight operations and why there have been cutbacks there ?

Thanks,

John Oldshue

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Oldshue

Friday, April 19, 2013

TCF 335 April 19, 2013 Part 2

Brian Williams/Reporter Mess Up
https://twitter.com/romenesko/status/325392544932438016

Boston Bombing-1 Suspect Dead, 1 on the loose
http://abcnews.go.com/US/one-boston-marathon-suspect-dead-second-run-police-say/story?id=18994511#.UXEehaV33ww

Boston Bombing-Technology Used
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/feds-tech-crowd-sluething-id-boston-bomb-suspect/story?id=18986177#.UXEeMqV33ww

Live Tweeting Complicates Boston Manhunt
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/19/boston-police-scanner-live-tweeting-manhunt_n_3118253.html

Twitter and Cable...Does it matter?
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2013/04/boston_bombing_breaking_news_don_t_watch_cable_shut_off_twitter_you_d_be.html?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=sm&utm_campaign=button_chunky

Chris Pollone-This Morning in Boston following Manhunt
https://vine.co/v/bU1M1LAnF1h?fb_action_ids=10101003214192566&fb_action_types=vine-app%3Apost&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582

Behind the Scenes with Chris Pollone on Vine
https://vine.co/v/bU6qKePB3ix?fb_action_ids=10101003807748076&fb_action_types=vine-app%3Apost&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%2210101003807748076%22%3A188692797948271%7D&action_type_map=%7B%2210101003807748076%22%3A%22vine-app%3Apost%22%7D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D

Texas Fertilizer Plant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzDC3iKbTzY

Media Use of Carnage Photos
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/business/media/news-media-weigh-use-of-photos-of-carnage.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0

The new 140 character resume
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2013/04/the-new-140-character-resume/

Snapchat is growing
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2013/04/snapchat-users-upload-150m-photos-a-day-then-app-deletes-all/

Girl Saved Through Facebook
http://www.wetpaint.com/moms/articles/abandoned-girl-now-safe-thanks-to-facebook?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=cpc

Thursday, April 18, 2013

TCF 335 April 19, 2013 Part 1

http://www.tampabay.com/features/media/how-media-got-it-so-wrong/2115819

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/17/cnn-boston-arrests-media-nbc_n_3102680.html

http://www.mediaite.com/online/media-chaos-here-are-some-of-the-other-news-outlets-that-got-initial-boston-arrest-report-wrong/

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

TCF 335 April 17, 2013

Local student tie to Boston Marathon
http://whnt.com/2013/04/16/north-alabama-family-was-between-bomb-blasts-in-attack-back-home-safe/

Chris Pollone on Vine:
https://vine.co/v/bFPAJnHExKV?fb_action_ids=10100999680588936&fb_action_types=vine-app%3Apost&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%2210100999680588936%22%3A238969162908009%7D&action_type_map=%7B%2210100999680588936%22%3A%22vine-app%3Apost%22%7D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D

http://www.usatoday.com/story/dispatches/2013/04/22/twitter-vine-video-travelers-iphone/2100399/

Twitterfall.com is an amazing way to limit Twitter posts and pictures to a news situation like the Boston Marathon. I attached a picture of an example of how it's being used. You can use it just by logging into Twitter. If you're reporting on a story, this is definitely a tool that would be helpful.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2013/04/boston-marathon-bombing-the-waves-of-social-media-reaction/

Broadcastify.com: It's where you can monitor live audio streams of emergency responders during a disaster. I captured a few images for you so you can see how it's used in a situation like the Boston Marathon.

An example of how one picture goes viral in a disaster situation. This could possibly be someone watching the marathon from his roof, or it could be a suspect. Will we ever find out?
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/man-roof-picture-boston-marathon-bombing-prompts-speculation-article-1.1317947

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