Archive for May, 2004

Guardian to expand RSS services

Posted: 31 May 2004 by Kathy E. Gill in Web/Tech

The London Guardian is expanding its RSS feeds (XML). The Guardian first offered an XML feed to readers in 2002; it is a general front-page feed. The Guardian also already offers a subscription service in about 25 specialized content areas. Thanks to Journalism.Co.Uk and Library Stuff. See Geeklog’s compiled list of news feeds.

Advocating media critique

Posted: 28 May 2004 by Kathy E. Gill in Media

Yesterday, the Department hosted Robert Jensen, associate professor at the University of Texas – Austin, for a conversation about media, war and politics. He is promoting a new book, Citizens of the Empire: The Struggle to Claim our Humanity. I found the title intriguing, given former Sen. Gary Hart’s admonition yesterday that election 2004 will [...]

Kerry, the day after

Posted: 28 May 2004 by Kathy E. Gill in Current Affairs, Media

These days, it’s rare that I have the opportunity to attend a newsworthy event and then read about it afterward, contrasting my experience with the ‘reported’ facts. So I relished the opportunity to see how the Kerry speech was reported, both locally and nationally. Locally, the most obvious was positioning in the printed paper. The [...]