Category: BirminghamWatch
BirminghamWatch Awarded Two-Year $100,000 Grant From Press Forward
The nine year old news organization is one of three in Alabama and 205 nationally receiving a share of $20 million to close persistent coverage gaps. Read more.
Media love political polls. Unfortunately.
Polls are here to stay, but do people – or even the media – understand them? UA instructor of news media Tom Arenberg discusses what to take into consideration. Read more.
BW’s Natta Named to 2025 Leadership Birmingham Class
André Natta, executive director of the Alabama Initiative for Independent Journalism, is among 59 leaders named to Leadership Birmingham’s Class of 2025. Read more.
Hannity Got Bashed so It’s Only Fair to Bash the Liberal Ones, Too
Fox has done it over and over – and been beaten up for it repeatedly. So, it ought to be pointed out that CNN and MSNBC personalities were less commenting on the news and more influencing it when they appeared in the DNC show last week. Read more.
This Time, Media Have Actually Done Some Good Work on Trump
Donald Trump came out of hiding last week for a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago home, and the performance of the press triggered a wave of media criticism the likes of which I haven’t seen in a long time. Read more.
News Media Need a Plan for Dealing With Kamala Harris Slander
UA instructor of news media Tom Arenberg debates how much the media should report on criticism based on Harris’ race and gender. Read more.
BW’s Crenshaw Recognized With NFPW National Awards
Solomon Crenshaw Jr., a regular writer for BirminghamWatch, recently won a third-place award and honorable mention in the National Federation of Press Women’s Communicator’s Awards for two of his BirminghamWatch pieces, along with a first-place award for a story published by the Bending the Arc Project. Read more.
Why Lots of News Media Are Beating Up on Joe Biden
Tom Arenberg doesn’t believe nefarious reasons are at work in the avalanche of news stories and commentaries about Joe Biden’s mental fitness. It comes instead from some conventional journalistic behaviors that are currently on steroids. Read more.
Missing Piece of Trump Case Coverage: The Jurors
No one has published any interviews so far with members of the Manhattan jury that found Donald Trump guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying records last week, but I’m certain multiple media outlets are trying. Juror names and addresses were shielded from the media and the public but I think it’s inevitable that enterprising reporters will eventually find a juror or two who is willing to talk. Read more.
Student Journalists Shine in Campus Protest Coverage
A student reporter at the Columbia Journalism School who is covering the campus protests there tweeted Wednesday that she was so overwhelmed that she had to quit … giving interviews to professional media. On this story playing out around the nation, it’s the campus media that are leading the way. Read more.
