Interesting take from Santa Fe County Sheriff Greg Solano on the recent session of New Mexico's legislature.
"So who was successful in getting legislation passed this year? The only lobbyist that don't even have to register as lobbyists in New Mexico, The News Media. In news papers, TV, blogs, and live blogging the press pushed for Live web cams in the legislature, open conference committee meetings, double dipping legislation, and ethics reform. Now don't get me wrong, I sure other people cared about these issues as well, but the news media hounded law makers on these issues relentlessly. Even the death penalty legislation was not hurt by the media stories on the issue."
Should the media be registered as lobbyists?
"...when the legislature listens to the media, when they are lobbying on these issues, are they now beholden to the media?"
This is a fascinating opinion that we'll follow up on with the sheriff.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
The CS Monitor is dead. Long live the CS Monitor -- online
After 100 years, the Christian Science Monitor has folded. It's daily print edition is no more. But print will continue in a weekend form -- we suspect for the time being, at least.
The daily Monitor does survive, however, online.
The paper's editor reasons that, "two million individuals now engage with us online each month, about 40 times the number that have been subscribing to the print daily. We are linked deeply and extensively across the Internet. People who never picked up our newspaper read Christian Science Monitor articles online..."
Is there a lesson here for broadcast? Yes, and I hope we pick up on it faster than we're doing now.
With the small amount of time and resources at KSFR's disposal, we're trying to be "more than just radio.
We have done podcasting of audio for years. They're at KSFR.org,
We've found a way past the limitations of our web service provider to do more than put one piece of audio on a news page. (Check out KSFR's You Tube offerings that we post on many of our news pages. Here's a recent one:
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Recently, we began a breaking-story service on Twitter.
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Unlike the percentage growth of the Monitor's, KSFR's online audience is still puny.
We'll be watching to see if we can grow that audience and succeed at being more than "just radio." If not, what happens when the radio tower lights dim?
The daily Monitor does survive, however, online.
The paper's editor reasons that, "two million individuals now engage with us online each month, about 40 times the number that have been subscribing to the print daily. We are linked deeply and extensively across the Internet. People who never picked up our newspaper read Christian Science Monitor articles online..."
Is there a lesson here for broadcast? Yes, and I hope we pick up on it faster than we're doing now.
With the small amount of time and resources at KSFR's disposal, we're trying to be "more than just radio.
We have done podcasting of audio for years. They're at KSFR.org,
We've found a way past the limitations of our web service provider to do more than put one piece of audio on a news page. (Check out KSFR's You Tube offerings that we post on many of our news pages. Here's a recent one:
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Recently, we began a breaking-story service on Twitter.
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Unlike the percentage growth of the Monitor's, KSFR's online audience is still puny.
We'll be watching to see if we can grow that audience and succeed at being more than "just radio." If not, what happens when the radio tower lights dim?
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