Category Archives: Local Journalism

Tweeting the Revolution: Twitter Didn’t Create the Revolution, But It Didn’t Hurt It

by Matthew L. Schafer It’s hard to miss the various articles lamenting many social media supporters’ claims that Twitter and Facebook helped shepherd revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt into reality.  In one often cited example, Devin Coldeway, a writer at … Continue reading

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Top Ten: A Year in Media as Told by LWR

by Matthew L. Schafer Major developments made the last six months of 2010 an exciting time to follow the ever-changing media landscape. From the passage of net neutrality to the Wikileaks’ saga to a call for defunding public media, 2010 … Continue reading

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Ten Years Later, LPFM Wins the Battle for the Air

by Matthew L. Schafer In the shadow of media coverage surrounding the historic vote to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the United States Senate quietly passed the Low Power Community Radio Act (S. 592).  The House of Representatives passed the … Continue reading

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