Category Archives: Economy

Unpaid internships- A court victory that asks “How do you filter them?”

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Bernard McCoy

A court victory for unpaid interns today and possibly a wake-up call for corporate America. Yesterday, New York federal judge William Pauley ruled in favor of two interns suing Fox Searchlight over the internship programs of Fox Entertainment Group. The … Continue reading →

Posted in advertising, broadcasting, Business, Economy, education, Entertainment, Journalism, News, Radio, television, The United States, Uncategorized | Tagged Black Swan, Dennis, Fair Labor Standards Act, Fox Entertainment Group, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Hollywood Reporter, International Business Times, internships, United States Department of Labor, unpaid internships | 1 Comment

Digging out

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Bernard McCoy

In Lincoln, Neb., the snow that pummeled this stretch of the Midwest yesterday has given way to sunshine. UNL classes have resumed. Despite the usual weather related accidents, traffic has returned to near normal. Businesses are open. Life is good … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Environment, nebraska, The United States, Uncategorized, weather | Tagged blizzard, Lincoln, nebraska snow, Q, snowstorm, university of Nebraska-Lincoln, UNL | Leave a comment

ABC News strikes out on live coverage of Obama “fiscal cliff” remarks

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Bernard McCoy

NBC, CBS, CNN, Fox? They were all there Monday providing live coverage when President Barack Obama delivered remarks saying it looked like an agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff was “in sight.” One exception: ABC News. The network was missing … Continue reading →

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Engineer raises concerns over Keystone XL pipeline

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Bernard McCoy

An interesting commentary by civil engineer Mike Klink in our local paper today. It’s about TransCanada, the company proposing to build the Keystone XL pipeline across Nebraska. Klink shared his concerns from his days working on the first Keystone pipeline … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Economy, Environment, nebraska, News, The United States | Tagged Keystone, Keystone XL pipeline, Mike Klink, oil, pipeline, State Department | 3 Comments

XL pipeline- Getting the facts straight

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Bernard McCoy

Every big controversy seems to generate its own information fog. Facts may be incomplete or missing altogether. Reporting can get fuzzy. The debate over the proposed Keystone XL pipeline is no different. Rhetoric abounds. Facts may be iffy. The question … Continue reading →

Posted in broadcasting, Business, Economy, education, Environment, Gulf Oil Spill, Journalism, new media, News, newspapers, Politics, The United States, Uncategorized | Tagged afl/cio, Alberta Federation of Labor, ATU, CEP, Communications Energy and Paperworkers Union, Darrin Greene, Journalism, journalism ethics, Keystone, Keystone XL pipeline, labor unions, Politico, TWU, XL pipeline | 3 Comments

The Keystone XL pipeline: Missing the point

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Bernard McCoy

The controversy surrounding the proposed Keystone XL pipeline reached new heights Friday when the U.S. State Department hosted the last in a series of public hearings on the 1,700 mile pipeline. It would carry tar sand crude oil from Canada … Continue reading →

Posted in broadcasting, Economy, education, Environment, Journalism, Kansas, nebraska, News, newspapers, Politics, television, The United States, Uncategorized, University of Nebraska | Tagged Alberta, alternative energy, Barack Obama, Canada, Clinton, crude oil, Cushing Oklahoma, energy, environment, Keystone, Keystone XL pipeline, labor, nebraska, obama, Ogallala aquifer, Sand Hills, State Department, tar sands, transcanada, XL pipeline | 8 Comments

Social Security: Fixing the class gap

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Bernard McCoy

There’s a class gap in Social Security. Here’s one idea to close the class gap and mend the Social Security so that it will support generations of future Americans. Continue reading →

Posted in Banking, Business, Economy, education, nebraska, The United States | Tagged fixing the class gap in social security, how to fix social security, Social Security, social security class gap, social security going broke | 1 Comment

Mr. President: What’s going on?

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Bernard McCoy

Mom, wife, CFO and military veteran Velma Hart asked President Obama a powerful question at a CNBC town hall meeting Monday. “I’ve been told that I voted for a man who said he was going to change things in a … Continue reading →

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University of Nebraska students tackle 2010 USA National Games

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Bernard McCoy

This may be the most fun I’ve had as a journalism professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. It’s exhausting, mostly fun and a fascinating experiment that combines journalism and advertising students, faculty and staff. This class of 55 journalism and … Continue reading →

Posted in broadcasting, Economy, education, Journalism, nebraska, new media, newspapers, Special Olympics, television, The United States, University of Nebraska | 4 Comments

FCC’s wireless mic ban imposes unfair burden

Posted on July 10, 2010 by Bernard McCoy

I’m thinking out loud here. Five or six wireless microphones. It doesn’t sound like a lot. Multiply that by thousands of wireless mics rendered useless by the federal government and it adds up. It may place an unfair burden worth … Continue reading →

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