- Remembering the Kansas City skywalk collapse
- Hyatt Hotels: Please reconsider your action on the Skywalk Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri
- Craps against the high-rolling dark siders
- The Kansas City Royals parade has an interesting historical contrast
- San Jose Mercury News: Credibility suffers when content and advertising clash
Category Archives: Economy
Unpaid internships- A court victory that asks “How do you filter them?”
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
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Digging out
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
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Engineer raises concerns over Keystone XL pipeline
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
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XL pipeline- Getting the facts straight
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
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Social Security: Fixing the class gap
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
Mr. President: What’s going on?
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
Posted in broadcasting, Economy, Entertainment, Journalism, Politics, The United States
Tagged obama, Velma Hart
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University of Nebraska students tackle 2010 USA National Games
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
FCC’s wireless mic ban imposes unfair burden
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