Find Reporters on Twitter

Interested in finding reporters on Twitter?  Well, there’s now a wiki that allows you to find out what their Twitter feed is. Check it out.

https://twitteringjournalists.pbwiki.com/Media+People+Using+Twitter

The Anxiety is Building without Relief

The anxiety is building with no clear light at the end of the tunnel.  Despite their love of journalism and excitement for breaking news that matters, many of my friends who are journalists are worried about the future.  Where is this whole “internet” thing going?  How many more reporters are going to get laid of at ____ newspaper before their coverage becomes futile?  Where am I going to be in 2, 5, 10 years from now?  All questions I’ve heard repeatedly.

There’s a very interesting post on a blog I read, DoshDosh.com, about The Future of Content in the Age of Information Overload.

The old hunter-gatherer model of journalism is no longer sufficient. Now that information is so plentiful, we don’t need new information so much as help in processing what’s already available.

It’s worth a read.  I’ve always thought that blogs are going to become the newspaper of the future, and it seems that might be what is really happening.

There’s also reference to another article from the American Journalism Review – The Elite Newspaper of the Future.

Crazy McCain Lady

If you didn’t see the real event, an older lady stood up and said she heard that Obama is an “Arab.” Watch this video below first.

Sarah’s Crash and Burn on SNL

Regardless of your political persuasion, this should make you laugh. I can bet that the communications experts on the McCain campaign just cringed when they saw the video of Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin answering Katie Couric’s questions… and they also should have known that this would be the makings of a ratings boost for Saturday Night Live. Actress Tina Fey does a dead-on impression.

PHOTOS: 2008 AMA Superbike Championships

If you didn’t get a chance to make it to Laguna Seca Raceway for the 2008 AMA Superbike Championships this past weekend, not to worry – I’ve got you covered.  Below I’ve put together a slideshow of photos that will wet your appetite.  You’ll see behind the scenes and I’ll take your right down to the pits and the start line!  If you’re interested in seeing the results (like who won?), I have them here.

2008 AMA Superbike Races – Laguna Seca

We’ll be headed to the 2008 AMA Superbike Championship season finale at Laguna Seca on Sunday.  Our hope is to see Ben Spies and Mat Mladin, the all-time series qualifying king, duke it out on two wheels.  Matt claimed the final pole position of the current AMA Superbike era on Saturday.

With a series reboot in the offing, this weekend will serve as farewell performance for the Superstock, Supersport, and Formula Xtreme classes, as well as the Superbike category as is now exists.

One Last Dance

This race meeting could also prove to be the final chapter in what will almost certainly go down as the greatest rivalry in AMA Superbike history. Ben Spies and Mat Mladin may be doing battle for the last time on Sunday with the Texan strongly rumored to be launching an assault on the world championship next season.

Two Up for Grabs

While Spies (Superbike), Aaron Yates (Superstock), and Jake Zemke (Formula Xtreme) have already secured their titles this season, two remain to be decided. Graves Motorsports Yamaha’s Ben Bostrom is a strong favorite to conclude his epic season in championship fashion and claim the final Pro Honda Oils Supersport title. Also, Californian Benny Solis enters the weekend leading the Red Bull AMA U.S. Rookies Cup and having won both rounds of the doubleheader held earlier this year at Laguna Seca.

Read more at AMA Superbike