Where do you get your news? Four news junkies share their sources.ROBIN D.G. KELLEY Robin D.G. Kelley (b. 1962) is currently a professor of history and American studies and ethnicity at the University of Southern California. From 2003-2006, he was the William B. Ransford Professor of Cultural and Historical Studies at Columbia University. Author of Freedom Dreams You're on a desert island. You can only take one news source with you. What is it? BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. News. Not that it is the greatest, but it offers a more international perspective, and I was impressed with its coverage of Katrina, which veered almost 180 degrees from what CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. reported. I confess, too, that I like The Daily Show. Newspapers. Online or in print? I don't usually read online papers. Typically, I will read The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times, knowing full well the political forces it represents. But I supplement it with articles sent to me via certain listserves--Portside, for example. Or I like to read and hear Glen Ford from The Black Commentator. Your favorite blog? I don't go to blogs. It's Monday morning. What media do you go to first? KPFK Pacifica Radio, and switch back and forth between that and NPR NPR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Nepal Rupee. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. . [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Who do you text message with the most? My daughter is the only person I text message. She's my pop culture consultant. It's Friday night. How do you escape media? Besides playing the piano, I tend to plunge right into "media" by watching reruns of The Practice or Law and Order. JANE KIM San Francisco School Board member You're on a desert island. You can only take one news source with you. What is it? sfusualsuspects.com Newspapers. Online or in print? I read everything online: nytimes.com, sfgate.com. Well, actually I read the San Francisco Bay Guardian The San Francisco Bay Guardian (also known as the SF Bay Guardian, Bay Guardian, and the Guardian) is a free alternative newspaper published weekly in San Francisco, California. The paper is owned mostly by its publisher, Bruce B. in print. Your favorite blog? Several: littleyellowdifferent.com, minjung.com, sfist.com, kevnull.com, agendicide.com, eddiezheng.com. It's Monday morning. What media do you go to first? sfusualsuspects.com. It has all the major San Francisco political headlines of the day from the SF Chronicle, Examiner, Bay Guardian and more. Amazing. A politico's dream of a news source. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] NPR or YouTube? YouTube. It really is a video archive of everything Archive Of Everything is the name used by Chris Blundell for his musical solo efforts to differentiate from his work with his record label The Simulated City Records. important that has happened in the last two years (and more), from goofy private moments to Colbert's roast of Bush, from indy music videos to Republican senators making racist remarks and all the memorable dunks in the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= . Who do you text message with the most? Everyone. I don't even call anyone anymore. MONICA MONICA Cardiology A WHO initiative–Multinational Monitoring of Trends & Determinants of Cardiovascular Disease–which evaluated the effects of various factors on mortality in Pts MIs TAHER People of Color Noun 1. people of color - a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks) people of colour, colour, color race - people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock; "some biologists doubt that there are important Media Strategy Director The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD GLAAD Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ) Your favorite blog? I have many. But there are two that I find cutting-edge. One is written by Keith Boykin (keithboykin.com) and the other one by Andres Duque (blabbeando.blogspot.com). They both focus on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender transgender or transgendered adj. Transsexual. issues and are written in an eloquent and intelligent way. It's Monday morning. What media do you go to first? I listen to NPR on my way to work for the politics. However, I also listen to Spanish-language rock stations and enjoy the celebrity gossip. NPR or YouTube? You can't choose. I work in media, and I need to be able to consume information from as many news sources as possible. The Internet has allowed people--regardless of what part of the world they live in--to access videos on YouTube, the same way listeners have access to current news on NPR. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Who do you text message with the most? I am the text message queen. I text message my team members at GLAAD and my partner Jenifer every day. It's Friday night. How do you escape media? I am always consuming media. I am always connected to my Blackberry. FARAI CHIDEYA Host, National Public Radio's "News and Notes" and Founder of PopandPolitics.com You're on a desert island. You can only take one news source with you. What is it? Google News. So I'd better have a solar generator for my laptop, and the laptop better make it on the island. Newspapers. Online or in print? The Washington Post and New York Times online. When I travel, mainly, I read The Wall Street Journal and the International Herald Tribune International Herald Tribune Daily newspaper published in Paris. It has long been the staple source of English-language news for American expatriates, tourists, and businesspeople in Europe. in print. Your favorite blog? boingboing.net It's Monday morning. What media do you go to first? For the past 10 months I've been waking up at 4 a.m. to host "News and Notes." So at 4 a.m. I look at the political digest The Washington Post has generously dumped in my e-mail inbox. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] NPR or YouTube? NPR! First off, I work here, and second, I live in L.A. so I'm in the car all the time. Watching videos while driving is distracting! Who do you text message with the most? I don't text very often, but when I was recently in Zimbabwe visiting family I texted all the time because it was so much more reliable than putting through phone calls. |
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