In the January 29, 2007 edition of Time Magazine, Montana Democrat Governor Brian Schweitzer was asked how Democrats could make energy an issue in the upcoming presidential campaign. Here's what Schweitzer said: I can do it in a 60-second spot," he said. "Put me on the clock." And he was off…
For the past week, I have been posting information I’ve learned from the National Conference for Media Reform in Memphis (January 12-14). This post is yet another in that series. One of my favorite parts of the conference was the exhibit hall. There, I met dozens of exhibitors, representatives of…
I happened upon this beautifully produced anachronistic commercial, and it started me thinking. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4JSYS7pda8[/youtube] If only the effort that went into producing this product-targeted circus went into promoting newsworthy events.
This is one of the continuing series of reports from the National Conference for Media Reform in Memphis, Tennessee. The conference is sponsored by Free Press. This post concerns a presentation entitled "Children and Media Policy." Unfortunately, I was not able to hear this entire presentation. When I arrived, however,…
I’m in the middle of reading This is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession, a delightful work by Daniel J. Levitin. I plan to write about this book when I’m finished reading it, but one thing he wrote in his introduction especially intrigued me. Levitin writes…