WHATS NEW(S) ABOUT THE “NEWSCASTER”?
Jon Stewart is known for his humorous, somewhat irreverent, take on the news and politics. And it’s a well-known fact that more and more young people (read: voters) are getting their news from Comedy Central’s Daily Show and Colbert Report. One can’t help but wonder if Stewart would have poked fun at a recent profile of himself in The New York Times, which drew the critical ire of Jane Kim in a Columbia Journalism Review piece. Stewart’s own program often highlights the underlying criticism of the media that some items reported in the news just aren’t newsworthy. And that’s exactly what Kim argues the Stewart profile was, well, unnecessary. What do you think? GET BUSY. Business journalists and those covering other beats who wish to learn more about covering business are invited to a free “Business Journalism Boot Camp” in Knoxville on Tuesday, Sept. 16. The program covers: understanding financials, deciphering government filings, covering private companies and writing effective profile
