This article from Politico discusses "new media" in relation to the Obama administration. Unlike previous presidents and cabinets, this one is more than willing to address less traditional media sources. In recent press conferences, bloggers and reporters from distinctively liberal news organizations were given front row seats, and the president has paid more attention to reporters from blogs like the Huffington Post. In the article, communications officers discuss the advantages to speaking to niche news sources and target audiences. I find it interesting that this is one way that the shift to new media is manifesting itself.

My Favorite Things

Here's a list of some of my favorite things (and it's not even set to music)!

• The first day of spring


• Peach rings


• Bright c olors


• British late-80s punk rock


• Sending witty text messages to my friends


• The Onion

The blog .">Romanesko was one source featured in my annotated bibliography. Romanesko is an online news blog written by Jim Romanesko of the Poynter Institute, one of the most highly respected institutions in the journalistic world. The blog covers news in the media industry, and provides up-to-the-minute information on what is happening in news companies. There are usually a number of articles on advertising and revenue; the most recent crop includes stories such as the Associated Press’ decision to consider requiring subscriptions for web access to some news, news sites’ attempts to get their information linked to Google, and other business propositions in the news industry. Including some of these stories in the paper would integrate extremely timely examples of revenue-hunting in online world. I check it whenever I hear of a breaking story in the news industry - the blog is all over the Seattle Post-Intelligencer this week.

Here's my album cover...I used the "Speckle" tool to add interest to the image. I also highlighted layering - a new skill for me! - by placeing the edited photo onto the Photoshop page at an angle.