Mike O'hara's "voice"

It took me a while to pick a "voice" that I really liked. My passion is sports, so i dove into my local sports page to search for a voice who I really enjoy, and really would like to imitate. I started with perhaps the most popular sports journalist "Mitch Albom", after up on a couple of his columns I found that I actually do not like the way he wrote sports. When reading his sports article I felt like I was reading one from someone with minimum depth of knowledge about our local teams. Perhaps the writer with the Voice I most related with is Mike O'hara with the Detroit News. He isn't too optimistic, and he isn't a pessimist either. This is impresssive, because after so many years of covering a team like the Detroit Lions, you might think he had nothing but bad to say about the team.

How does the online news environment blur the distinction between news and information? Logan mentions Northwestern’s Rich Gordon, who says that for citizen-journalism to be effective, the enterprise needs a “citizen-editor.” What is the role of the citizen editor? Do you agree with Gordon here? Why or why not?

The online news environment makes the distiction between news and information a heck of a line to find. There is alot of information out on the web, but only a small fraction of that information is news. News is information that is relavent to a large group of people, and usually has some sort of time restraint on it. Information can be presnted in the news, but it is only news when it is timely and relevant.

The role of the the citizen editor should be to guide a citizen jounralist in the direction of what is important.Part of what blurs the line from newa and information is the person who is presenting it. most people will accept it as news when they read it from a credible sourse, like if broke a story on this blog, it would basically be information, until you could confirm it.

Newspapers lose to Digital Media

Newspapers rarely get to break a news story anymore, and most websites beat the cable news channels to the punch. Digital journalism allows for Reports to start out vague and general, and progress to a better put together story. Newspapers and TV cable are at a disadvantage because they generally can only put together stories when an ample amount of detail and information is available. Newspapers many times have to wait for the next day, or even two days later if it is late breaking, before being able to address a story! The physical newspaper looses a lot of ground to it’s online counterpart, Ad revenue has shifted to the internet, and subscription to the printed paper has gone way down. People are now able to go and see the news they want, when they want, without having to flip pages, fold the paper, or in most cases pay.

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As a Journalism major I have always wondered how the future of news would be affected. I read "No Free Lunch" The article was brief, but what i found most interesting is that the writer of the article took time to respond to the comments. Prior to digital journalism there was only one way to express your thouhgts about an article, and that was the good ole'm fashioned letter to the editor. Which involved writing the letter, putting it into an envelope, having to lick that nasty glue, buy a stamp, wait for the mailman to pick it up, then wait a few days and hope that your letter to the editor was addressed in the weekend, or next edition of the paper. Now you can simply write your thought, and only have to wait for maybe 25 minutes, and get a response. I know this doesn't, address the actual content of "No Free Lunch" but I think it may be an overlooked benefit of a new age of digital media.

Lions: Win now, develop later!

The Lions game against the Vikings was a tale of two halves, The first half was dominated by the Lions and their running game.....I'll give you time to read that last sentence again....The second was dominated by rookie Matthew Stafford looking like a rookie quarterback.

The decision to dub Stafford as the starting quarterback of the first franchise to loose all 16 games in a season was at first a population splitter. Half of Detroit's desperate fan base wanted to see Stafford sit for a few games, and watch Veteran Daunte Culpepper. The other half wanted to see the Lions 41.7 million dollar investment start right away.

Not sure which way to lean, i reserved judgement on the situation, but seeing the first two weeks of Stafford's career has made the choice for me.

For most teams, two games into the season would not be the time to switch things up, It would not be the time to panic. In Detroit however there is no time like the present, for a team who hasn't won a game in their last 19.

In no way are the Lions suppose to go anywhere this season, the logic behind starting Stafford makes sense but the logistics of it don't. The Lions put together a very solid performance against the Vikings in week 2, and were most likely a couple turnovers away from winning that game. The Defense again capped Adrian Peterson to 92 yards, and the offense actually out rushed Adrian Peterson. If any other team did that, they would have won the game for sure, the unfortunate reality is that the Lions had the wrong quarterback on the field if they want a victory this year.

In no way are the Lions suppose to go anywhere this season, the logic behind starting Stafford makes sense but the logistics of it don't.

Detroit needs a win now!, every loss this season prior to their first win, will just be another notch on their growing loss belt. That is why the Lions need to insert Daunte Culpepper into the line up, at least until they get a win or two.

Daunte Culpepper has been very professional since getting word that he would be in the back-up role. He lost the weight he had packed on in his retirement, and looked like a game manager in the pre-season. Perhaps that is because he knows the coaching staff will come a-calling. While you can't say for sure, you have to believe today Daunte would not have turned over the ball in the fashion that Stafford did.

By no means is this blog declaring Stafford a bust, and this is not a request to sit him for the remainder of the season, this is a request to put the Lions best players on the field in order to get the team a victory for this year. Stafford has a bright future, Culpepper has what it takes to win now.

Beyond just getting a win, the Lions have other worries that come with losing...The Lions cannot afford another top draft pick, even with the uncapped year coming up. Though it does appear a rookie cap is coming, it may be too little to late for the Lions.

Week 2's game was very close to not selling out, and not selling out is bad news for the Lions because fans will lose interest in the team, because of other sports going on, the Tigers are in a playoff race, and the Red Wings will be starting up soon.

The Lions need to win, and they need to win now!! Their best shot is with Culpepper!

The Ann Arbor News!

Recently I checked out Ann Arbor.com and I was pleasently suprised to find that it is in face a Great example of a hybrid news form. The main page at AnnArbor.com starts out somewhat plane, It looks very straight forward and to the point, Almost bland. The fun comes when you click on a story about a local Ann Arbor band, and the music video they had made. Starting at the top there was a picture of the group, like any normal newspaper may have. As I scrolled down the page I first came across an MP3 of the band's song "Cheerleader", then onward to Grizzly Bear's music video for "two weeks".

Part of the reason Newspaper has become outdated, is that when you write a feature on a band, such as the one on AnnArbor.com, everything you write in the paper cannot be interacted with. If you refer to a specific part of a video or song, everything is left up to the imagination, as to where on annarbor.com, you can post their video and MP3 right to the web site.