Zen & the Art of Media Maintenance, ZAMM
ZAMM--In the belief that journalism needs daily maintenance by informed, adult practitioners and its audience to foster democratic principles, healthy dialogue, and strong communities.

Coffee, Van Gogh & Dashiell

July 1, 2009 02:23 by Rich
  The Advanced Photojournalism class is on the road to Hurricane Coffee in Sequim this summer. Sequim Gazette Sports Editor Michael Dashiell took time to critique student work from Marcus Como, Andrew Biasotti, Felice Thompson and Anthony Richards. Michael has built an impressi... [More]

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Us Now

May 18, 2009 16:25 by Rich
Us Now from Banyak Films on Vimeo. Wonderful exploration of how emerging Web tools m-a-y  allow communities to rethink the way people not only communicate but govern themselves, ourselves. The couchsurf and mumsnet communities are strong, emerging examples of ho... [More]

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'A Dream in Doubt' by Independent Lens

May 7, 2009 16:13 by Rich
 "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." -Eleanor Roosevelt.  Independent Lens examines the family of the first hate-crime victims after Sept. 11. It is a Sikh family in Mesa, Arizona whose father is killed by a man w... [More]

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NYT's 'You've Got Voice Mail, But Do You Care?"

April 6, 2009 18:11 by Rich
   Love this story for the wealth of research in it. And the damn piece was buried , sort of, in the April 2 ThursdayStyles section. What the April 1 were they foolishly thinking?    Yes, it's at: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/fashion/02voicemail.html?scp=1&sq=You%... [More]

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Media Storm in NYC @CMA 2009

April 1, 2009 18:47 by Rich
   Brian Storm drops you into one of a dozen tropic outbacks to describe the personal hells inhabited by peoples displaced, violated and otherwise forgotten. His storytelling. His brand of storytelling is straight. It is simple. It is unrelenting in its sensitive yet graphic nature. Were... [More]

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Soul Rebel & visitor David Burnett

February 9, 2009 17:47 by Rich
    We don't normally shill goods and services here. But when quality counts, in this overmarketed, oversold, uberbarraged media world, it is important to help others sift through the dreck and find the gold.    Ergo "Soul Rebel" the recent book authored by ... [More]

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Transparency & the 44th

February 9, 2009 17:13 by Rich
   Today, our 44th U.S. President came before the media in his first primetime press conference. It's Feb 9. So, we're within a few weeks of Barack Obama's inauguration and his struggles to pass a Stimulus Package that rivals the fiscal bailout, TARP, emergency aid package fo... [More]

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Too Hot to Handle

February 4, 2009 15:32 by Rich
Port Angeles Campus Map        Certain intelligence is too sensitive for the public. Former Vice-President Dick Cheney's residence on Google Earth, Israeli government offices & military installations and yes, the location of The Buccaneer newsroom... [More]

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Bullet-in from the Newsroom

January 31, 2009 13:39 by Rich
   On a historic Tuesday 2009 when power shifted in Washington and journalists across the world scrambled to put the United States' change into historic context, college students arrived in the newsroom of the Peninsula Daily News. Students explored the "Temple of Truth&qu... [More]

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Art, War, Sorrow & Thanks

November 27, 2008 04:13 by Rich
   Watching the local production of "War of the Worlds" on Halloween week, I was moved by news. The marquee outside the modest little neighborhood theater announced Lambert “Bal” Balducci was “offstage” never to return. Outside the theater, we were playi... [More]

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