Committee summary for Sept. 29

Here's Bob Jaffee's report on city council committee activities for Sept. 29. Please read it. Bob will come talk in class Monday, mostly he'll be there to answer your questions about how news happens, and how it's reported, from an insider's perspective.

Public Activity Log Sept. 26, 28, 29

Here are the police logs for Sept. 26, 28, 29.

The stories that don't get told

Journalists have historically looked past working class America. Despite claiming the comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable, the press has poorly served the people pulling their weight in the middle. The economic downturn is especially devastating to working class families. Are there people on your beat with important stories to tell about struggling to get by -- can you look them in the eye and not go looking for an "expert" to tell their story?

Read this interview with Pulitzer winner Dale Maharidge and imagine the power of good journalism well done.

Links of interest: Monday Sept. 28

Here's the police activity report for Saturday Sept 26 .
Big new money: Optimists consider the future of public affairs reporting in a post fact world.

Links of interest

Activity report for Sept. 23 click here.

Bob Jaffee's weekly roundup of City Council committee activity. Sign up for his list serv if you want to see all the chatter that follows after he releases one of these reports. How to is on the bottom of the document.

Here's a round up of today's breaking environmental news.

And for your foodies: Lettuce. It's evil. Again.

Sept. 21 Links: Activity Report, conference

Here's a link to the public safety activity report for Missoula calls on Saturday, Sept. 19.

Sept. 17: Links of Interest

• Policy activity report for calls on Sept. 16.
• City Councilor Bob Jaffee's weekly committee roundup report.
• Read this, and the comments, for an interesting discussion about whether to name the lab tech who is "a person of interest" in the Yale murder case. This is exactly what we have been talking about in class, and a classic example of a situation in which you want to have a newsroom policy and understand it well enough to explain it an apply it under pressure.
  

If you haven't already read through the posts I made yesterday, please do. No word yet on Eli coming to class, so prepare as though he is. The worst that happens is you read some very good reporting.