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Views of the News: Zimmerman verdict, few female sources, royal baby watch, Asiana pilot hoax

The Zimmerman Verdict: Media Lessons

Dana Ford, CNN: "Juror: 'No doubt' that George Zimmerman feared for his life"

Dashiell Bennett, The Atlantic: "Zimmerman Juror Drops Her Plans to Write Book"

Carolyn Pesce, USA TODAY: "4 Zimmerman jurors: Juror B-37 doesn't speak for us"

Shoshana Davis, CBS News: "Juror account could 'significantly impact' DOJ inquiry"

Bill Carter, The New York Times: "Zimmerman Verdict Drew 10 Million to Cable TV News"

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press: "Modest Public Interest in Close of Zimmerman Trial"

Rem Rieder, USA TODAY: "Media got Zimmerman story wrong from start"

Erik Wemple, The Washington Post: "Zimmerman lawyer to move 'asap' against NBC News"

Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times: "TV reporter, cameraman attacked by rogue Zimmerman verdict protesters"

Where are the Female Sources?

Alexi Layton and Alicia Shepard, Poynter.org: "Lack of female sources in NY Times front-page stories highlights need for change"

Anna Li, Poynter.org: "While diversity in newsrooms is stagnating, not plummeting, there are still concerns"

Bob Papper, RTDNA: "Newsroom staffing stagnates"

Media Mania Over Royal Baby

Brian Stelter, The New York Times: "With a Royal Baby Due, News Outlets Are on High Alert"

ABC News: "Royal Baby News: The Latest On Kate Middleton & Prince William's Baby"

Asiana Pilot Spoof Prompts Lawsuit Threat

Chelsea B. Sheasley, The Christian Science Monitor: "KTVU apologizes for airing racist pilot names, but Asiana says it will sue"

CBS/AP: "Asiana Airlines confirms it will sue KTVU-TV over broadcast of racist fake pilot names"

Tal Kopan, Politico: "Asiana Airlines nixes TV lawsuit over pilot names"

MIKE MCKEAN directs the Futures Lab, the experimental newsroom and technology testing center of the Reynolds Journalism Institute. He founded the School's Convergence Journalism program and serves on the MU Information Technology Committee. McKean is a leader in the School's partnerships with Apple, Inc., and Adobe Systems to transform journalism education through pervasive computing. He is a frequent trainer and guest lecturer at top media companies and universities in China, has helped establish convergence journalism programs at Shantou University and Moscow State University, and has conducted Internet workshops in the United States, the Russian Federation and Albania. McKean has been honored with the William T. Kemper Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching and the MU Faculty-Alumni Award. He earned a bachelor's degree at the Missouri School of Journalism in 1979 and a master of arts in political science from Rice University in 1985. McKean has served on the J-School faculty since 1986.