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Room for Rock Center?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ibkV2G4Me_I

David Carr, The New York Times: "NBC Anchor Broadens His Portfolio"

Lisa de Moraes, The Washington Post: "Ted Koppel added to NBC's 'Rock Center with Brian Williams'"

Kathi Goertzen, KOMO-TV: "Ted Koppel: Broadcast news becoming 'degrading' to Americans"

David Bauder, Associated Press: "New life in television's evening news"

Measuring "Positive" and "Negative" News Coverage

KeachHagey, Politico: "Pew: Media not in love with Obama"

Pew Research Center's Project For Excellence in Journalism: "How News Media and Blogs Have Eyed the Presidential Contenders During the First Phase of the 2012 Race"

Newspapers Up, Down or In Between?

Larry Kilman, World Association of Newspapers: "World Press Trends: Newspapers Still Reach More Than Internet"

Steve Myers and Jeff Sonderman, Poynter.org: "New York Times' buyouts, contract negotiations show newsroom shift to Web"

Chris Reidy, Boston.com: "BostonGlobe.com launches as a subscription-only website tomorrow"

Martin Peers, The Wall Street Journal: "News Corp. Braces for Flak"

Sports Journalism Under the Microscope in Boston

Andrew Cohen, The Atlantic: "Inside Baseball: The Boston Red Sox and Sports Journalism"

Bob Hohler, Boston Globe: "Inside the Collapse"

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.