Minorities in the Media: Stereotypes and Negativity.

The only time Hispanics and Asians make the news in Philadelphia is when bad things happen reports Veronica Serrano, who recently completed her master’s degree at Temple University.

The Inquirer Takes on the EPA: How Did They Get That Story?

In December 2008, the Philadelphia Inquirer ran a four-day series documenting the ills of the Environmental Protection Agency. Lance Duroni spoke to the Inquirer team about why and how they gathered and packaged the series.

Broadcast News vs. Newspapers: Who Better Informs the Public?

Can you compare the information provided by newspapers to the information covered by broadcast newscasts? Brian Donathan investigated by comparing one day’s worth of news, and then by looking at how two different media outlets covered the Vincent Fumo scandal.

HOWL! Liberty Bell is a bad analogy

Somebody stole the Liberty Bell today

A lot has been written this past week remembering Harry Kalas. The print issue of the Inquirer devoted seven whole pages to Harry the day after his death. And while everyone has memories and anecdotes of Harry to share, some seemed more appropriate than others.

HOOTS and HOWLS for philly.com’s video efforts

For this week’s Hoots and Howls I went on a search for online video news content. I decided to focus my attention on philly.com (The Inquirer and Daily News). Philly.com produces a fairly decent amount of video content, but I focused on those specifically labeled as “news” in order to find what they’re covering and how they are packaging it.

HOOT! To be or not to be…charged as an adult

Teen may face shift to adult status in last year’s subway death

This article is from the Daily News, and was written by Julie Shaw. She writes about one of the defendants in the murder case of Center City Starbucks manager, Sean Patrick Conroy. Kinta Stanton, 17, is one of five young men charged with Conroy’s death, but Stanton was the only defendant to be charged as a juvenile.

HOWLS! House arrest and atheism

• A lawyer evades house arrest.

• A cancer patient does not believe in God.

HOOT! A word about vaccines

Vaccine Brigade a Prime Booster is a great story from Don Sapatkin of the Inquirer. This article is full of information.

It is a great story about a wonderful citywide initiative to vaccinate uninsured or under-insured children in Philadelphia. The best part is the amount of reporting.  The data Sapatkin dug up for this piece brings it to the level of reporting we’ve been discussing in class.

-Brian Donathan