Bill Moyers Journal’s ‘Buying the War’ Premiers Wednesday on PBS

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Buying the War, a 90-minute documentary from the new PBS series Bill Moyers Journal, explores the role of the press in the lead up to the invasion of Iraq. How did the mainstream media get the story so wrong? How did evidence disputing arguments for war go unreported? Buying the War seeks to answer these questions through extensive analysis of pre-war press reports and interviews with Dan Rather, Tim Russert and Bob Simon among others. Online material extending the broadcast coverage includes a pre-war media slide show, an article library of news stories leading up to the invasion, biographies of those included in the documentary, a post-broadcast chat with Jonathan Landay and Warren Strobel, two Knight Ridder reporters wrote with skepticism about the Bush Administrations case for war, and a resource list for further reading. The documentary premiers at 9:00pm EST Wednesday, April 25th on PBS. Check PBS's broadcast schedule for local…

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Multimedia Producer Opening in New London, CT

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Multimedia Producer - Full Time The Day, Eastern Connecticut’s leading newspaper, seeks an experienced, creative, and self-motivated Multimedia Producer to provide content generation and production support for their rapidly-evolving web presence. The ideal candidate must demonstrate the ability to produce strong multimedia content for their web site working with content provided by their award-winning staff of photographers and writers. The Multimedia Producer will be responsible for working with field journalists to plan audio, video and photography content as well as help brainstorm ideas for content and train members of the staff to assist in the production of multimedia content. Experience with audio and video editing programs, knowledge of FLASH, HTML, Dreamweaver, Soundslides and Final Cut Pro and both Macintosh and Windows working environments a must. Send resume, references and portfolio (CD’s or slides) to: The Day Publishing Company Human Resources Dept. 47 Eugene O’Neill Drive New London, CT 06320 860-442-2200 860-443-6322, FAX…

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Want to Host a Public Radio Show?

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Public Radio Talent Quest is giving away over $70,000 and a chance to host a new show on public radio via an online contest that allows the public to enter and to vote on their favorites. The contest was designed and is run by Public Radio Exchange (PRX), an online marketplace for distribution, review, and licensing of public radio programming.

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Hometown Baghdad

Hometown Baghdad is a series of vignettes about a group of 20-something friends living in a war zone. These short episodes, co-produced by Iraqi filmmakers, are as candid as they are insightful. They're also frequently funny. Episodes are available via hometownbaghdad.com, as well as YouTube, and iTunes.

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The Washington Post on Context

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Gene Weingarten's article in the Washington Post on Joshua Bell's subway performance incited numerous conversations about the impact of context on the way we evaluate art. In a live discussion the next day, Weingarten starts by saying, "This story got the largest and most global response of anything I have ever written, for any publication. I think the enthusiastic classical-music blogosphere helped give it a viral life, as did the availability of quality video."

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