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"Do what you do best and link to the rest," says Jay Rosen, New York University professor and one of the most prominent thinkers about journalism in the new media era. Rosen is the author of What Are Journalists For? , blogs at PressThink, and famously does "mindcasting, not lifecasting," on Twitter. Where is journalism headed? Is "balanced" coverage really the best option, or does it leave too many out in the cold? How responsible is the media for the failures of the health care debate? Rosen has some answers to all of these questions.

We stay with action and adventure this week with the first of two episodes of the Buccaneers. This episode is entitled Cutlass Wedding

Hang with the swashbucklers today with another episode of the Buccaneers. This episode is entitled Dangerous Cargo.

Given the amount of time, President Obama has taken to arrive at his decision to escalate America s footprint in Afghanistan; much to the chagrin of many in his own Party, he must be on to something that has eluded most experts, analyst and even the "know it all mainstream media." Whatever went on in all those "offline" meetings with his war council must have been

More Robin Hood on the menu, as we got another great eposide of the manly man in tights fighting for the poor.

We got Robin Hood today for your pleasure. This episode is entitled the Challenge. Enjoy the program and please share the experience with a friend

More Robin Hood on the menu, as we got another great eposide of the manly man in tights fighting for the poor.

In this week's program Cindy interviews Lindsay Hill, ABN Radio, about the joint NAMA/NAFB panel discussion she moderated titled, "Speaking For Agriculture."

Towers Post is a video post-production company in Chicago.

Video interview for Simply Zesty with Jon Snow, anchor of Channel 4 news, discussing the implications of digital media and communications on the consumption and production of news. The interview covers blogging and Twitter as well as how journalists use social media to source news.

Where is the most dangerous place in the Western Hemisphere for journalists?

Fred Astaire and Jane Powell are an incorrigible brother-sister dance team traveling to England after their act is broken up in New York. During a royal wedding, the two hooks up with love interest that threatens the future of careers together. Click here to download. RetroVision Media MoviesGossip Stuff:Jane Powell was far from the first actress approached to play the role of Ellen opposite Astaire. Initially Ginger Rogers was asked, but she declined. Then June Allyson was signed for the role, but had to drop out when she became pregnant. Judy Garland was then signed as Ellen, but due to personal issues was fired from the film (and her MGM contract was terminated). Jane Powell ultimately replaced Garland

Rafat Ali has made huge strides in bootstrapping his four year-old PaidContent into the must read for the entire digital media industry. When I caught up with the pioneering journalist this week in Manhattan, I asked him how he has succeeded in ways that traditional media hasn t. He was clear that journalists are the greatest impediment to media companies embracing digital communications tools such as podcasts, vlogs. He says many are stuck in a comfortable mindset and resistant to change. But he does acknowledge that it s often not the journalists who are the roadblocks, but the companies themselves. He says that many journalists want to be involved with multi-media news gathering but are limited by their superiors; he cites a few senior journalists at Time magazine who want to use digital media but are not permitted. The New York Times Online editor Len Apcar is an editor that IS encouraging his journalists to use digital media. See Beet.TV's earlier posts on David Carr and David Pogue to see how. Another barrier for media companies who want to embrace digital media is journalism unions when print journalists begin taking pictures or capturing footage is that trespassing on the territory of photo journalists? Rafat is confident that once journalists embrace the creative possibilities of new media tools there will be no going back. He describes them as addictive as crack - something The Beet can attest to. See this video on Beet.TV: http://www.beet.tv/2006/06/rafat_ali.html