Comments on: CARR, Wanna-be Journalists, Etc.

By: dotun

dotun — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 09:30:14 +0000

Its good to see a sista who knows what she is saying out there. One who sees beyond the barrier of colour and race that the devil is using to divide us.

I like the way you identified yourself as an American from an African descent, that way I think reduces the mentality of unneccessary segregation that comes with ‘colorism’. And most importantly we are christians……………children of one God over all.

By: Norris McDonald

Norris McDonald — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 16:52:50 +0000

Call me Australopithicus but I don’t think podcasts will catch on. Just as video will not. We want to read on our computers, not listen or watch. Get a program on Sirius or XM if you want to broadcast.

I tried the video angle with a colleague and found that people really don’t want to watch interviews — live or taped while on their computers. Plus, in LaShawn’s case, she should be seen anyway. She is cute.

Just my 2 cents worth. Oh. And I don’t believe in australopithicus.

By: Alex Nunez

Alex Nunez — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 03:24:13 +0000

I’d definitely listen to a podcast of yours La Shawn. What I like about them is that I can store a few on my mp3 player and then have something interesting to listen to on the train during my daily commute. No talk radio reception at all on the train line, but podcasts make that irrelevant. They give me more variety in terms of topics than any talk station could hope to provide.

By: Walter E. Wallis

Walter E. Wallis — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 19:51:46 +0000

No one with a financial interest in the results of a test shoud be involved in writing, proctoring or scoring that test.

By: oso

oso — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 21:58:44 +0000

It was nice meeting you at the CARR boot camp La Shawn. I also blog unanonymously (new word) on Global Voices. I'd definitely be interested in checking out your podcast.

By: Crystal

Crystal — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 21:09:46 +0000

I’d definitely be interested in your weekly show! Go for it. Since I work from home, I love to be able to listen to thought-provoking shows while working. Keeps my brain from growing stagnant!

By: Ricky

Ricky — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 20:18:31 +0000

I’ve just recently begun listening to Podcast’s and think it’d be a great to be able to hear you and maybe other guests discuss topics… not that I don’t love reading your blog but Podcasting is little more dimensional….. and it seems to be where blogging is heading……

By: Renee

Renee — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 20:07:24 +0000

The podcast would be great. I am glad that many of my favorites now have podcast (MacArthur, Piper, etc.) and it would be great to add you to that list.

By: Mike M.

Mike M. — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 18:08:19 +0000

“Inventing evolution?” I guess those dinosaurs lived a mere 10,000 years ago, huh, Tussy? I would address your comment if it didn’t make me laugh so hard.

By: Tussy Norman

Tussy Norman — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 17:45:19 +0000

LaShawn, right now I am listening to Rush Limbaugh (1:30pm east coast time) and a caller named “Eric” is doing a terrific job of outlining how Democrats have removed God from their lives by inventing evolution, etc. Rush says Eric is one of the finest callers he’s had. Hopefully there will be mention of him on Rush’s website; the guy was so straightforward and accurate about how blacks have been treated and how so many political leaders have lied to them for their own personal gain!

By: Maribel Hernandez

Maribel Hernandez — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 17:43:07 +0000

La Shawn,
The CARR Hot Sheets I found inside of the Computer-Assisted Research and Reporting are helpful. Thanks for posting it today.

Maribel

By: La Shawn

La Shawn — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 17:02:46 +0000

So nice. Thanks, Evon.

By: Evon

Evon — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 16:58:15 +0000

Have fun at your meet-up. May you be refreshed and inspired to keep up your excellent work.

By: Enrique Cardova

Enrique Cardova — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 14:58:40 +0000

Good deal LaShawn. I saw the story myself and critiqued it as shallow, because it seemed to be just a recycling of the old failed busing strategy for racial “balance” and school “improvement”, that yielded neither balance or improvement. I said the scores may have risen due to emphasis on actual performance rather than fads, not whether some black kids sat next to some white kids. Your link now shows the whole thing was yet another example of liberal spin. I hope the CARR course reveals methods to expose this sort of thing quickly. Of course, I will plug Thomas Sowell as the indispensable “spin” detector Keep up the good work.

By: Mike M.

Mike M. — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 14:08:53 +0000

I took several CARR course in college. The best part was every week for homework our professor assigned little “Scavenger Hunts” where we’d have to use the internet and online databases to find certain bits of information. The most trivial information that you’d have to dig 10-layers deep to uncover. The funny thing is, sometimes we really couldn’t find the stuff until the professor showed us how to more properly execute a search.