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7 Charts That Show Why Fox Is The Most Dominant Force In Cable News

While most people know that Fox News is a huge deal when it comes to cable news, it's remarkable how dominant the network has become compared to its cable-news rivals MSNBC and CNN. The Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in...Show More Summary

Of Montreal Managed to Fit into the Vera Project Last Night

The talented Molly Bauer went to the Of Montreal last night and took some sweet photos for the Stranger! Below are her photos and a few observations from the night. Molly Bauer Of Montreal's show at Vera last night was excellent: infinitely more energetic and entertaining than opener Wild Moccasins. Show More Summary

Week in Geek: Mother's Day edition

This Mother's Day, Week in Geek celebrates the mother of all mothers: Mother Nature. One her craziest projects is the 17-year cicada life cycle about to kick-off anew on the East Coast any day now. Watch the video for an excellent summary of these insects by one of nature's favo …

Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: Republican paranoia, flu political sensitivity and more

Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism, April 25, 2013 Pew: In the four months since the Newtown, Connecticut shootings, the tone of the conversation about gun control on Twitter has shifted sharply several times in apparent response...Show More Summary

Duke Williams Scouting Report: NFL Outlook for Nevada Safety

Nevada's Duke Williams is a safety trying to break into the NFL through the draft this year. He's an excellent coverage safety with playmaking potential. His agility and quickness could end up having him selected higher than projected. Show More Summary

Jeff Baca Scouting Report: NFL Outlook for UCLA Guard

UCLA’s Jeff Baca projects as a mid-round prospect who has a good chance to make an early impact. Teams that run a zone-blocking scheme should see Baca as an excellent fit. He’ll likely still be on the board in the fourth round because he’s not the type of player who stands out on tape. Show More Summary

Etienne Sabino Scouting Report: NFL Outlook for Ohio State OLB

Etienne Sabino is the typical case of a great recruiting prospect who underachieved early. However, he finally hit his stride as a redshirt junior and senior and turned into an excellent all-around player with talent that projects to the NFL. Show More Summary

Raspberry Pi Projects: A Car With Night Vision, Google Glass-like Translation, And More

We’ve previously looked at some excellent uses for this British minicomputer, but the fact is that it is just so versatile that there is always something amazing to talk about. Who would have thought that the Raspberry Pi could be used...Show More Summary

How to Make Daniel Humm’s Elegant, Excellent Pear Coffee Cake

You want this for breakfast. Here's a project for the weekend: a (relatively) simple coffee cake from Eleven Madison Park and NoMad chef Daniel Humm. It comes from Humm and business partner Will Guidara's new cookbook, I Love New York,...Show More Summary

Watch out: the robots are going to take your job – not

Martin Ford makes some excellent points in his latest Project Syndicate op-ed – To The Jobless Economy – but still manages ultimately to fall for the old chestnut that progressive automation will ultimately do us all out of a job. I'm not denying that the argument is superficially compelling, but unless history is about to [...]

MSNBC is the Most Biased Cable News Network

Whereas the liberal news media takes pride in blasting the so-called “right-wingers”, the recently released “The State of the News Media 2013” by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism offered interesting tidbits. Interesting...Show More Summary

How to Be the Boss’ Favorite

Do you excel at your job? Do you feel appropriately recognized and appreciated for the work you do? Are all of your projects sprinkled with golden fairy dust in the eyes of your boss? Not so much? It’s okay. More » How to Be the Boss’...Show More Summary

Our Opinionated Media

The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism recently released their annual “State of the Media” report, which finds that opinion reporting is up on the big three cable networks:  On cable, the news structure of the three channels—the mix of interviews, packaged segments and live coverage—has changed. After relying on significantly distinct formats [...]

Ingalls Shipbuilding Employees Honored by President's Awards

'President's Awards for Excellence' have been awarded to 5 teams & 3 individuals for their outstanding & innovative work on shipbuilding projects. "We

Just How Bad Is Television News?

Every year, the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism releases a huge report called "The State of the News Media," and this year's installment contains some surprising results, far beyond what you'd expect about declining newspaper revenues and the generalized slow death of journalism (though there's plenty of that). Show More Summary

Pew 'State of the Media' Study Bemoans Weakening 'Filter,' 'Shrinking Reporting Power,' While Press Arbitrarily Wastes Resources

The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism has released its 2013 pity party -- er, annual report -- on the State of the News Media (home page; full overview). Two things struck me in my initial scan-through: First,...Show More Summary

5 Key Takeaways from Pew's State of the News Media 2013

2 months agoMedia / New Media : MediaShift

This morning, the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ) released the 10th annual State of News Media report. To little surprise, digital operations continue to dominate change in the news media, creating opportunities...Show More Summary

State of the Media 2013 report finds social media ‘indispensable’

2 months agoIndustries / Media : Reportr.net

Social media has become “indispensable” for journalists, says the latest State of the Media report. The annual report by Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism highlights the importance of social media to news organisations. Show More Summary

Metro-North Wins Recognition for Engineering Excellence For Port Jervis Line Reconstruction After Tropical Storm Irene

Metro-Norths Port Jervis Line Reconstruction Project has been selected for a 2013 Diamond Award in the transportation category from the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of New York

Artist Hong Yi is Making Art Out of Food for Every Day in March

2 months agoOdd : Laughing Squid

Malaysian artist Hong Yi has embarked on a project to create an artwork out of food for every day in March. The results so far are quite excellent and range from reproductions of classic works to original creations. You can follow her project on Instagram. via enpundit, Foodiggity

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