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Views of the News: The Media & Zimmerman; Death of Mike Wallace; Huckabee vs. Rush; Google glasses

The Media and George Zimmerman

Oren Dorell, USA Today: "Zimmerman lawyers dropping case siting lack of contact"

Meenal Vamburkar, Mediaite: "Sean Hannity Confirms He Spoke to George Zimmerman, Agreed Not to Report on Conversation"

Chris Francescani, Reuters: "Trayvon Martin call was 'mistake, not deliberate': NBC"

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press: "Trayvon Martin Controversy Still Public's Top Story"

Krissa Thompson and Jon Cohen, The Washington Post: "Trayvon Martin case: Poll finds stark racial divide"

William J. Bennett, CNN.com: "Rush to judgment in Trayvon Martin case"

Leonard Pitts Jr., The Miami Herald: "Don't rush to judgment in Trayvon case? That's moral cowardice"

The Passing of Mike Wallace

Howard Kurtz, The Daily Beast: "Mike Wallace and the Passing of an Era"

Meg James, The Los Angeles Times: "Mike Wallace's pit-bull style made him a household name"

Brian Anthony Hernandez, Mashable: "Web Reacts to Death of '60 Minutes' Anchor Mike Wallace"

Alex Weprin, TVNewser: "Chris Wallace Comments On His Dad's Passing"

Huckabee vs. Rush

Brian Stelter, The New York Times: "With Huckabee Show, a Talk Radio Face-Off"

Dylan Byers, Politico: "Mike Huckabee takes aim at Rush Limbaugh"

Jeffrey Lord, The American Spectator: "Huckabee Show Opens With Staged Caller"

One-Stop Shop for Magazines

Julie Klein, VentureBeat: "Next Issue Media launches with all-you-can-read pricing model"

Google Glasses

BBC News: "Google unveils Project Glass augmented reality eyewear"

Chris Matyszczyk, CNet.com: "Google's augmented-reality glasses: Is it all PR?"

MIKE MCKEAN directs the Futures Lab, the experimental newsroom and technology testing center of the Reynolds Journalism Institute. He founded the School's Convergence Journalism program and serves on the MU Information Technology Committee. McKean is a leader in the School's partnerships with Apple, Inc., and Adobe Systems to transform journalism education through pervasive computing. He is a frequent trainer and guest lecturer at top media companies and universities in China, has helped establish convergence journalism programs at Shantou University and Moscow State University, and has conducted Internet workshops in the United States, the Russian Federation and Albania. McKean has been honored with the William T. Kemper Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching and the MU Faculty-Alumni Award. He earned a bachelor's degree at the Missouri School of Journalism in 1979 and a master of arts in political science from Rice University in 1985. McKean has served on the J-School faculty since 1986.