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Views of the News TV Edition: Zimmerman Trial, SFO Crash, Egypt Coup, Local Station Mergers

Zimmerman Trial Dominates Cable News

Jack Shafer, Reuters: "In praise of tabloid TV"

Jay Rosen, Pressthink: "Criticizing CNN: Goodbye to that"

Mike Schneider, AP: "George Zimmerman Trial: Social Media Infiltrates Trial"

David Freddoso, Washington Examiner: "George Zimnmerman coverage obscures TV editors' news judgment"

Calling It a Coup: Egypt Through the Media Lens

Al Jazeera: "Egypt In Turmoil" (special section)

AP: "Al-Jazeera kicked out of Egypt news conference"

Kareem Fahim, The New York Times: "Egypt's New Leaders Press Media to Muzzle Dissent

Courtney C. Radsch, The Huffington Post: "Media Wars in Egypt: The Revolution Continues With Journalists in the Crosshairs"

David Kenner, Foreign Policy: "Egypt's Media War Is Almost as Nasty as the One in the Streets"

Michael Calderone, The Huffington Post: "AP Editors: Morsi Overthrown Can be Described as 'Coup'"

Covering the Crash at SFO

Doug Stanglin and Greg Toppo, USA TODAY: "Social media often first at tragedy scene"

Christopher Zara, International Business Times: "How Safe is Flying? Media Coverage of Asiana Airlines SFO Plane Crash Stirs Fear Through Hype"

Bobby Calvan, AAJA: "Chicago Sun-Times publisher responds to 'Fright 214' headline"

Jaeyeon Woo, The Wall Street Journal Asia: "Newscaster's Comments Spur Anger"

TV News Still On Top, But Can It Stay There?

Lydia Saad, Gallup: "TV is Americans' Main Source of News"

David Carr, The New York Times: "A Different Deal Mania Grips TV"

Brian Stelter, The New York Times: "Campaign Ad Cash Lures Buyers to Swing-State TV Stations"

Alan D. Mutter, Newsosaur blog: "Gannett and Tribune Pivot to TV: Is it wise?"

David Folkenflik, NPR: "Louisville TV Station Promises Not to Hype Breaking News"

Michael Depp, NetNewsCheck: "U-T Fuses Print, TV in Bet On Media's Future"

Jan Schaffer, J-Lab: "News Chops: Beefing up the Journalism in Local Public Broadcasting"

Merrill Knox, TV Spy: "WWOR Replacing Evening Newscast With Show On New Jersey Politics, Issues"

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.