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Views of the News: Climate Docs; 'Blight' Coverage; Muslim Surveillance; True False

Climate Documents: The Local Angle

Paul Basken, The Chronicle of Higher Education: "Researchers' Payments From Group Backed by Climate Skeptics Are Questioned"

Greenpeace letter to UM President Tim Wolfe

DeSmogBlog: "Disinformation Database" entry on Prof. Lupo

The Heartland Institute's "Fakegate.org" site

Blight Coverage in Columbia Media

Mike Martin, The Columbia Heart Beat: "Ethics Questions Slam REDI: Chairman, local newspaper face fire over Blight Decree"

Mark Flakne, Keep Columbia Free: "Beata of Blight"

George Kennedy, Columbia Missourian: "Blight designation raises concern"

Hannah Cushman and Madeline O'Leary, Columbia Missourian: "Questions about enhanced enterprise zone linger from public, Downtown Leadership Council"

Andrew Denney, Columbia Daily Tribune: "Enhanced Enterprise Zone's blight requirement troubles some"

Dave Griggs, Columbia Daily Tribune: "Zoning in on misconceptions"

Henry J. Waters III, Columbia Daily Tribune: "Enterprise zone: Cutting through the confusion"

Andrew Carter, KOMU-TV: "Columbia Downtown Leadership Council Discuss Expanding Business"

Brad Johnson, KMIZ-TV: "City Zones Labeled 'Blighted'"

NY, NJ Papers Divided on Surveillance Series

Michael Calderone, The Huffington Post: "New York Post, Daily News Defend NYPD's Surveillance of Muslims As New York Times Remains Silent"

Associated Press: "Highlights of AP's probe into NYPD intelligence operations"

Truly Amazing T/F

TrueFalse.org

"Based on a True Story: the intersections of documentary film & journalism" (conference tied to True/False and hosted at the Reynolds Journalism Institute)

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.