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Views of the News: News Corp Arrests, Fox Moving Left, Tech Tracks Leaks,Teens Bully Reporter's Kids

KBIA | By Mike McKean

Published February 15, 2012 at 11:18 AM CST

British Bribery, U.S. Consequences?

Richard Littlejohn, London Daily Mail: "Scotland Yard Stasi and this sinister assault on a free Press"

Ed Pilkington, Dan Sabbagh and Andrew Sparrow, The Guardian: "News Corp may face US inquiry after Sun arrests at News International"

Mike Giglio, The Daily Beast: "Murdoch Foe Mark Lewis May File Suit in the U.S."

FNC Moving Left?

Keach Hagey, Politico: "Fox News 'course correction' rankles some"

Tech Makes It Hard to Keep Sources Secret

Adam Liptak, The New York Times: "A High-Tech War on Leaks"

Nick Bilton, The New York Times: "Disruptions: So Many Apologies, So Much Data Mining"

DC Teens Cyber-Bully Reporter's Kids

Paul Farhi, The Washington Post: "WUSA reporter Andrea McCarren balks after backlash over teen drinking stories"

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Mike McKean

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.

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