Tag: Joe Sheller
Looking back at local media changes in 2016
By Joe Sheller / Guest Column
You have to be an Iowa fan, I think, to appreciate “I on the Hawks.” Personally, it’s not for...
Pokémon game fad blurs fantasy, reality
By Joe Sheller / Guest Column
In the weeks before RAGBRAI my training bicycle rides, especially in the late afternoons in downtown Cedar Rapids, began...
Checking the facts of fact checkers
By Joe Sheller / Guest Column
A local media birthday of note is coming up in July.
On The Gazette’s web site, the first “Gazette Fact...
Blogs spotlight alternative voices in Corridor
By Joe Sheller/Guest Column
Do you blog or follow any blogs?
A feature of the media landscape for the past 20 years, the online web log...
Student media creates future success
By Joe Sheller / Guest Column
The New York Times coverage of the Super Tuesday election contests March 1 in many states included a report...
Lessons learned from a longtime journalist
By Joe Sheller / Guest Column
On Wikipedia, “Rick Smith” might refer to a Canadian environmentalist, an American football coach or even a member of...
Political polls show only snapshot of race
By Joe Sheller / Guest Column
In the final days before the Iowa Caucuses on Feb. 1, expect more headlines like this: “Sanders overtakes Clinton...
Where has ‘Daisy Girl’ gone?
By Joe Sheller / Guest Column
Since 1952, television has been the 800-pound gorilla in presidential politics. For the 2016 election, NPR reported that more...
How we remember(ed) Vietnam
By Joe Sheller / Guest Editorial
I had planned to write this month about echoes of the protests at the University of Missouri, and how...
Should we give publicity to a mass killer?
By Joe Sheller / Guest Column
I was a bit startled and irritated when I saw the front page of the Oct. 3 edition of...