#OptOut From #Online #Behavioural #Adver

#OptOut From #Online #Behavioural #Advertising – The Digital Advertising Alliance Of Canada http://ow.ly/JAFw9

David Carr’s Last Word on Journalism, Aimed at Students – NYTimes.com

David Carr’s Last Word on Journalism, Aimed at Students – NYTimes.com.

Excerpt

“…David Carr was known at The New York Times as a supreme talent scout, a mentor to young reporters and a blunt critic of those who didn’t measure up. He was a natural teacher, and right up until the day he died last week, he was bent on minting the next generation of journalists. Last fall, David joined the faculty at Boston University’s communications school. While David did not write his curriculum as a column, it has all the essential ingredients of one. So here it serves as the final Media Equation under David’s byline.

“I love the current future of journalism we are living through and care desperately about getting my students ready to prosper in this new place,” read the quotation below David’s portrait in a photo gallery at B.U., where David served as the first Andrew R. Lack professor.

The class he taught offered a window into the future he was trying to shape. His course, called Press Play, focused on the cutting edge of media and was about “making and distributing content in the present future we are living through.” David cared deeply about nurturing reporters-to-be — college students who felt the calling and were looking for a spiritual guide to help them navigate the rapidly shifting media landscape…..”

Hear the #newalbum from #NWT artist @Mar

Hear the #newalbum from #NWT artist @MaryCarolineNWT, who also works on @IceLakeRebels http://ow.ly/IAf9Q @therevue #usic