Tag: Kansas news media

  • Kansas alternative media senate access discussed on WIBW

    Kansas Watchdog reporting at Kansas Senate decides who is press and who is not may have caught the eye of Topeka radio talk show hosts Raubin Pierce and Megan Mosack, as they invited me to appear on their show today to talk about my inability to obtain press credentials at the Kansas Senate.

  • ‘Kansas Reporter’ launched

    This week the Kansas Policy Institute announced the launch of KansasReporter, a new news service covering Kansas government. Combined with some other relatively new sources of news, analysis, and commentary — Kansas Liberty, Kansas Watchdog, State of the State, Kansas and a few older sources like Kansas Meadowlark and Voice For Liberty in Wichita –…

  • Fake stimulus exposed by Watchdog group

    There’s a new dog in town, and doing a great job already. In New Mexico, the New Mexico Watchdog reported the story More Than 4,800 New Jobs Created in New Mexico in Less than a Month from Stimulus, According to Obama Administration Data, which is apparently the first news story to notice the glaring errors…

  • In Winfield, citizens don’t agree with their opinion leaders

    On Wednesday the Winfield Daily Courier printed an editorial titled ‘Tea party’ bunch is going to extreme. While criticizing a move made by some Kansas legislators, it uses loaded language like “in full Glenn Beck mode,” “they look silly,” “appealing to prejudice rather than reason,” and “should just laugh at the ‘tea party’ jesters.”

  • ‘State of the State Kansas’ covers state with video

    Just a few weeks ago Kansas gained a new news-oriented website. State of the State Kansas is different from most news sites, as it focuses on providing long-format video coverage of issues and candidates. Rebecca Zepick founded State of the State Kansas. I visited with her last week and asked some questions about the site.

  • In Anaheim, I am the press

    In Kansas, alternative media outlets like this blog can’t get the same level of access that traditional media has in the Kansas statehouse. My post Kansas alternative media shut out of legislative access gives details.

  • Kansas alternative media discussed on Kansas Week

    Bob Weeks discusses the difficulty of alternative media obtaining press credentials at the Kansas Legislature. From the KPTS public affairs television program Kansas Week on June 26, 2009.

  • Flint Hills Center adds investigative reporter

    The Flint Hills Center for Public Policy in Wichita announces the hiring of an investigative reporter. The press release is below. As newspapers, magazines, and television face tough economic times, it’s thought that one model that might emerge is journalism sponsored by non-profit institutions such as the Flint Hills Center.

  • Articles of Interest

    Stimulus, invisible hand, Kansas wind.

  • Articles of Interest

    Journalism, crime alerts, war on drugs, minimum wage, stimulus and education.

  • Wichita Eagle’s GWEDC board membership in perspective

    What is the role in public affairs of a newspaper like the Wichita Eagle? Can it wear more than one hat — making news as well as covering it? This is not a hypothetical question.

  • Kansas Republican Assembly Newsletter Noticed

    I just received the first issue (for me, anyway) of a newsletter from the Kansas Republican Assembly. Click here to sign up for free email delivery.