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Friday, January 14, 2005
Current Newspapers on UNC-CH campus (and Park Library) Greetings! Ahhhh, there is good news today! A database of currently subscribed newspapers by UNC-CH libraries is available at this URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/newspapers/ You may search by city, state, country, language, and library/collection. For example, you may discover *all* the newspapers our Park Library currently subscribes to by clicking on the "Library or Collection" pop-down box and clicking on the link to our Park Library. The listing will reveal the titleof the newspaper, frequency of publication, retention and whether or not backissues are retained or microfilmed. [Note: we rely upon Davis Library and the NC Collection to retain microfilm issues of currently subscribed newspapers.] BTW, this is the first time in recent memory such access has been offered to the students, staff and faculty members. Let me know what you thinkof it. Barbara Martin Luther King Jr Day (Jan. 17) and African-American History Month: Feb. 2005 (fwd) Greetings! U.S. Census Bureau offers some background, photos, and statisticsconcerning African-Americans in general as well as MLK Jr. Read on for details.[Note: one statistic reports 5,600 news analysts, reporters and correspondentsin the U.S.] Best regards, Barbara P. Semonche ---------- Forwarded message ----------Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:13:56 -0500From: catherine.l.crusan@census.gov CB05-FF.01-2January 10, 2005 Photos Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Jan. 17) and African-American History Month: February 2005 The birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. has been observed as a federal holiday on the third Monday in January since 1986. To recall and celebrate the positive contributions to our nation made by people of African descent,American historian Carter G. Woodson established Black History Week beginning on Feb. 12, 1926. In 1976, as part of the nation's bicentennial,the week was expanded into Black History Month. As of July 1, 2003, there were an estimated 38.7 million U.S. residents whowere either black or black and at least one other race. This race groupthen made up 13.3 percent of the total U.S. population.<http://www.census.gov/PressRelease/www/releases/archives/race/001839.html> Education80% Among blacks age 25 and over, the proportion that had at least a high school diploma in 2003, a record high. This proportion rose by 10 percentage points from 1993 to 2003. For blacks ages 25 to 29, the proportion is considerably higher: 88 percent.<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/001863.html> 17% Among blacks age 25 and over, the proportion that had a bachelor's degreeor higher in 2003, up 5 percentage points from 1993. <http://www.census.gov/PressRelease/www/releases/archives/education/001863.html> 1.0 million Among blacks age 25 and over, the number who had an advanced degree in 2003(e.g., master's, Ph.D., M.D. or J.D.). <http://www.census.gov/PressRelease/www/releases/archives/education/001863.html> $2.5 million Estimated work life earnings for full-time, year-round, black workers withan advanced degree. For blacks (and people of other races), more education means higher career earnings: blacks without a high school diploma wouldearn less than $1 million during their work life, increasing to $1.0 million for those with a high school education and $1.7 million for thosewith a bachelor's degree.<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2002/cb02-95.html> Serving Our Nation 2.3 millionNumber of black military veterans in the United States in 2003. <http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DatasetMainPageServletprogram=ACS&_lang=en&_ts=107692331200> Income and Poverty About $30,000The annual median income in 2003 of black households. This represents nochange from 2002. <http://www.census.gov/PressRelease/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/002484.html> 24.4% Poverty rate in 2003 for those reporting black as their only race. This rate was unchanged from 2002. <http://www.census.gov/PressRelease/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/002484.html> Families 8.9 millionNumber of black families in the United States. Of these, nearly one-half(47 percent) are married-couple families.<http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam/cps2003.html> Among black married-couple families, 34 percent consist of two members, and19 percent consist of five or more members.<http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam/cps2003.html> 10% Proportion of black children who live in a household maintained by a grandparent. <http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam/cps2003.html> 50% The proportion of black householders who own their own home. <http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/housing/hvs/q204prss.pdf> Jobs 31,400 The number of black physicians and surgeons. Blacks are represented in a wide variety of occupations. For instance, there are about 64,800 blackpostsecondary teachers; 26,300 chief executives; 33,900 lawyers; 5,600 newsanalysts, reporters and correspondents; and 1,500 legislators. <http://www.census.gov/PressRelease/www/releases/archives/census_2000/001633.html> Population Distribution Note: Unless otherwise indicated, the data in this section refer to people who reported black, whether or not they reported any other races. Nation 1.6 million The size of the increase in the black population between Census Day,April 1, 2000, and July 1, 2003. The rate of increase for this group was 4.4 percent, higher than the overall increase of 3.3 percent for thepopulation as a whole. <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/race/001839.html> 61.4 million The projected single-race black population of the United States as of July1, 2050. According to this projection, blacks would constitute 15 percentof the nations total population on that date. <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/001720.html> 25.5 million The net number of single-race black people who will have been added to thenations population between 2000 and 2050. The projected percentage increase of this population would be71 percent. <http://www.census.gov/PressRelease/www/releases/archives/population/001720.html> 55% The proportion of single-race blacks who live in the south.<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/race/000928.html> 52% The proportion of single-race blacks who live in the central cities of metropolitan areas. States 3.6 millionThe estimated black population of New York on July 1, 2003, highest of any state. Four other states had black populations that surpassed 2 million:Florida, California, Texas and Georgia. <http://www.census.gov/PressRelease/www/releases/archives/population/002897.html> 37% The estimated proportion of Mississippi's black population as of July 1,2003, highest percentage of any state in the nation. Louisiana (33 percent), South Carolina (30 percent), Georgia and Maryland (29 percent each) and Alabama (27 percent) followed. The District of Columbia,classified as a state equivalent by the Census Bureau, has a population that is 60 percent black. <http://www.census.gov/PressRelease/www/releases/archives/population/002897.html> 292,100 The number of blacks added to Florida's population between Census Day, April 1, 2000, and July 1, 2003. Florida led all states in that category.Georgia, which added 133,300 blacks, was the runner-up. <http://www.census.gov/PressRelease/www/releases/archives/population/002897.html> Counties 1.4 million The estimated number of black people in Cook County, Ill., on July 1, 2003. Cook led all the nation's counties in the size of its black population. LosAngeles, Calif., also had a black population exceeding 1 million. <http://www.census.gov/PressRelease/www/releases/archives/population/002897.html> 70,000 The number of blacks added to the population of Broward County, Fla., between Census Day, April 1, 2000, and July 1, 2003, the highest total of any county in the nation. <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/002897.html> Age Distribution 32% The proportion of the black population under 18 as of July 1, 2003. At the other end of the spectrum, 8 percent of the black population was 65 or over. Park Library database update Greetings! 1. Ahhhh, there's good news today. The folks at Davis Library have (with financial support from our Park Library and the Department of Communication Studies) formerly subscribed to the CMMC (Communication and Mass Media Complete) full text database. Here is a brief description: "CMMC completely indexes and abstracts over 300 journals covering the study ofcommunication and mass media, and selectively indexes another 100 journals. Fulltext of over 200 journals is also available. "CMMC combines two earlier indexing tools, CommSearch (formerly produced by theNational Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) and adds additional journals not covered by those two." Our JoMC faculty and students can access this database via this URL: http://eresources.lib.unc.edu/eid/ Click on "C" Scroll until you reach CMMC, then click on it and begin searching [Note: you can search individual journals in CMMC.] As always, if you wish a demonstration of this database, please contact me. 2. Thanks to Phil Meyer, our Park Library has a license agreement for a special database from Dwight L. Morris & Associates. The resource is "CampaignFinance Analysis Project" and will be accessible exclusively through the computers in our Park Library computer lab. Phil Meyer's students, Jeremy Ashton and Joan Gandy, are most familiar with this service. They will be lending us a hand until we are up to speed with it. More updates to follow. Best regards, Barbara Greensboro News & Record Blogs Feedster Feed of the Day Greetings! From veteran blogger and news researcher, Liz Donovan, comes this alert about blogs in North Carolina. "The News & Record has been in the news a lot, because of their community reporting initiative which is being discussed in their blogs. Check out Jay Rosen's Pressthink (http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/) for a long report on it. Lots of discussion in other places, too, like DanGillmor's new blog (http://dangillmor.typepad.com/)." Best regards, Barbara P. Semonche Wednesday, January 12, 2005
Park Library Display: Business journalism history Greetings! From the collection of Chris Roush our Park Library has prepared adisplay of vintage business magazine covers. You may admire them in the locked display cases in the hall to the left of our Library entrance. You'll also discover a list of Pulitizer Prizes awarded to business journalists from 1919 to the present. Here is Chris' description of the display: *********************************************** Business journalism history through the covers of magazines. The following collection of magazines showing important business news stories has been compiled by Assistant Professor Chris Roush, director of the CarolinaBusiness News Initiative, mainly through purchases on Ebay. Many of these business news stories have historical significance. The May 1903 McClure's magazine contains one of the articles written by IdaTarbell about the Standard Oil Co. Her reporting eventually forced the U.S. Supreme Court to break up the company. The Jan. 15, 1930 issue of Forbes magazine gives advice on how to forestall a depression, even though the country had likely already lapsed into one after the October 1929 stock market crash. The 1960 issue of Time magazine depicts Sylvia Porter, a well-known personal finance columnist from the 1940s to the 1980s who is the only business journalist ever to appear on the cover of a national magazine. The 1978 issue of BusinessWeek signals the beginning of the cola wars betweenCoke and Pepsi. The 1982 issue of Money magazine depicts a boyish William Gates, who has made"millions" by selling computer software. Chris Roush, Assistant Professor Director, Carolina Business News Initiative School of Journalism and Mass Communication Campus Box 3365 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ********************************************************* Barbara Semonche American Demographics sold, disbanded Greetings, From one of the veteran news researchers on my NewsLib list, I discovered the following at the end of 2004: *************************************** The American Demographics (est 1979) is ceasing publication with theNovember 2004 issue. Apparently it was purchased by Crain for its small mailing list of dedicated subscribers, and that trends / demographic analysis would be rolled into Advertising Age, the magazine they are offering to sub it with. In trying to find out what happened and when it was announced, the news of its sale in November was a scoop by Rafat Ali, the weblogger who writesPaidContent.org (although Primedia has been looking for a buyer for AD for some time now). http://www.paidcontent.org/pc/arch/2004_11_15.shtml [Note: scroll down the screen until you find the story about AD.] ************************************************ Barbara P. Semonche Park Library Display: Business journalism history Greetings! From the collection of Chris Roush our Park Library has prepared adisplay of vintage business magazine covers. You may admire them in the locked display cases in the hall to the left of our Library entrance. You'll also discover a list of Pulitizer Prizes awarded to business journalists from 1919 to the present. Please alert your students about this unique exhibit. Here is Chris' description of the display: *********************************************** Business journalism history through the covers of magazines. The following collection of magazines showing important business news stories has been compiled by Assistant Professor Chris Roush, director of the CarolinaBusiness News Initiative, mainly through purchases on Ebay. Many of these business news stories have historical significance. The May 1903 McClure's magazine contains one of the articles written by Ida Tarbell about the Standard Oil Co. Her reporting eventually forced the U.S. Supreme Court to break up the company. The Jan. 15, 1930 issue of Forbes magazine gives advice on how to forestall a depression, even though the country had likely already lapsed into one afterthe October 1929 stock market crash. The 1960 issue of Time magazine depicts Sylvia Porter, a well-known personal finance columnist from the 1940s to the 1980s who is the only business journalist ever to appear on the cover of a national magazine. The 1978 issue of BusinessWeek signals the beginning of the cola wars betweenCoke and Pepsi. The 1982 issue of Money magazine depicts a boyish William Gates, who has made"millions" by selling computer software. Chris RoushAssistant ProfessorDirector, Carolina Business News Initiative School of Journalism and Mass Communication Campus Box 3365 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC 27599-3365 (919) 962-4092 http://www.unc.edu/~croush/CV.htm MA Thesis missing from Park Library Greetings! Please check your ABCs (attic, bookcases, cabinets) for: Title: Anatomy of an Honor System Author: Harac, Lani S. Advisor: Meyer, Philip Call Number: STP-MAS .HARAC 2001 Our Park Library has a request for this thesis and it is not to be foundanywhere in our collection of thesis and dissertations. Your help in locatingthis paper will be much appreciated. Best regards, Barbara P. Semonche Park Library will be closed during the holiday period. Greetings! I've posted notices earlier (on this list and in the Park Library) about our Library will be closing on Friday, December 17, 2004 at 1:00 p.m. We will reopen on Monday, January 10, 2005 at 9:00 a.m. Enjoy your break and see you in the new year. Cheers! Barbara P. Semonche Gifts to our Park Library's collections Greetings! The largess of our faculty members and friends continue to impress and inspire. Here is the latest. 1. From Lois Boynton comes this gem of a 1922 vintage book. "Getting Your Name in Print" by H.S. McCauley. An early guidebook for PR folks. To examine thisbook, please check with Semonche. 2. From Phil Meyer comes access to this database, Campaign Finance Analysis Project, produced and distributed by Dwight L. Morris & Associates. Funding for this valuable electronic resource comes from Phil's Knight Fellowship money. Access will begin in early 2005. 3. From Triangle area publisher, Bernie Reeves, comes a complimentary subscription to "Metro Magazine." This glossy "trends" magazine circulates from the Triangle to the North Carolina coast. Mr. Reeves has also provided our Park Library with *all* the back issues dating from December 1999 to the present. 4. From an unknown source comes five issues (2003-2004) of the "China Media Report." The issues are all written in Chinese. In addition, negotiations are underway for other materials and resources at relatively modest cost. Details to follow. Many thanks to our colleagues and friends. Best regards, Barbara P. Semonche Guatemala's latest newspaper, "Nuestro Diario" Greetings! For those interested in newspaper readership trends outside the US, youmight find the article in the December 2004 issue of E&P enlightening. Apparently "Nuestro Diario" is growiing a huge readership in Guatemalausing american-bred ideas that U.S. publishers mostly ignore. Hmmmm. Examples: "....Stories are told with a mix of text, photos, and graphics. Thereare lots of short captions, giving information that is not repeated anywhereelse. The main story, always short, almost never quotes anyone. Instead, thequotes appear in short snippets under the headshots of the sources, who may bewitnesses to a crime or giving an opinion about what happened...." There are lots of photos in this rather long article by Mark Fitzgerald. Best regards, Barbara P. Semonche E&P's 33rd Annual Directory of Journalism Awards, Fellowships, Grands, and Scholarships Greetings! Please alert your studens about this directory in E&P's December 2004 issue. This current issue is shelved with the current periodicals in our ParkLibrary reading area. Best regards, Barbara P. Semonche,
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