Will Mari

PNW media historian; dancing/hiking/journalism: au of 'American Newsroom, 'A Short History’ and ‘Newsrooms & the Disruption of the Internet’ RT≠opinion Go Navy!

[Will Mari @willthewordguy]

My new book, edited with the inestimable Carole O’Reilly and James West, is now out! ‘Media Building: Architecture, Design, and the Spatial Politics of Mass Communication’ | SpringerLink — happy to email you a PDF if your institution doesn’t have access https://t.co/EOeq7SI5XA

[Will Mari @willthewordguy]

Or out hiking:)

[Will Mari @willthewordguy]

If you want to find me come look for me at our @ICA_History programming #ica26 going on in Cape Town ! @icahdq

[ICA History @ICA_History]

The executive team of the Communication History Division (CHD) is pleased to present our program (below) for the upcoming 76th Annual ICA (@icahdq) Conference, Communication and Inequalities in Context.

[Will Mari @willthewordguy]

@voiceofD Very cool! I’ll need to check with some friends in the morning but may message if they’re game

[Will Mari @willthewordguy]

Hello there, mountains; it’s been a minute @icahdq #ica26 #CapeTown

[ICA History @ICA_History]

Dearest Comm History Division members,

Don't forget to add to your #ICA26 schedules our joint reception (following the division business meeting) with our friends in Media Industry Studies and Communication Law and Policy.

Safe travels to Cape Town.✌️✈️

[ICA History @ICA_History]

Safe travels to #ICA26! A reminder that the Comm History Division joint pre-conference kicks off Thursday, June 4 (details below).

[International Communication Association @icahdq]

Bringing little ones to #ICA26? Save your spot for our parents & caregivers lunchtime picnic—take a breather and enjoy a kid-friendly meal. Today’s the last day to RSVP 🔗 https://t.co/uyX4AapZbe

[International Communication Association @icahdq]

⏰ Pick up your #ICA26 preconference badge — TODAY!
If you're attending an onsite preconference at the CTICC tomorrow, head to the Westin Cape Town, Old Harbour Level Lobby now from 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Reminder: this desk has preconference badges only — not main conference badges

[Nieman Lab @NiemanLab]

“Folks we’ve heard from are enthusiastic, and so many have said, ‘I’m going to continue my ‘subscription.’ I want to support this.'”

https://t.co/izsiptVstv

[Dylan Byers @DylanByers]

New statement from Scott Pelley:

There has never been anything in America like 60 Minutes.

The Sunday tradition is the most successful program of any kind in history. For more than a decade, its innovative growth on every major online platform has extended its reach to countless millions around the world. This spring, at the end of our 58thseason, 60 Minutes grew rapidly with an unheard-of 9% jump in viewers on CBS.

“60” has been the number-one program in America for decades because our beloved audience finds integrity, quality, and humanity in our stories. When stewardship of the program passed to my colleagues and me, our responsibility was to expand energetically into a new age of media technology while preserving the values our audience expects. Now, the new owner of our network is casting this legend aside, apparently to curry a moment of favor with the Trump administration.

The waste is heartbreaking.

Last month, 60 Minutes lost its DNA when our entire senior leadership and two of our best on-air correspondents were cruelly fired without cause. Good people were silenced because they stood up for our audience. They stood for fairness against the forces of political bias; they stood for professionalism against chaos.

For my part, new management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. I’ve been told to include assertions that are unverified. To date, in every case, I have managed to ignore these instructions or refuse them. Recently, politicians have been invited to choose correspondents for interviews on the broadcast. Giving politicians control over 60 Minutes interviews is not how this is done. Finally, incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc. In a case involving one of my stories, the entire program came within 19 minutes of not getting on the air at all.

At 60 Minutes, we have fought harder than anyone knows to save the program that became an American icon. We owed that to our millions of viewers. I am deeply moved by the thousands of wishes we have received to “keep up the good fight.” Most of the men and women of CBS News are still in that fight. But now the collapse of values at the top has become untenable. The leadership of 60 Minutes is no longer recognizable. The principles I hold dear are gone, and so I must leave as well.

I depart after 37 years at CBS with one emotion—a heart brimming with gratitude for the men and women of CBS News who encouraged and enriched my work, very often at the risk of their own lives. I pray for a day when those people and their ideals are honored again—a day when sanity, competence, and courage return.

Scott Pelley

[Smithsonian Magazine @SmithsonianMag]

The true story of the gin and tonic is less about a singular invention and more about the convergence of science, medicine, commerce and empire over several centuries. https://t.co/XNEIBKX51Y

[Nieman Lab @NiemanLab]

Fifty years ago today, an Arizona reporter’s assassination sparked the first large-scale collaborative journalism project

https://t.co/TTEmvzkhs3

[Natalie Korach @NatalieKorach]

At tonight's New York Press Club dinner, former 60 Minutes EP Bill Owens commended Scott Pelley for confronting Nick Bilton

“Scott can smell a fraud from a mile away…And I know all of the people at 60 Minutes couldn't be more proud of him.”

https://t.co/WBArtirnMG

[The International Spy Museum @IntlSpyMuseum]

This Cold War–era Retractable Minox Camera Holder was attached to the body, the camera would be used to snap secret document photos and then instantly retract out of sight.

#MinoxCamera #ColdWar #SpyGadget

[Will Mari @willthewordguy]

Always shoot your shot !

[Scott Manley @DJSnM]

June 1st 1962 was the deadline for applications to NASA's 2nd group of astronauts.

Neil Armstrong's application arrived on June 4th, but an employee at NASA who knew Armstrong saw the late application and snuck it into the pile of applications anyway.

[Scott Nover @ScottNover]

One of many eye-popping exchanges between Scott Pelley and Nick Bilton in this morning’s meeting:

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

🧵 Some publishers and news organizations are blocking the Wayback Machine from archiving their journalism, cutting off access to the public record.

📣 If you rely on the Wayback Machine to preserve news & history, tell them not to block web archiving. ✏️ Sign the open letter to keep journalism preserved 👇
https://t.co/fUrdNz60RD

#SaveTheArchive #WaybackMachine #PressFreedom #DigitalPreservation @fightfortheftr

[Smithsonian Magazine @SmithsonianMag]

Extinct from their native habitat in the wild, the Guam kingfisher, or sihek, is an extremely rare bird. But this spring, its numbers got an important boost. https://t.co/3G7Va2KiBu

[National WWII Museum @WWIImuseum]

Bad weather, limited technology, and conflicting reports complicated General Eisenhower's decision about when to launch the D-Day invasion. Ahead of the new film 'Pressure,' learn more about the weather forecasting that would shape the course of the war. https://t.co/JA0OCSwvYp

[PBS News @NewsHour]

Paddington's creator, author Michael Bond, recalled seeing Jewish children arriving in Britain during World War II with name cards around their necks and suitcases in their hands. That inspired the beloved bear, and a Rhode Island artist is helping to keep the story alive.
https://t.co/bfdtip3CGI