Andru Bemis, a Modern Storyteller with Echoes of Folk Legends

26 01 2010

Musician Andru Bemis is a traveling man. The South Haven, Mich.-based songwriter has experienced the richness of cultures in the far corners of North America and discovered the beauty of living simply. Bemis’ music is a reflection of his journeys and is crafted through the sounds of timeless folk stories.

Bemis spoke to the Nonchalant Café Hour Friday ahead of his show Sunday Jan. 24 at the Strutt for Bluegrass Brunch with Dave Boutette. Click on the media player below to listen to the conversation.

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Bloggers Picking Up Watchdog Slack?

26 01 2010

In my latest piece for PBS MediaShift, I investigated how citizen journalists are fairing in the new media era. What are the challenges local bloggers face covering city hall or the school board? Are tools like Twitter and Facebook helpful (or even being used) for citizen powered reporting?


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Getting Noticed in a Year End List

8 01 2010

Check out this list compiled by Mark Glaser at PBS MediaShift. Apparently my post on young political candiates watching out for their online footprint has received a number of visits pushing it into Glaser’s year end top post list. It’s a good list and indicative of an interesting year in the new media era.


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Simple Blogging Platforms and Government Transparency

14 12 2009

My latest feature for PBS MediaShift went live today. The piece examines the popular simple blogging platforms Posterous and Tumblr and asks whether these relatively new technologies could foster government transparency.


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Mark Duval Writes Without Limits, Explores Music Journey

21 11 2009

Kalamazoo-based acoutic roots musician Mark Duval emerged onto the Michigan music scene around 2006. While he still considers himself new at the game, his songwriting speaks of thoughfulness, maturity and a sense of adventure.

Duval stopped by the Nonchalant Café Hour this week to discuss is latest musicial journey ahead of his show with his five-piece band Two Track Mind Saturday at Bell’s Brewery.

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Running for Office? Watch out for your Online Footprint

19 11 2009

My latest piece for PBS MediaShift examines a new generation of people in politics who have largely gone through college online. I profile several young political candidates with long tails on social networking sites and how it helped them in other cases and not in others.

 

 

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Tart Cherry Climate Change Research Featured on Capital News Service

15 11 2009

My recent feature about an international research team studying the affects of climate change on the tart cherry industry has been published by the Capital News Service. The piece, which was originally published at the Great Lakes Echo, discusses the first of its kind study and what lead research Dr. Julie Winkler hopes to achieve.

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Bell’s and De Proef Collaboration Update and the Michigan Winter Beer Festival: [KalamaBrew Podcast]

11 11 2009

Bells-Van-TweeThis week on our regular chat with the fine folks over at KalamaBrew, blogger John Liberty fills us in on expected release of Van Twee, a collaboration brew between Bell’s Brewery and De Proef in Belgium.

Also in the podcast we hear about the lastest news on the hottest beer event in west Michigan all winter. What? That’s right, the annual Michigan Winter Beer Festival in Grand Rapids, Mich. presented by the Michigan Brewers Guild. Just a heads up, according to the KalamaBrew team tickets for the festival tend to go fast.

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Michigan’s Tart Cherry Industry Serves as Case Study for Climate Change Research

6 11 2009

by Steven Davy

Dr. Julie Winkler and her team of international researchers have been awarded a follow-on grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct a new study on the effects of climate change across a global industry.

It’s a think globally, act globally concept using Michigan’s tart cherry industry as a case study. The MSU Knight Center for Environmental Journalism’s Great Lakes Echo featuring my story Friday on Dr. Winkler’s intriguing reseach.

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Bypassing the Mainstream Media

2 11 2009

by Steven Davy

In my latest piece for PBS MediaShift I explore the question: With social media technologies like Facebook and Twitter providing politicians with direct access to constituents, is the mainstream media now irrelevant?

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