tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-115983772012-01-17T23:29:41.602-05:00<p><b><a href="http://www.pingnews.com"> The PING is an online news and information community. Click here for PINGNews.com.</a></b></p>David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comBlogger491100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-77816817705231761192012-01-17T23:29:00.001-05:002012-01-17T23:29:41.935-05:00

No Known Restrictions: Monument Valley View (Highsmith/LOC), a photo by pingnews.com on Flickr.

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Atlas in NY by D.F. Shapinsky (pingnews), a photo by pingnews.com on Flickr.

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-49879960112849009462011-12-04T01:01:00.001-05:002011-12-04T01:01:10.694-05:00

"Beware Pickpockets and Loose Women" Sign in Savannah, Georgia, a photo by pingnews.com on Flickr.

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Black And WhiteOriginally uploaded by evaxebraWonderful claymation video made using pingnews music sample.

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No Known Restrictions: Casey Stengel, Brooklyn Dodgers, Bain Collection, 1915 (LOC)Originally uploaded by pingnews.com

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-85919568849277463942008-08-07T14:19:00.001-04:002008-08-07T14:19:55.102-04:00

No Known Restrictions: Jesse Owens in the 1936 Berlin Olympics (LOC)Originally uploaded by pingnews.comLibrary of Congress NOTES:Reproduction of photograph in "Die Olympischen Spiele, 1936" p.27, 1936."Jesse Owens at start of record breaking 200 meter race."This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.SUBJECTS:Owens, Jesse, 1913-Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany)FORMAT:

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"The Awakening" Sculpture on Hains Point, Washington, D.C. by D.F. Shapinsky, February 2008 (pingnews) Originally uploaded by pingnews.com

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-20476391114196933722008-02-25T22:12:00.001-05:002008-02-25T22:12:35.783-05:00

Get the Newsmap widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox!

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Grief-stricken Soldier, WWII by Al. Chang, August 1950 (NARA) Originally uploaded by pingnews.com

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-53803316030070621342007-11-19T08:55:00.000-05:002007-11-19T08:59:47.265-05:00

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Wilson High School Soccer: Championship Victory Against Bell, 11/17/2007 by D.F. Shapinsky (pingnews) Originally uploaded by pingnews.com

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-53333391395146168072007-11-19T08:51:00.001-05:002007-11-19T09:01:02.431-05:00

Wilson High School Soccer: Championship Victory Against Bell, 11/17/2007 by D.F. Shapinsky (pingnews) Originally uploaded by pingnews.com

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Wilson High School Soccer: Championship Victory Against Bell, 11/17/2007 by D.F. Shapinsky (pingnews) Originally uploaded by pingnews.com

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Wilson High School Soccer: Championship Victory Against Bell, 11/17/2007 by D.F. Shapinsky (pingnews) Originally uploaded by pingnews.com

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-1176396897979773332007-04-12T12:53:00.000-04:002007-04-12T12:54:58.213-04:00

Front Page Washington Post, April 12, 2007 Originally uploaded by pingnews.com.

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-1176382305083480842007-04-12T08:50:00.000-04:002007-04-12T08:51:45.113-04:00

Front Page Wasjhington Post, April 12, 2007 Originally uploaded by pingnews.com.

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-1174913696620061742007-03-26T09:42:00.000-04:002007-03-26T09:54:56.630-04:00

Frank Dawson tells a story about homelessness in Vancouver, hardly the place one normally associates with the darker side of life. But, then, the darker side is virtually everywhere -- something that at least some of us need to remember when complaining about our mortgage rates and taxes.Years ago, when working for ABC News, I reported on a story in Memphis. At the time, it seemed a perfect

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-1161315322278312852006-10-19T23:35:00.000-04:002006-10-19T23:35:22.286-04:00

PINGNews.com - Public Information Network Group News (AKA The PING): latin-girls-in-brooklyn (1974)

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-1161144599308804132006-10-18T00:03:00.000-04:002006-10-18T00:09:59.353-04:00

latin-girls-in-brooklyn Originally uploaded by pingnews.com.

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SMM_Atlas in NY Originally uploaded by pingnews.com.

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-1158642308437641942006-09-19T01:05:00.000-04:002006-09-19T01:05:08.470-04:00

Felicity Everlasting

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-1158080085641738302006-09-12T12:48:00.000-04:002006-09-12T12:54:45.686-04:00

NASAWTC_156802main_image_feature_652_ys_full09112001 Originally uploaded by pingnews.com. Plume of smoke on 9/11/2001 from the World Trade Center attacks. As NASA explains:"This image is one of a series taken that day of metropolitan New York City by the International Space Station's Expedition 3 crew that shows the smoke plume rising from the Manhattan." Credit: NASA

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-1158065873901945772006-09-12T08:52:00.000-04:002006-09-12T08:57:55.170-04:00

SMM_NYC_Ground Zero for 9/11 Originally uploaded by pingnews.com. World Trade Center Site, November 2005. Photo by DF Shapinsky for PINGNews.com/Shapinsky MultiMedia. pingnews.com and shapinsky.net

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-1157943960401483972006-09-10T23:05:00.000-04:002006-09-10T23:06:00.410-04:00

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-1157462828766311172006-09-05T09:24:00.000-04:002006-09-05T09:50:20.726-04:00

Something to look at if you are interested in the ways in which non-commercial sites are making use of some of the same ideas and technology as the various social sites, like myspace, etc. Click Here to View.

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-1157115351083884602006-09-01T08:50:00.000-04:002006-09-01T08:55:51.106-04:00

What is PINGNews all about? This video offers a video collage of a small piece of what we do.

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-1157032311063725412006-08-31T09:50:00.000-04:002006-08-31T09:51:51.070-04:00

 

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-1157031628667971242006-08-31T09:39:00.000-04:002006-08-31T09:48:14.400-04:00

I used to be in network television news. I also used to be in academia. And I've done my share of public policy research as well as work in local government in Chicago. Suffice to say I've been around. But there is a central theme: information and power.In many ways I found the transition from academia to broadcast news extremely brutal. But, as I got past the pressurized atmosphere, even began

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-1157030979667302952006-08-31T09:28:00.000-04:002006-08-31T09:29:39.676-04:00

 

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-1147484726537618592006-05-12T21:42:00.000-04:002006-05-12T21:45:26.556-04:00

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-1147009205816561682006-05-07T09:36:00.000-04:002006-05-07T09:40:05.843-04:00

My stumbling-upon-things-on-the-web-time has been limited of late, but am stumbling again. Some items of interest:A search aggregator service -- allows you to use several search engines at the same time and see their results simultaneously:http://gada.be/A web-design, blog-creation service that is inexpensive, easy-to-use, and fairly sophisticated.

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-1129216655382375252005-10-13T08:38:00.000-04:002005-10-13T13:48:18.816-04:00

With the announcement that ABC programs will be part of the new world of IPod, that these ever-present media players will morph once more into true multimedia machines, there should no longer be any need to explain why the future is NOW.(See "A New World for IPOD" in the Washington Post (10/13/2005) And people inside the business should be prepared for more rough times ahead, especially if they

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-1128084840741816332005-09-30T08:53:00.000-04:002005-09-30T08:54:00.750-04:00

TV EverywhereA media critique by Wayne Friedman, Thursday, September 29, 2005. ViewWeb Publishers Struggle To Meet Advertisers' Demand For Streaming Video.ViewImage Sites, Blogging and Female Teens Go Hand-in-Hand "Nielsen/NetRatings reported that traffic to image hosting Web sites has skyrocketed due to the massive rise in blogging activity seen since the beginning of this year. As a category,

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-1126272069978942022005-09-09T09:14:00.000-04:002005-09-09T09:21:10.006-04:00

In the midst of disaster it is hard to pay attention to anything else. Nevertheless, what many of us believed would happen is happening, according to an article by Wayne Friedman in www.mediapost.com. Whether it happens the way the Cable Industry or any other group wants is an open question, but everyone ought to be ready for the possibility that all their assumptions about cable delivery may

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-1126183175296037162005-09-08T08:07:00.000-04:002005-09-08T08:39:36.430-04:00

By David ShapinskyIs it possible? Could it be that devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina has opened our eyes to the inequities that are at its core? Maybe. Maybe not. But there are reasons for hope. The tragic consequences of this disaster -- seen through the images of people hungry, thirsty, dirty, tired, angry, and desperate -- fell disproportionately on the poor and people of color.

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-1125757658501036482005-09-03T09:34:00.000-04:002005-09-08T12:26:19.036-04:00

As President Bush arrived in New Orleans to survey the wreckage, we reached a turning point in the story of Hurricane Katrina. It became, finally, a tale of the three Ps -- Politics, Prejudice, and Poverty. It does not matter where you stand on the specific issues of blame or even where you belong on the political spectrum. No one can fail to recognize that this tragic story turned a corner

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-1114700049427277982005-04-28T10:51:00.000-04:002005-04-28T10:54:09.430-04:00

In every revolution, there are a plethora of philosophies or ideas about what will make it and what will fall by the wayside. This week (one of my favorite technology correspondents/columnists/reporters) Leslie Walker of The Washington Post (www.washingtonpost.com) writes about one of these, which seeks to reinvent public television on the web. Looking at this shift of video to the Internet,

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-1113423920378007332005-04-13T16:23:00.000-04:002005-04-13T16:25:20.380-04:00

No phrase is perhaps more tired and over-used than that one -- A new Era? Every so often someone proclaims just that. In the midst of the last internet craze, I recall reading a column on how the conventional wisdom about the stock market was wrong, that it would double in value because all those old assumptions were just that -- old. So it is an odd thing to find myself pronouncing the obvious:

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-1113423740242636962005-04-13T16:17:00.000-04:002005-04-13T16:22:20.243-04:00

If you haven't checked it out, it is worth a visit. Blogshares.com (http://blogshares.com/) is part of a world of sites that the average Internet user might easily miss. To understand change in the communications industry, including media, marketing, etc. , it is helpful to probe this place that seems to lie just under the radar.

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-1112901864784938272005-04-07T15:20:00.000-04:002005-04-07T15:28:23.473-04:00

A company worth watching is Sonum Technologies, which "specializes in the development and application of natural language processing technology. Using patent-pending algorithms, our team is creating the next generation of computer software." You can take a look at their "core technology" on their website. This is what they say: "the Natural Language Processor, provides a unique computer interface

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-1112340415221433752005-04-01T02:26:00.000-05:002005-04-01T02:26:55.223-05:00

They are out there – more and more ways to receive customized news and information.  One site that is getting attention (just recently mentioned in the Washington Post and Pluck) is Topix.net.  (To see for yourself: http://www.topix.net/)  There are similar services through Yahoo, Google, etc.  And then there is Pluck (http://www.pluck.com/) that offers itself as a “personal web information

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-1112215159412882692005-03-30T15:38:00.001-05:002005-03-30T15:41:36.983-05:00

realtvi.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15216691430225487893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-1111940127536801142005-03-27T11:15:00.000-05:002005-03-27T11:27:05.386-05:00

About 36 million Americans or 27% of internet users say they download either music or video files and about half of them have found ways outside of traditional peer-to-peer networks or paid online services to swap their files, according to the most recent survey of the Pew Internet American Life Project.Fifty-three million American adults, or 44% of internet users and one-quarter of all adults,

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-1111771604443402202005-03-25T12:15:00.000-05:002005-03-25T13:28:59.706-05:00

Young people are often mentioned as a key market for advertisers to reach (one of the problems that PBS can not seem to remedy). Here is a snapshot of where this demographic seems to be heading:www.online-publishers.orgFrom June 2004:In the News/Information Category, average time spent on General News sites increases 72% among 18-34 year olds who have a broadband

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-1111671765321215672005-03-24T08:20:00.000-05:002005-03-24T09:15:06.153-05:00

Washington Post columnist Leslie Walker looks at the "Next Big Thing" coming out of the Tech conference in Scottsdale, Az. Says Walker:"On Sunday, Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang took the stage and predicted the next decade will usher to the Internet much of what early Web pioneers could only dream about when they founded their companies."For those of us who started the industry, we all feel the next

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-1111615154562860752005-03-23T16:59:00.000-05:002005-03-23T17:04:37.306-05:00

Here's an excerpt from a recent article in the Current that looks at some changes in how public broadcasting stations are operating:"Economics and technology also insisted on change. Business as usual was barely supporting TPT's main channel while the oncoming switch to DTV held out a dream-or nightmare-of four, five, perhaps eight or more channels to fill with programming."The basic thought was

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-1111586261350539972005-03-23T08:40:00.000-05:002005-03-23T09:14:54.240-05:00

Some examples of how companies are trying to respond to the changes underway:The Pentagon has gotten into the act with its own online news channel -http://www.pentagonchannel.mil/New York Times reports "...three of the nation's biggest newspaper publishers, the Gannett Company, Knight-Ridder Inc. and the Tribune Company, are joining forces to buy three-fourths of Topix.net, a Web site that

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-1111549738702744312005-03-22T22:20:00.000-05:002005-03-23T00:04:33.950-05:00

The headlines are coming faster and faster:"Most people don't realize we're on the cusp ofthe new age of technological breakthrough.Because they can't hear it. Or feel it. YET.But soon they will. And it will change everything..." This according to a Motley Fool email today March 22, 2005.Yes, we're all wondering just what it all means. But it is hard to argue against such statements.The pending

David Shapinskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11598377.post-1111465273933927502005-03-21T22:47:00.001-05:002005-03-21T23:44:35.610-05:00

PINGNews - Public Information Network Group - is a blog to share thoughts on the state of the media, trends in the news, under-reported stories, comments on the best and worst journalism. It is begun with a simple question: can we do better?One question I've been pondering of late... Where is Public Television heading? Some thoughts:For those that haven't caught on yet, a tidal wave is about to

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