after him, we have the managing director for local news at yahoo.com, guiding the company's local coverage nationwide. last but not least is the senator who represents san francisco and san mateo counties, and he is the recipient of spj's freedom of information award in 2010. that is our panel. back to you, rose. >> before we start, i want to get a sense of who we have in the audience. how many of you currently work in the media? lots. how many of you used to work in the media? how many of you want to work in the media? ok, good. that will give us a sense of who we are talking with. great. every friday, we have a media roundtable and invite international, alternative, and mainstream journalists to talk about coverage of the week's news. we believe it is important to highlight good journalism because so much of it gets passed over. we think it is also important to start off on a positive no. with that, i want to start off on a positive note tonight. i worked with very. we were on staff before the web was even a mainstream word. i just want to ask you, since you were there in the beginning,

together, those add up to 100 units of local coverage, and that is not counting all the new stock thatenture capitalists like we fund in the jungle all the time. this is at some level deflowering of local journalism that happen because it is cheap to be in business now. you do not have to have a big printing press and truckers and unions and all those things. you can be right in the business in a way that was impossible in the last 25 years. i think there is a flowering going on of local journalism and lots of capital chasing that opportunity right now. >> would you agree with that? when you look at local news, do you think it is being covered well by the sources that were just cited? >> i think in the san francisco area that is true. that is probably not true in all areas, but we are seeing with the development of patch and many other high for local news sites that there is a rebirth of coverage of local news -- and many other hyperlocal news sites. >> i was a foreign correspondent for a number of years. many freelances like myself have kind of jumped out of the business as it has ste

together, those add up to 100 units of local coverage, and that is not counting all the new stock that venture capitalists like we fund in the jungle all the time. this is at some level deflowering of local journalism that happen because it is cheap to be in business now. you do not have to have a big printing press and truckers and unions and all those things.

together, those add up to 100 units of local coverage, and that is not counting all the new stock that venture capitalists like we fund in the jungle all the time. this is at some level deflowering of local journalism that happen because it is cheap to be in business now. you do not have to have a big printing press and truckers and unions and all those things. you can be right in the business in a way that was impossible in the last 25 years. i think there is a flowering going on of local journalism and lots of capital chasing that opportunity right now. >> would you agree with that? when you look

sites that there is a rebirth of coverage of local news -- and many other hyperlocal news sites. >> i was a foreign correspondent for a number of years. many freelances like myself have kind of jumped out of the business as it has steadily declined. my question is, on the sustainability side, as well in america over the last decades -- and it is an old story, and we have been hearing it for many years. people like paul krugman have been trying to get us to realize how well has been so concentrated in such a small group of folks. what strategies could be used to attack this minority of individuals in a way that foundations and charities did in the past? if we had a few people, and quite a number of them at an immense amount of wealth, why are we not having them at the new macarthur foundation's and the people who will finance this community journalism? there should be a way of strategy and a mindset where they can help reduce the public interest journalism of the future -- help produce the public interest journalism of the future. >> you are seeing that from some of the wealthy. y

story i'm not even sure if a belongs on local news i think the right will help but his ego driven couple seems to know how to play the media for coverage or that reason we're giving tarik and mikhail us a lot of the articles on award and longer at it are to toss in the mainstream media for covering that crap. are it's time for a happy hour and joining me tonight is artsy web writer andrew blake and alex sites all reporter and blogger for think progress dot org thank you for joining me gentlemen ok so we're going to start our story over in france this evening as we know you're going to say offensive things and get away with it in france apparently as we all learned from the john galliano incident. i think it's common it's common give us a second i think you guys didn't know. what i. did yet. your mother is your goal. ok he was actually found guilty what was the last week or actually weeks ago but now france is dealing with another major controversy they have removed and this is you know i phone app called jew or not jew which identifies whether or not french politicians and celebri

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kosovo have injured seven serbs in clashes of the border area the alliance says he rubber bullets a local news agency has released pictures of the x. rays showing a gunshot to. the international community slams israel's decision to build new settlements in occupied territory palestinians say the israeli move rules out any chance of bilateral peace talks. romanza up next with the sports news so europe's top club football game continues wednesday what do you think of the russian team's chances for tonight well i can say that it's a russian seems currently in action and in the champions league are impressing however the fans are hoping it could all change some nights when it's a neat st petersburg host the europa league winners force all of that coming up in seconds. a long walk into the sport an artsy come into your life from the russian capital with me your mom calls for the first headlines. are the men disarm says buy back home two goals down but still lose to enter after a five goal european cup for invesco. inspiration from paralympians and annual awards ceremony has been held in the russian

injured seven serbs in clashes of a border area the alliance says it used rubber bullets but a local news agency claims live rounds were used and has released x. rays that it says show the gunshot wounds of victims. and the international community slams israel's decision to build new settlements on occupied territory palestinians say the israeli moves to rule out any chance of high lot of these talks. or minds up next with sports stay with us here on our key. hello welcome to this more than artsy comments the ally from the russian capital with me ramon calls for a first ad lines. army men disarm says calm all skulls fight back from two goals down but still lose to enter after a five goal european cup earlier in moscow. inspiration from paralympians an annual awards ceremony has been held in the russian capital following athletes and others trying to overcome serious illnesses. downside russia as a rugby team enjoy a day off from talking scrums and tactics of the world cup testing their mettle as an adventure park in new zealand. one of the biggest nights of the russian football year has e

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border disorder nato forces in kosovo clash with serves as a local news agency reports live rounds have been fired. the international community slams israel's decision to build new settlements on occupied territory that the palestinian state rules out bilateral peace talks called for at the u.n. . ten am in moscow i matras are good to have you with us here on r t our top story greece has been engulfed by angry protests after the government passed the most on .

dangerous seven serbs inclosures a border area the airline says that he used rubber bullets but a local news agency has released pictures of x. rays are showing gunshot wounds. on the international community's land these are all decision to build new settlements on occupied territory ability and say the israeli move the rules out any chance of bilateral instal. offensive follow in the footsteps of two israeli arabs have its advantages trouble for peace in the middle east and find the apparent international apathy towards the illegal occupation of palestinian state. if you break into stone salt on the story of the education. we're here to tell you it's an occupation. if the palestinians will be afraid of the idea for us all the time is a rare will be afraid of the us. so what do you do together this year and make your presence felt. i would say sixty to seventy percent of what i did as a combat soldier knighted by territories listen to what the turds as you know doing what we call making our presence felt. we go out. should somebody so they are not concerned doors run to the other corner in a

is it similar to what we were hearing all over local new york television today about new york democratic voters disappointed in president obama and expressing it as they did yesterday by voting for a kind of loony republican candidate for congress? >> well, i think a lot of it is the dissatisfaction with the economy. people are scared. they don't see any improvement in the economy. there are a lot of democrats who say to me, tell the president to be more feisty, to take it to the republicans, to stop backing down, to stand for something. there's a lot of dissatisfaction with that. there are some people who questioned the president's policies on israel and were dissatisfied with the policies. i think that came into place. i think it all coming together was sort of the perfect storm. i think the democrats received a wake-up call. i think sometimes wake-up calls may seem bad at the moment but they actually turn out to be good if you heed the advice that they give you. i think the president going around and answering his critics and talking about the jobs bill last week in front of congress

local news stations were flooded with calls about it. they sent the crews out to cover the incident overnight. according to the local news reports there had been another explosion in this same area along the same set of gas lines about four years ago. after last week's gas line scare in central kentucky, we have word this week from the "associated press" that kentucky's junior senator is taking a principled stand now on gas pipeline safety. his stand is that he's against it. he's blocking gas pipeline safety measures. the safety bill the "ap" notes has support from both parties and from the gas industry, which after all, has been having a problem with its pipelines blows up. quoting the "ap," a deadly gas line explosion near san francisco last year and other gas explosions and oil pipeline spills has created consensus in congress as well as the industry that there are gaps in federal safety regulations. there is a consensus, consensus that something needs to be done. a consensus except for senator rand paul who is blocking it from being

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i think if they had any forum or discussion about it, it wouldn't have reached local news let alone international or national. so i think it has been successful already. >> this bake sale is designed to call attention to that. someone asked is this racist? yeah. but more importantly, sb-185 is racist. >> reporter: counter protesters are here. one group has set up a phone bank to support sb-185. there are people protesting the bake sale's attack tick. many calling it offensive and wrong. -- >> we oppose the divide and conquer represented by this event today. we are going to build a mass civil rights movement, to open doors to public education at these universities for people of all races. >> reporter: police officers have surrounded this bake sale. they've not been needed. everyone is calmly getting their message out. they were worried, republicans said they received violent threats leading up to the bake sale. both groups are out here, loudly, getting their opinions out. we know where both sides stan on this issue. only one opinion matters, that's governor brown. i called his office to see what h

. >> that may be the year's nominee for most unexpected moment in a local news lead-in. carolina, lamenting while north carolina is undeniably sexy, it is not necessarily same sexy. >> on local news. in charlotte north carolina. gay couples marrying is just as it is in 44 but same sex maej is nothing more than illegal in north carolina. it's just against state law. not unconstitutional. the only state in the south that has not amended state constitution to ban ga marriage over and above the ban. after the big conservative sweep of the 2010 mid term elections meant republicans taking control of the legislature for more than a century. the new republican majority in north carolina's legislature decided this was the year they would add to their existing legal ban on same-sex marriage by trying to delete constitutionally -- citizens of north carolina will be asked during next year's primary to vote on whether or not to change their state's constitution. to doubly constitutionally extra ban same-sex marriage that's already banned. we don't know what north carolina voters will

injured seven serbs in clashes at the border area the alliance says he used rubber bullets but a local news agency claims that i have rounds were used as released x. rays which it says show the gunshot wounds of victims. and irrational community strands of israel's decision to build new settlements on the occupied territory palestinians see the israeli move rules out any chance of bilateral peace talks. and staying with that theme up next in our tea party one of a special report we follow the footsteps of two israeli activists who continue to struggle for peace in the middle east by challenging the views of israelis themselves stay with us. i come here because i live in jerusalem and i am in shock and in the rage that. what is happening here. no democracy without freedom to demonstrate. that is not a very clear line between religion and nationalism personally. as it is as a little person together they can be a very volatile they've respects that fight here is the worst possible combination of deciles an illusion that up. to now because these are people that you know we do not is it we're no