Sree Sreenivasan, dean of student affairs and professor at Columbia Journalism School, and Vadim Lavrusik, a graduate student who currently works at the NYT, spoke at a Feb. 3 Mashable event about the future journalist. The duo did an amazing job explaining the current landscape, and explaining what the future journalist will look like. Also, make sure to check out our collection of interviews on the future of journalism.

Dr. Alford N. Vassall discusses reasons for the shortage of primary care physicians across the U.S. and explains why he believes the shortage issue will not go away. Vassall offers information about the flaws he sees with healthcare reform and how malpractice lawsuits play a role in this problem.

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Amira Al Hussaini, Managing Editor of Bahrain Telegraph, talks about online journalism and her experiences as an international blogger. As Global Voices Online’s Middle East and North Africa Arabic Language Editor, Amira Al Hussaini offers insight into the world of an international female journalist.

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Annette Reiter, a marriage and family therapist in St. Petersburg, Fla., says parents, teachers and schools need to act responsibly by teaching children about appropriate social behaviors. Reiter also mentions several resources for parents and teachers who want to learn more about sexting, cyberbullying and other forms of digital harassment.

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Very interesting news item about TV anchor Julie Pearce of KBJR-TV in Duluth, Minn., quitting to go to Haiti.

Turns out she's also a registered nurse and said she could no longer just sit there and read headlines about the situation knowing she had the skills to help. She said she would stay in Haiti "until I am not needed or until I have nothing left to give."

This reminds me of the dilemma many journalists I knew used to feel, and I felt ... that they were one step removed from reality in that they really didn't do anything, they just reported on people who did.

I always wondered if it would be a good idea for papers to allow reporters to take a year of leave and go into the real world to do something, then come back hopefully better. But those were the days when we were confident there still would be papers. As for now, I hope the Duluth station will welcome Julie back whenever she's ready to return.

The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, Lord Christopher Walter Monckton, discusses the research supporting his conclusion that anthropogenic global warming is merely an imaginary problem. He describes how the parameters of temperature change defined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) were substantially exaggerated and how these inaccuracies have led to heightened skepticism by scientists.

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A new survey shows that Fox is the most trusted ... and least distrusted ... TV news network in the country.

Conducted by Public Policy Polling, it showed that 49 percent of Americans trust Fox News and 37 percent don't, compared to 39 percent who trust CNN and 41 percent who don't.

I don't think these results mean very much, as they probably shift with the political tides, and could easily move the other way.

But what does seem significant is the disturbing findings for the major networks. Their trust levels for news were below their cable competitors, and their distrust levels were higher.

On the Media Game blog is written by Gerry Storch.

Prof. Graciela Chichilnisky discusses the issues related to climate induced change. She says we are in need of a global solution because it is a realistic probability that climate change is being caused by our carbon emissions and the risk is potentially catastrophic.

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Newsday's venture in creating a pay website doesn't appear to be a big hit, as after three months of trying a fee of $5 a week, it has only 35 subscribers, according to a report by John Koblin in the New York Observer.

I have been a vocal proponent of newspapers charging for their online news to safeguard the future of journalism and while this is hardly encouraging, other papers have been more successful with this tactic and more specialized papers like the Wall Street Journal and Financial Times have been very successful.

Besides, how do you know if it will work until you try it. If I'm a publisher and I'm going down the tubes with Plan A (free online news), I'm at least going to consider Plan B (charging for it).

With the New York Times set to launch a pay site next year, it still appears a viable option for many papers if not Newsday.

On the Media Game blog is written by Gerry Storch.

Dr. Margaret Lewin, medical director of Cinergy Health, analyzes the reasons for the current shortage in primary care doctors, offers suggestions and shares examples of doctor shortages. She also compares costs of services for Medicare, Medicaid and HMO recipients and explains how healthcare reform may exacerbate the problem.

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Sometimes the press does a terrible job on even the most basic of stories.

Maybe I missed it, but in all the coverage of Conan O'Brien's $40 million buyout from NBC, aside from about $7.5 million for his staff, I haven't seen a word about what he wants to do with all this money, or even why he deserves it given that he already must be a very wealthy individual.

But these are questions a lot of readers would wonder about or want to know, wouldn't they?

P.S. Other reports have said $45 million ... it's a lot, whatever it is.

On the Media Game blog is written by Gerry Storch.

Matt Duffy, Georgia State University Ph.D. student, discusses what he believes to be the pros and cons of the media shield law currently moving through Congress and how anonymous sources may harm the credibility of journalism. Through his doctoral research he has explored unnamed sourcing and his Web site www.anonymoussources.org reflects his findings.

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