February 7, 2012 - 3:07am
#Michlinks: Feb. 7, 2012
BY ZACH BERGSON
#Michlinks is The Michigan Daily’s citizen journalism tool that compiles reporting about Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan. If you find an interesting piece about the city of Ann Arbor, college life or the University, send a tweet with the hashtag #Michlinks for a chance to be published on our website. You can also contribute #Michlinks by e-mailing bergson@michigandaily.com with your recommendations.
Here are more details about #Michlinks and the kind of stories we're looking for.
Cole: Ten ways an Israeli strike on Iran could radically weaken Israel
University History Prof. Juan Cole wrote a post in his popular blog, Informed Comment, that was featured on CNN World’s website today. The blog highlighted ten possible scenarios that would result from an Israeli air-strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Some of the scenarios included, rising oil prices, Iranian and Hezbollah retaliation and a radicalization of Iraq.
Original tweet : Juan Cole: How an Israeli Strike on Iran could radically weaken Israel juancole.com/2012/02/how-an... by @jricole
Iowa Professor Gets Blasted After a Hit on Heartland
Visiting professor of journalism Stephen Bloom continues to be hit hard with criticism from native Iowans and even his own friends and colleagues about a story that he wrote on living in Iowa for The Atlantic last December. Bloom’s story depicted Iowa in a particularly bad light and said that the Iowa caucuses should be less important because the state is not a good representation of America. One of his former colleagues at the University of Iowa was so incensed by his story that he wishes he could remove Bloom’s name from a book they wrote together, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Original tweet : Iowa professor gets blasted after a hit on the heartland: chroni.cl/zser80
