Time Magazine Breast-Feeding Mom Cover Stirs Debate

The Time Magazine cover of a mother breast-feeding her 3-year-old son1 stirred debate on social media and the web Thursday. 

The debate is over this cover for the May 21, 2012 issue. The story behind the photo, is about attachment parenting and the anniversary of Dr. Barry Sears book.

The debate was two-fold, one over the photo and one over the story.

As a journalist, I’m wondering could I tell the story same story in a less sensationalist way? Would you run this photo as the cover for this story in Time or any other magazine?

 

  1. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-timecover-20120511,0,4753231.story [↩]

Obama Says I Do, Do You?

President Obama says he supports gay marriage, in an exclusive ABC interview. 

The news broke a little after 3 p.m. Wednesday.

Watch to hear his remarks:

Do you support gay marriage?

Consumption of News Via Social Media

Let me know how you consume news via social media. 

What makes you engage with a news organization’s content on their social media websites?