Friday poll results

Did Yale University Press do the right thing when they removed images of Mohammed from a book about the Danish cartoons?

• Yes: 3 (10%)
• No: 17 (60%)
• I'm not sure: 8 (28%)

Friday poll results

I consider myself...

• A journalist: 3 votes (15%)


• A communicator: 16 votes (80%)


• An administrator: 0 votes


• Something else/none of the above: 1 vote (5%)

Friday poll results

Do you plan to attend URMA 2009?

• Yes: 8 votes (27%)


• I don't know yet: 8 votes (27%)


• No: my institution has specifically frozen travel expenditures: 7 votes (24%)


• No: my institution has general budget woes and/or wants to limit travel. 6 votes (20%)

Friday poll results

How do you feel about your level of involvement in the design of your magazine?

• I'd like to be more involved: 5 (25%)


• I'd like to be less involved: 1 (5%)


• I'm happy with my level of involvement as it is: 14 (70%)

Friday poll results

How happy are you with the design of your magazine?

• I think it's the bee's knees: 6 (26%)


• I like it, but there are things I'd like to improve: 13 (56%)


• I neither like nor dislike it: 1 (4%)


• I dislike most of it, but there are some good things about it: 2 (8%)


• I really don't like it at all: 1 (4%)

Friday poll results

Who designs your magazine?

• An in-house design team: 2 votes (9%)


• An in-house art director and/or designer: 9 votes (40%)


• Freelance designer(s): 4 votes (18%)


• We contract with a design firm: 4 votes (18%)


• We design it: 3 votes (13%)


• Design? What's that? 0 votes (0%)

Friday poll results

What level of attention do you give to other URMA magazines?

• There's more than one URMA mag that I consistently read thoroughly: 2 votes (9%)


• There's at least one URMA mag that I consistently read thoroughly: no votes (0%)


• There's more than one URMA mag that I usually read at least one or two articles per issue in: 2 votes (9%)


• There's at least one URMA mag that usually I read one or two articles per issue in: 1 vote (4%)


• I flip through most of the URMA mags, and read the things that seem most interesting: sometimes several articles, sometimes none: 13 votes (59%)


• I flip through most of the URMA mags, but I don't really have time to read much in them: 3 votes (13%)


• I don't really receive any other URMA mags: 1 vote (4%)

Friday poll results

Are you on Facebook?

• Yes, I use it all the time: 13 votes (37%)


• I set up a profile, but don't really do anything with it: 8 votes (22%)


• No, I decided not to: 10 votes (28%)


• Face-what? 4 votes (11%)

Friday poll results

As of now, how likely is it that you will be able to attend the URMA meeting (in College Station, TX) in 2009?

• I'll definitely be there: 6 votes (11%)


• More than likely, I'll be there: 20 votes (38%)


• It's not likely that I can come: 17 votes (32%)


• I won't be attending: 9 votes (17%)

Friday poll results

Pre-URMA, what was your journalism background?

• Both a journalism degree and professional journalism experience: 16 votes (48%)


• Journalism degree: 4 votes (12%)


• Professional journalism experience: 6 votes (18%)


• Neither: 7 votes (21%)

Friday poll results

On a scale of 0 to 10, how happy are you in your job?

• 10 (Wouldn't change a thing): 3 votes (10%)


• 9: 4 votes (14%)


• 8: 13 votes (46%)


• 7: 3 votes (10%)


• 6: 1 vote (3%)


• 5 (Neither happy nor unhappy): 1 vote (3%)


• 4: --


• 3: --


• 2: 2 votes (7%)


• 1: --


• 0 (Please get me out of here): 1 vote (3%)

Friday poll results

Have you ever been so infuriated, irked, offended, or exasperated by a magazine that you canceled your subscription?

• Yes: 9 votes (40%)


• Not yet: 11 votes (50%)


• I'd never do that: 2 votes (10%)

Friday poll results

How much would you be willing to pay to read your favorite magazine if it began publishing only online?

• I'd pay just as much as I do for the print version: 2 votes (18%)
  
• I'd pay 75% of the cost of the print version: 2 votes (18%)
  
• I'd pay 50% of the cost of the print version: 1 vote (9%)
  
• I'd pay 25% of the cost of the print version: 4 votes (36%)
  
• Nothing: 2 votes (18%)
  

Friday poll results

If your favorite (non-URMA) print magazine decided to suspend printing and publish only online (for free), would you still read it regularly?

• Yes, I'd check the site all the time: 3 votes (13%)


• Sure, I'd read it once a week or so: 6 votes (27%)


• I guess I'd visit the site if/when I remembered: 12 votes (54%)


• No way: 1 vote (4%)

Friday poll results

On average, how many times per year do you travel for magazine-related work?

• More than four times: 1 respondent (5%)


• Four times: 1 respondent (5%)


• Three times: 3 respondents (15%)


• Two times: 5 respondents (26%)


• One time: 6 respondents (31%)


• Travel? What's that? 3 respondents (15%)

Friday poll results

(Jason here, posting as Margarite because there's something screwy with my Google account.)

Last week's poll:

Did the VP debate change your opinion of the VP candidates?

• Nope. 17 votes (50%)


• Palin looks better to me now. 6 votes (17%)


• Palin looks worse to me now. 4 votes (11%)


• Biden looks better to me now. 14 votes (41%)


• Biden looks worse to me now. 3 votes (8%)

Friday poll results

Realistically, who do you think will win the U.S. presidential election?

• Obama, and I will rejoice: 30 votes (75%)


• Obama, and I won't be happy: 3 votes (7%)


• McCain, and I'll be happy: 0 votes


• McCain, and I am checking New Zealand's citizenship requirements: 7 votes (17%)

Friday poll results

How many (non-URMA) magazines do you receive per month?

• none: one vote (5%)


• one: one vote (5%)


• two: one vote (5%)


• three: four votes (20%)


• four: one vote (5%)


• more than four: thirteen votes (65%)

Friday poll results

How do you take notes in interviews?

• laptop: 1 vote (2%)


• recorder: 27 votes (77%)


• pen and paper: 26 votes (74%)


• other: 1 vote (2%)

Friday poll results

Your university is rocked by a controversy. Could you run a fair and balanced story about it without risking your neck?

• Yes, we've done it before: 5 votes (45%)


• Not sure...I'd have to talk to my boss: 3 votes (27%)


• I wouldn't even try it: 3 votes (27%)