Via Romenesko: Even at the college level, where you might expect all students to be on board with the notion of a digital-centric, publish-it-right-now, multi-media approach to news, I still run into budding journalists who cling to the hope of finding a traditional newspaper reporting job. Especially in the newspaper profession, the notion — outdated, [...]
Great post by Scott Carp over at Publishing 2.0 about Gawker’s search for a real live journalist. Nick Denton, publisher/owner of Gawker Media (aka that one guy who’s supposedly raking in all that cash) , wrote this in the post advertising a managing editor opening: “We’re casting a wide net for candidates, beyond the clubby [...]
“We all look at our slumping circulation and revenue numbers and wonder what kind of changes it will take to grow — or even keep — our audience. The good news is that we can find out. The answers lie in the people who walk, talk, drive, shop, and read among us every day.” “The [...]
In Wednesday’s Post, Libby Copeland finds out how in the heck 61-year-old presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich ended up marrying a tall redheaded bombshell less than half his age. It involves a Buddha statue, a radical economics institute leader, love at first sight, oh, and Shirley MacLaine. Why not? Also implicated are a series of random [...]
For all my professed cosmopolitan leanings, I’m still a Midwesterner at heart, because for me, without these, it’s not a holiday. As more proof that great journalism doesn’t have to be about taking down the mayor and changing the world, Post writer Monica Hesse takes us to the one and only French’s French Fried Onion [...]
Rupert Murdoch said last week that he’d like to make the online Wall Street Journal–to which over 1 million reader subscribe–free. [AP via Wired.com] Frankly, I’d forgotten the WSJ was a pay site–’cause I never visit it. Let’s see: It costs $79 a year to access most WSJ content on WSJ.com. But as Wikipedia says, [...]
This piece in an old Washington Post Style section cracked me up. Taste, guilt and barrel chairs are beasts preying on couples shopping on 14th Street. Perhaps they should seek counseling from Jennifer Marshall, a Stanford art history professor who specializes in 20th-century American aesthetics. Marshall listens to a description of the chairs. She says [...]
Last week the Times announced they were searching for a new EIC. The Post has a breakdown of the job description: “articulate and execute . . . the mission of the paper and Web site . . . Support and contribute to the strategic vision of the company . . . Serve as ‘master’ of [...]
Why We Compete has been updated with its latest installment. This one’s about BASE jumping. Why We Compete: Adrenaline Edge of your seat rush, that’s for sure.
flickr:retro traveler Maps, the stylish merger of form and function, are the easiest way to impart certain types of information. Can you imagine what travel would be like if all travel directions were verbal only? Ick. Maps can help you with your writing, too. I don’t mean outlines or “mind maps” or the like, though [...]