Day: April 16, 2007
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Mad props where mad props are due
Sorry, I don’t hand out ‘kudos’ or ‘credit’ or ‘congrats’ or ‘Pulitzer Prizes,’ I hand out Mad Props, a turn of the phrase which at once reveals the extent of my whiteness and revels in it. Mad Props to: Roanoke.com for multimedia coverage of the school shootings in their backyard today. The first time I…
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Google Reader Theme // journal // hicksdesign
A stylesheet for Google Reader, via a Firefox extension and a bit of the old copy/paste. Google Reader Theme // journal // hicksdesign
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Changing (and not changing) with the times – John Robinson
Greensboro News & Record editor on what readers want. They want more. Of everything. Sigh. Changing (and not changing) with the times – John Robinson
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The Crisis of Consolidation in Bay Area News Media – Grade the News
Phil Trounstine on the Hearst/MediaNews dealings. I’ve seen no hint of any combination of journalistic forces, but here’s the warning about what if.. via Romenesko. The Crisis of Consolidation in Bay Area News Media – Grade the News
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Summary of Findings: Public Knowledge of Current Affairs Little Changed by News and Information Revolutions
Check out the numbers here on what Americans know based on news source. The Daily Show and Colbert Report, of course, are near the top of the list, but so are Rush and O’Reilly. A little lower? The print edition. via Squared. Summary of Findings: Public Knowledge of Current Affairs Little Changed by News and…
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NewsBreaker – MSNBC
Arkanoid + Headlines = I’m suddenly reading a wire story about exploding bidets. Not sure if that was their intention, but here I am with my eyeballs on their template, FWIW. via Fimoculous. NewsBreaker – MSNBC