Category Archives: Media

ProPublica Photographer: I Was Followed by BP Security and Then Detained by Police

[NOTE: I'm experimenting with ProPublica's new "steal our stories" republication feature. Forgive me as I continue to try out different online syndication models, using my blog (and you, dear readers) as a test kitchen. This story originally appeared at ProPublica.] … Continue reading

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Clay Shirky: ‘Paywall will underperform – the numbers don’t add up’

The internet guru on the death of newspapers, why paywall will fail and how the internet has brought out our creativity – and generosity Continue reading

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Epistemology and sources

Back in the excellent philosophy class I took in high school (Hi Mr. Lutness!), epistemology was simply explained as How You Know What You Know. And different philosophers said you know what you know for different reasons. George Berkeley, for … Continue reading

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A Newsstand for the Tablet that might work

“Newsstand” by triin on Flickr. Mario Garcia probably believes the lifespan (halflife?) of print newspapers will stretch out ever so slightly longer than I believe, but I’m constantly inspired by his original thought about the problems associated with sustaining any … Continue reading

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What I would fund: An imaginary challenge for news business models

Last night, I was browsing this year’s public Knight News Challenge entries ahead of the midnight deadline to enter, and I caught myself thinking about what the project doesn’t fund when it comes to supporting journalism. And the answer appears … Continue reading

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