Ryan Sholin on the future of newspapers, journalism education, and communication.
Ryan Sholin on the future of newspapers, online news and journalism education.
Well, for a laid-back holiday weekend, that sure was a lot of hand-wringing and teeth-gnashing over the future of newspapers, eh?
Now that it’s Monday and we’re all back to, y’know, working to save newspapers (or just put them out every day), here’s how I’ve been staying sane lately:
Indexed: Most weekdays, a comical graph/chart on an [...]
Back from vacation and the first day back at the office, here are a few quick reviews and observations:
Surprises
Casino Royale: Best Bond ever? Maybe. Certainly a re-invention of the formula, with actual character development and relationships. Frankly, it was awesome. I was marking out the whole time. “OMG he ordered the drink [...]
*In which I make another disingenuous attempt at a regular feature, reviewing several items that have come across my desk/eyes/ears in the last little while.
The Departed: Best Scorsese flick since GoodFellas, although some might debate the merits of this one vs. Gangs of New York.
This year’s Santa Cruz Marching Band Review: Substantially more peaceful than [...]
It works on so many levels…
This is the part where I’m supposed to make some intelligent comment about how the nature of the Web, social networking, cheap bandwidth, and digital video are encouraging content creation and remixing on an unprecedented scale, but I think I’ll skip that in favor of snaking about the snakes that [...]
We finally made it out to see An Inconvenient Truth last night.
Remind me again why Al Gore isn’t running for President in 2008? Sorry, but I haven’t heard a good enough reason.
Personally, I’d like to see him grow his beard back, put on a flannel shirt and a pair of jeans, and go on [...]
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