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 example, had this whole “seeing is believing” thing, for example. If he didn’t perceive it with [...]
All about reporting
Epistemology and sources
February 2, 2010
Crucial reading on the evolution of news, as it stands today
July 30, 2009
I feel like this summer has been sort of a rolling watershed moment in the Present of News, if not necessarily the Future of it.
(Yes, yes, the lowercase present is always becoming the lowercase future, but I’m talking about the supposed collective vision for the Future of News that, well, usually gets held up as [...]
On IdeaLab: Reporter-turned-blogger covers the island of Alameda
March 19, 2009
Over at the PBS IdeaLab blog, I interviewed Michele Ellson, editor and publisher at The Island, a local news site devoted to covering the city of Alameda, which sits to the west of Oakland in San Francisco Bay. (Yes, it’s an island.)
Michele left newspapers in 2007 and launched The Island in early 2008, continuing a [...]
The community-directed reporter: Daniel Victor gears up to go mojo
January 8, 2009
From Daniel Victor comes news that he’s working on a new job description, and a new reporting beat:
“If I can sell my editors on the concept, I would be the author and community manager of a new blog. My stated goal will be to have at least one originally reported story per day, usually some [...]
Suzanne Yada recommends you grow a pair
January 1, 2009
From Suzanne Yada’s resolutions for journalism students in 2009, this bullet point:
“Grow some cojones.
Let me level with you. The world doesn’t need more music reviewers or opinion spouters. The world needs more people willing to ask tough questions. The first step to reversing journalism’s tarnished image is to have the guts to dig for information [...]