Year: 2006
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How I learned to stop worrying and love the blog
That might not be the first (or last) time I use that title, but it seems appropriate enough for the always entertaining discussion that ensues when journalists say things like “Any blog entry counts as journalism if the person posting it says it is, but journalism written by professionals cannot lose its special qualities and…
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American Journalism Review – Getting Over Ourselves
Must. End. Hand-wringing. American Journalism Review – Getting Over Ourselves
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There’s more than one way to skin a topless wiretapper story
(Ed. note: Sometimes it seems like the folks who criticize “traditional” journalism don’t actually, um, read the stories. So, in the interest of pointing out that there’s more than one way to write the news (he-said/she-said), here’s a pair of winners.) Reporting the public record First, there’s “The Nine Lives of a Topless Bar” from…
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An interview with Gay Talese
Talese on his disdain for tape recorders, the mechanics of celebrity interviews, and his fascination with the multipurposed world of restaurants. An interview with Gay Talese
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Why news organizations might be afraid to blog
Terry Heaton: “I believe media companies are afraid of interacting with their audiences, because they (mistakenly) believe that their audiences are made up of people just like them — resentful, mean spirited, backbiting, hostile egomaniacs with inferiority complexes who, if given the opportunity, will spout their opinions without regard or respect for anyone but themselves.”
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Sending you away so you’ll come back later
Well folks, I’m pretty much all blogged out on the whole New Newspapers thing for now. I’ve started to feel like a broken record playing a recording of a broken record where lots of people tell each other why they need to change how they run their businesses. I’m still reading plenty of on-topic stuff,…
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MediaGuardian.co.uk | New media | The new news
Google News engineer makes the case for why newspapers want to be aggregated. MediaGuardian.co.uk | New media | The new news
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Our summer houseguest
You’ll have to forgive the catblogging, but I have to give some attention to our very orange houseguest, Little Guy. Our full-time cat, Lucinda, is letting him live. There’s been no physical contact yet, only hissing, growling, and mental gamesmanship.
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Web 2.0 Design Kit | Photoshop Lab
How to do all that fancy gradient and reflection stuff that goes with the fancy AJAX and tags stuff. Web 2.0 Design Kit | Photoshop Lab