27 December 2016
03 December 2016
30 November 2016
Elections board orders Durham County recount in party-line vote | News & Observer
Another great example of a story crying out for Wiki-type treatment.
GoTriangle works to address $250M funding gap | Schools & More | heraldsun.com
Great example of a story that would benefit from a wiki-style approach. Less episodic and more comprehensive.
26 November 2016
25 November 2016
Inside a Fake News Sausage Factory: ‘This Is All About Income’ - The New York Times
We are so ill-equipped to handle this.
23 November 2016
19 November 2016
This Kenyan writer is using the internet to get others to read African fiction | TechCabal
Neat. With his wife. On TheWorld.org - 11/18/16
18 November 2016
30 October 2016
19 October 2016
New York Times Names A.G. Sulzberger Deputy Publisher - The New York Times
I hope this is as good a move as I think it is.
18 October 2016
14 October 2016
04 October 2016
25 September 2016
Credibiity check
It strikes me regularly that it is really hard to know how to check the credibility of a lot of things today. For example, does someone's mere appearance on a credible program or mention in a credible newspaper count for anything? I was trying to learn if someone who has written a book (so what?), been interviewed on a couple of radio shows (does that say anything?) is regarded at least positively by clearly knowledgeable people in the field. I failed to get anywhere. Published babble from unidentified people on websites is of no value in such a case.
22 September 2016
05 September 2016
31 August 2016
28 August 2016
08 August 2016
05 August 2016
28 July 2016
23 June 2016
Ad Blocking to Grow 34% to Nearly 70 Million U.S. Web Users | Digital - AdAge
I think this speaks to incredibly poor execution by the advertisers.
14 June 2016
13 June 2016
06 June 2016
01 June 2016
Trump, 800-Pound Media Gorilla, Pounds His Chest at Reporters - The New York Times
Are newspapers up to the task of accurately and fairly reporting his candidacy or are they simply continuing what they the textbooks tell them to do, sort of.
28 May 2016
27 May 2016
Behind the Scenes, Billionaires’ Growing Control of News - The New York Times
The time for this story has arrived.
24 May 2016
23 May 2016
18 May 2016
New York Times Names Elizabeth Spayd Its 6th Public Editor - The New York Times
I hope this works out well.
14 May 2016
13 May 2016
12 May 2016
11 May 2016
SundanceNow Doc Club Debuts "Take 5: Justice In America," 5-Minute Documentary Collection | SHOOTonline.com
Some say these are the newspaper op eds of today and tomorrow.
10 May 2016
07 May 2016
Podcasts Surge, but Producers Fear Apple Isn’t Listening - The New York Times
Interesting challenge.
06 May 2016
Facebook Has 50 Minutes of Your Time Each Day. It Wants More. - The New York Times
There was a time when newspapers....
05 May 2016
03 May 2016
Technology Addiction: Concern, Controversy, and Finding Balance | Common Sense Media
How important can you get?
15 April 2016
14 April 2016
13 April 2016
12 April 2016
09 April 2016
08 April 2016
Taking the Politics Out of American History (and Out of A.P.) - The New York Times
This sure is important!
06 April 2016
05 April 2016
02 April 2016
30 March 2016
29 March 2016
NC and Belgium
Great newspaper story opportunity.
NC is five times the land area of Belgium.
The same population, essentially – 11 there, 10,000,000 here
more or less.
28 March 2016
27 March 2016
21 March 2016
11 March 2016
07 March 2016
Raymond Tomlinson, Who Put the @ Sign in Email, Is Dead at 74 - The New York Times
Imagine where we would be without him!
06 March 2016
27 February 2016
26 February 2016
Emails Show Michigan Aides Worried About Flint’s Water a Year Before Acting - The New York Times
Thank goodness these get read by someone!
24 February 2016
23 February 2016
18 February 2016
17 February 2016
12 February 2016
The Independent, quotidien britannique le moins vendu, arrête le papier
The picture grows dimmer and clearer.
11 February 2016
07 February 2016
05 February 2016
04 February 2016
New York Times Co. Announces Newsroomwide Strategy Review - The New York Times
I hope they get it right.
02 February 2016
01 February 2016
30 January 2016
28 January 2016
(13) Quanto Basta: Italian Eatery & Wine Bar
Why does a place like this force us to endure a Facebook entry instead of a website? I won't waste my time!
Can't Buy A Ticket To That Concert You Want To See? Blame Bots : The Two-Way : NPR
Newspapers ought to have been all over this.
27 January 2016
Stoked by Mobile Ads, Facebook Builds Up Steam - The New York Times
Newspapers let this opportunity slip through their newsprint.
19 January 2016
18 January 2016
17 January 2016
Scholastic Halts Distribution of ‘A Birthday Cake for George Washington’ - The New York Times
Hard to say sorry for this.
16 January 2016
Wikipedia Turns 15: Jimmy Wales Speaks About The Diversity Struggle And Advice For News Media : All Tech Considered : NPR
I still believe that newspapers should adopt this model for their whole operation - continually massaging and updating the story of the community they serve, delving deeper and deeper while remaining up to the minute.
14 January 2016
13 January 2016
Google Maps update will automatically predict driving directions
Newspapers predicting the news next?
12 January 2016
11 January 2016
10 January 2016
04 January 2016
How Do Sunni and Shia Islam Differ? - The New York Times
Great example of how a newspaper can be so informative with a little thinking in the newsroom.
03 January 2016
02 January 2016
App Makers Reach Out to the Teenager on Mobile - The New York Times
This is all pretty mind-boggling.
Sheldon Adelson’s Purchase of Las Vegas Paper Seen as a Power Play - The New York Times
No other explanation ever came to mind.