So – it has been revived. The Carnival of journalism. And this is my October contribution. The prompt this month is about journalism education. To…
Category: Journalism Theory/Analysis
The Archetypes of News Stories
It was a mind blowing moment. Gilligan’s island was still (at that time) the longest continuously running program in syndication. I grew up on it.…
Real Talk: Pondering how headlines became uninformative
First published at Circa. On Sept. 5 Techmeme made headlines. Literally. It was the first time that the popular aggregator began writing its own headlines instead…
Crowdfunding – A Rant on Platforms and Ownership Signifying Nothing
When I first started talking about the idea behind Spot.Us (not the actual organization) it was late 2007. The first time I spoke about Spot.Us…
The Emotional Highs and Lows of a Startup
Circa is not my first tango with a startup. Even before Spot.Us, the startup I am perhaps still best known for, I have been part…