So – it has been revived. The Carnival of journalism. And this is my October contribution. The prompt this month is about journalism education. To…
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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…
Mona Lisa Stopped Smiling: A Conversation on the Phenomenology of News
Last September, Gideon Lichfield wrote a post on a new phenomenology of news he wanted to try with Quartz. The thrust of it: No more beats — Quartz…
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…