Jane Hamsher of FireDogLake (disclaimer for benefit of my libertarian friends: this post is not about liberal politics) wrote on April 21st about Marcy Wheeler, linking to a FDL campaign to raise $150,000 so that Wheeler can set up shop as a full time writer with research support, a travel budget, etc., to continue breaking […]
I spent part of the morning immersed in Jay Rosen’s Flying Seminar on the Future of News, an annotated and definitive collection of links to thinking on the critical state of affairs in newspaper journalism. It seems to me that there’s a sense of crisis and urgency, but also a new desire for clarity and […]
Nancy linked today to a Salon article by Gary Kamiya on The Death of the News, which contains this wonderful quote on a future without the evil Mainstream Media as we know it: “It will be feast and famine: There will be far less primary reporting done by professionals and far more information available to […]
As I’m in high job-hunting mode, I have spent a fair bit of time poring over job listings on Media Bistro, Craigslist and the like, and am noticing a disturbing trend. Yesterday, I read an ad for an editor job that listed “dog owner” as a prerequisite. Today I saw an ad for a technology […]
The day after designer Jeff Croft changed his site design, he woke up to 50 angry emails. His answer to his critics included this beautiful gem of an idea, responding to criticism of his sinful use of low-contrast text on a dark background:
I knew some folks would cry foul, saying it wasn’t readable or “accessible” […]
Go ahead, ask him!
Jackie and I were having lunch with Chris Yeh last week, and Jackie suggested Chris should have an advice column, because he really can answer just about any question you might think to pose–call him as the Oracle of Palo Alto. At this point, Chris copped to owning asktheharvardmba.com, and no sooner […]
I seem to be finding myself out and about in tech circles lately, in situations where the “What do you do?” question comes up. My usual answer these days is “content editor” as I’m actively looking for work in that arena. The problem I encounter next is that very few people in tech know […]
I’ve been busy not being a writer for some time now. After fifteen years of freelancing pretty steadily, even keeping my hand in the game while working full time as an editor, my brain declared its intention to lie fallow for a season or two. To mix metaphors further (we non-writers do that all the […]
The Building Green TV website has been up and running long enough now that I’ve had a chance to reflect on what I like about it. It’s rare for a startup project to include an editorial person in the design process. New media can have a bit of a blind spot when it comes to […]