[My] critique is about the tone of unnecessary pictures and videos that show pieces of bodies, dying people, the nudity of people, or the misery/tragedy of people in line for food and water. Seriously, is this cruelty really necessary to mobilize massive humanitarian action? That’s Valérie Payen-Jean Baptiste, a Haitian elementary school principal discussing the [...]
[20 Mar 2010]
There are a couple of logistical reasons that may help explain why the mainstream press has not exactly risen to the occasion. The first problem for reporters was the sheer size of the cache — I doubt that many journalists had time to comb through all of the e-mails (most of which, it seems, are [...]
[4 Dec 2009]
Robert Niles tells newsrooms what they need to do to stay relevant in his Online Journalism Review piece, Walt Disney vs. the news industry: How bad management is killing newspapers and their websites. The audience doesn’t care about saving newsroom jobs or keeping journalists in journalism. Nor should it. The people who provide true value [...]
[20 Nov 2009]
Yesterday’s report “New Entrepreneurs: New Perspectives on News” [PDF download] from J-Lab proves what most of us who read local blogs already know. From the press release: The research found that journalism on independent local news and information Web sites is increasingly becoming an act of participation, not just an act of observation. The participatory [...]
[10 Nov 2009]
UPDATE: I probably should have included a note of caution that this image could be a fake. I don’t know if this headline actually appeared on CNN.com and was later removed or if it’s a PhotoShop job. I ask this question after seeing the screen grab (posted above) of this headline from CNN.com (posted on [...]
[22 Jan 2009]
Presented by the Atlanta Press Club, this will be a panel discussion about how the impact of blogs on traditional media. Panelists include: Lea Donosky, interactivity manager, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Jeremy C. Garlington, publisher of The Garlington Report Greg Lisby, professor of journalism, Georgia State University David Rubinger, VP, Corporate Communications, Equifax This panel will be [...]
[17 Mar 2008]
Slides from php|tek Bits of information from conference presentations. [Via Chris Shiflett] Cluesheet Quick-n-dirty PHP development tips. [Also via Shiflett] IE7 For XP Beta 2: Has Firefox Met Its Match? IE 7 is a very good browser — if you’ve never used Firefox. WineCamp Geek + Grapes = me green with envy. [Via Emily Chang] [...]
[3 May 2006]
The magazine released its list of the Top 1,000 Public Schools in America. The complete list is available online. But as I was scrolling through the list, I wondered “How many of these schools are in Georgia?” The answer? I don’t know because I stopped looking after the third page. Now what could Newsweek have [...]
[3 May 2006]
Via Jeff Jarvis: WABC-TV news man Bill Beutel has died. This is going to sound all hokey and stuff, but this news has made me a little misty. I grew up watching Beutel every night on Eyewitness News. He was charming and engaging on the air. Sometimes he was downright funny. But mostly, he seemed [...]
[20 Mar 2006]
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is experimenting with paid subscription-only blog content via ajcsportsplus. I assume they’re having success with it, since they haven’t ended the service. Now, this next point is fueled by the fact that Sweetie managed to snag an iPod for me (one of those fancy-pants 20GB photo iPods). But seeing the success of [...]
[7 Jul 2005]