Cyberjournalist Jonathan Dube interviews Len Apcar, the New York Times editor in chief, on Times on the Trail. Apcar doesn’t like to think of this new thingie as a blog; he prefers “news service.” I did not want to jump…
Month: February 2004
Commonsense journalism blog
It’s the work of Doug Fisher, a journalism prof at University of South Carolina. An observation from the Poynter “convergence conference” he’s attending: Out of the ethics discussion came one “ah ha” moment: While convergence gives us more freedom, it…
Sanity about Vietnam
Doug Clifton, Vietnam vet, on the coverage of Bush & Kerry’s war records: So to Bush’s detractors: Why demean him for doing what anyone with any sense would have done? If you can escape getting shot at by an angry…
Bottom-up editing
Nicole offers a bit of novel advice: Get in the habit of doing one read on stories backward, starting with the last paragraph, then the second-to-last, etc. This will allow you to focus on the grammar and individual words rather…
Recommended reading
Seth Finkelstein has an interesting blog. He also has some of the best responses to my responses to Jay Rosen’s blog postings.
New blog for editors
I can still say I was first, but the obvious shortcomings of Prints the Chaff have no doubt inspired a newspaper editors’ blog for grownups who spell journalism with a capital J. This blog is for Global Journalism Issues and…
Why they call them Testy
Somebody over at Testy Copy Editors asked what people thought of capitalizing “spring break.” My favorite response: Bu-Gal is being asked to treat spring break as if it’s fuckin’ Ramadan. I empower her to hurl a dictionary in protest. Blanp…
Garage sale survivor stories
Jeff of Side Salad had a garage sale over the weekend. His take on loss-leader marketing: She came flying up in her compact car, got out and, with laser directness, went right for this frame with four $1 bills in…
Wasn’t every boy’s life like this?
Mondo Winkie on viola lessons: As the afternoon sun crept in through the giant windows, I would rockingly transform from a 9-year-old trying to figure out “Mary Had a Little Lamb” into Gene Simmons, jumping around the living room jamming…
Bail, bond, etc.
See Nicole’s refresher.