Here’s an A-to-Z listing of essays about television shows. It must be OK, because it has this really swell page on Star Trek, though I did get a bit outraged at the “G” page: “Get Smart” but no “Gilligans Island?”…
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Talking demographics
Ross Fadner at MediaDaily News reports on a study of the reading patterns and technology usage by people various racial categories. Surprisingly, the results show that high tech device ownership, while highly correlated with income, does not alone explain users…
10 great online data sources
Charles Bowen at Editor & Publisher describes his top 10 sites for working journalists. One entry: Gary Price’s List of Lists. Even before USA Today popularized statistical snapshots of America, we journalists have always been hungry for lists. Price has…
And the 25 grand goes to…
The Michael Kelly Award will recognize “a reporter or editor whose work exemplifies a quality that animated Michael Kelly’s own career: the fearless expression and pursuit of truth.” How long till the blogosphere gets its panties in a knot because…
Juicy dig at NPR
Dan Kennedy in the Boston Phoenix, writing about the “liberal radio” network in the works. On the other hand, liberals do not live by NPR alone. Central Air?s best bet is to establish itself as the second spot on the…
Paris Hilton for prez?
Well, she’s already getting better ratings than the one we’ve got now. Come to think of it, what harm could it do to send Dubya to a farm in Arkansas for a month?
For last-minute shoppers
Sheila Lennon shares links to a hoard of holiday gift suggestions.
If you’ve ever heard the saying …
…” we didn’t have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of,” then this link is for you. KENNEWICK — Forced to clean up an increasing number of jugs and bags of human waste along…
Digging for news
Joe Adams’ “I Dig Answers” blog is mostly about using public records in Florida (which has about the best open-records laws anywhere) to find out stuff and keep people honest. Joe was chief of the Peninsula Bureau at the Tampa…
Talk about a scoop
The Virginian-Pilot tells how it broke the news of the Wright Brothers’ first successful attempt at powered flight. Even in 1903 the Wrights knew the value of manipulating the news: they wanted to give the exclusive to the paper back…