Author: tom

On the genius of Dr. Seuss

… and how we do ourselves few compliments by trying to walk in his shoes. Nicole and Clay agree we’re not exactly clever when we get all Seussian in regards to the “Cat in the Hat” movie. In deference to…

Enough with the Michael Jackson crap

Yesterday CNN devoted three hours of airtime to Michael Jackson arriving to be charged, leaving to return to Vegas, and physically returning to Vegas. As it was playing on the newsroom TV I erupted in a small of fit high…

Job update

Newspaper Association of America: Online editor Dolby Laboratories: Senior copy editor Entertaiment weekly: Associate editor Popular Science: Assistant editor Dallas Morning News: Assistant news editor San Jose Mercury News: Copy editors Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Features designer Bakersfield Californian: Assistant city editor…

Blogging 101

Five sure ways to drive up your hit count: Say nasty things about celebrities Say nasty things about politicians Say nasty things about the news media Say nasty things about Microsoft Say nasty things about Apple Anybody sense a pattern…

Resistance is futile

You will be converged. This is a story about how online newsies are finding their way back where they belong: in the newsroom with the rest of us losers.

Shaw on where the L.A. Times has improved

Journalismjobs.com interviews Los Angeles Times media critic David Shaw. JournalismJobs.com: Has the Los Angeles Times become a better paper since the Tribune Company acquired it in 2000 and John Carroll took over? David Shaw: I think the L.A. Times under…

More on nano in the news

NanoBot Howard Lovy links to reportage at a newspaper in Oregon that is dipping its toes into the nanotechnology story. The story is neither sexy nor funny; I just want to be able to say, in the year 2020, “oh,…