If you go to all the trouble of creating an April Fools page riffing on Romenesko: Please trouble yourself to make it funny.
On covering barbarism
I’ve had a lump in my throat most of the past 24 hours while trying to make sense of the Iraqi jubilation over the dead, burnt bodies of Americans. I can’t help wonder what moves people to such depravity, what…
Keeping up with Iraqi newsies
Iraq Press Monitor summarizes the latest newspaper stories. It seems reasonably neutral, which is saying something in a place where there’s so little of it. Link via editorsweblog.org.
More of the insufferable
My Banned for Life blog has been busy for the past week or so. Stop by for fresh evidence of stale usage if you haven’t lately.
Obligatory drunken Hunter Thompson link
The Doc favors Duke in the Final Four. Safe to say that Duke does not favor him, considering his shenanigans during an alleged lecture in the mid-70s. In his ESPN column, HST quotes George Plimpton’s account of the point where…
If you’re in Florida tomorrow
Try to make it to the University of Florida’s all-day symposium on Converged Journalism. The 2-3 p.m. session on blogging and journalism stars WashPostie Jennifer Balderama, ProJo online editor Sheila Lennon, L.A. Observed blogger Kevin Roderick, and moderator J.D. Lasica…