Archive for July, 2008

links for 2008-07-31

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in general | No Comments »

The Internet: It’s sacred ground for free speech It was the second time that a congressional attempt to protect children from sexually explicit websites has failed to survive constitutional scrutiny. (tags: law) Disconnected: ... Read more..

Moderation guidelines for story comments: You like?

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in commenting | 1 Comment »

So, I go away for 12 days and a huge debate breaks out in the blogosphere about story comments, sparked by a curmudgeonly post on Gawker.com and Bob Garfield's "On ... Read more..

Soul-selling: Another way newspapers can be irrelevant

Monday, July 28th, 2008 Posted in general | No Comments »

Today is the last day of my vacation. I'm taking the kids to see Hancock. It happened to be easier to pick up the newspaper to check the movie times. ... Read more..

Gone fishin’ (and I mean that figuratively)

Thursday, July 17th, 2008 Posted in general | No Comments »

Getting ready for Margarita Night, for Crab House Night, for Pasta Night, for Boardwalk Night -- and a lot of beach time. Also planning to read David Sedaris' new book, ... Read more..

links for 2008-07-16

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in general | No Comments »

An open letter to Craigslist | ReinventingClassifieds.com Do we really want to trust our democracy to emasculated newspaper journalism, plus TV and radio news? (tags: journalism craigslist newspapers future classifieds stlt) New York ... Read more..

The debate over the ongoing utility of editors

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in staff | 2 Comments »

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I'm working on a colum for The American Editor about the future of editors in the news business. I've been working Google overtime ... Read more..

In a series: Do we still need editors today?

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 Posted in staff | 1 Comment »

I've been involved in an e-mail exchange with Jeff Jarvis over the issue of the utility of editors in this day and age. I'll post more about this before the ... Read more..

links for 2008-07-11

Friday, July 11th, 2008 Posted in general | No Comments »

Google as the new pressroom - BuzzMachine Jeff Jarvis offers more ideas for phasing out the layers of editing. Amen. (tags: newspapers journalism media) Spot the difference: AFP withdraws ‘digitally altered’ missile shot It ... Read more..