Posts from ‘June, 2006’

Shooting War is a brilliant example of what could become a Web staple: graphic novels translated to a medium that is almost perfect for the genre. There’s a daily installment, and it’s addictive. This one posits an all-too-possible scenario of the future, which I won’t describe here. It’s heavy-handed at times, which is the point, […]

Slate’s Jack Shafer, in “Newspapers are dying, but the news is thriving,” writes: Newspapers whose readers are as much constituents as they are readers are the best bets to thrive as they decline. The Wall Street Journal and Financial Times will remain musts for a long time. Luckily for the (Washington) Post, it should continue […]

At the Sunlight Foundation, Bill Allison has been uncovering remarkable facts about House Speaker Dennis Hastert and his land dealings back home. Great reporting, and unpersuasive responses from Hastert’s defenders. Now the foundation is looking for citizen reporters to investigate the other members. Recommended if you have the inclination.

A terrific project called News21 — sponsored by two major foundations to help figure out the future of journalism education (and maybe journalism itself) — is under way. This is an important initiative, bringing in students and faculty from five major universities in a multi-year effort that involves some serious journalism about the intersection of […]

The Metro, a weekly paper in San Jose, asked me a bunch of questions, I answered them here.

Arrived for the second day, or part of it (I’m shuttling back to Supernova as well), of BloggerCon, and the session is all about tools. As promised, the audience is the expert panel, not a panel. Phil Torrone of Make magazine is a great MC. I’ve now learned about several podcasting tools I didn’t know […]

He’s not leaving the field, but the New York Times’ redeployment of Len Apcar, editor in chief of nytimes.com, to the International Herald Tribune — memo here on Poynter site — means that one of the newspaper business’ real online innovators will not be focusing on this arena. I hope this is what he wants. […]

The phone companies are behind a slew of anti-network neutrality TV ads I saw in Washington the other evening. It was unfortunate that their commercials, aimed at Congress and staffs on Capitol Hill, are designed not to enlighten but rather to obfuscate. An honest debate is not what we’re getting, sorry to say. And with […]

In a place with no access other than a much in-demand dialup from a central room (no phones in individual rooms!). More when I can get back online for more than few minutes.

Slate Magazine is celebrating its 10th anniversary, and I say congratulations. The online publication is cleverly headlining some essays by folks who explain, “What I Hate About Slate,” including in one case its “insufferable smugness,” by a writer who is occasionally insufferable himself in print. Slate, which I read frequently, is many things. Innovative is […]