Posts on ‘August 1st, 2006’

Nicholas Lemann, dean at Columbia University’s journalism school, takes to the pages of the New Yorker to rehash the same old bloggers-v-journalists straw man, contributing practically nothing to this long-tired conversation, though he does come up with some interesting items from journalism history. The best responses: Steven Johnson, tired of this, too, briefly offers “Five […]

Here’s his introduction to the unconference session he’ll run next Monday, entitled “Above the Noise“.

The Real Estate Bubble Map is exactly the kind of thing I think Web mashups can do best.

Steve Garfield, a great videoblogger, will lead a session at next Monday’s Citizen Journalism Un-Conference. Here’s his summary of what we’ll discuss.

The police want to stop photography in public places; we need to resist.

Mel Gibson’s problems were accelerated by the Net.

The LA Times editors are in a tizzy about the prospect of advertising on their section fronts. Apparently they don’t read their own website.