journalism

We Deserve The Newspaper We Get

June 13, 2012

Feel my blinding anger at Brett Anderson being let go from The Times-Picayune when braying donkeys continue to pass for food writers and collect paychecks elsewhere. Because New Orleans isn’t a fraking mecca of food or anything. *** Three articles to consider. Put them together and draw your own conclusions. 1) The Gambit: After the [...]

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No News Is Not Always Good News

May 24, 2012

A conversation I find myself in more often of late. Me: “What is the purpose of this institution?” Answer: “To collect data / publish an independent, daily newspaper / offer the best in healthcare.” Me: “So, why were all the necessary data for analysis not collected / was a profitable Pulitzer-winning and much-needed city newspaper [...]

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A (Call And) Response To “White Savior Industrial Complex”

March 21, 2012

While appraising items made in, say, Sri Lanka, the Dominican Republic or China for purchase, I wonder who made it, under what conditions, how they live everyday and, almost concurrently, how this purse will look against a pair of slacks in my closet back at home or that hard drive will satisfy my space requirements, [...]

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Blogs, Newspapers, Your Arm, Whatever. Just Write.

January 21, 2011

Bora Zivkovic: “Not all bloggers want to be journalists.” Bora talks about science blogging in particular, but you could apply his explanation to any discipline. I’d like to add that those of us in New Orleans in late 2005 learned quickly that if we didn’t blog, many local and national journalists would write a limited [...]

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Liveblogging From RT4: The Ashleys!

August 22, 2009

This entry is part 7 of 8 in the series Rising Tide Conference 4Liveblogging as usual, so keep checking back here for updates.  Also follow the #risingtide and #rt4 hashtags on Twitter. The fourth annual Ashley Morris Award For Excellence In Blogging goes to … American Zombie!  Jacques Morial accepting on behalf of Dambala. Sinn [...]

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Liveblogging From RT4: New Orleans Institute Presentation

August 22, 2009

This entry is part 6 of 8 in the series Rising Tide Conference 4Liveblogging as usual, so keep checking back here for updates.  Also follow the #risingtide and #rt4 hashtags on Twitter. You want a citizen journal, you’ve got a citizen journal: Ariella Cohen talks to us about the New Orleans Institute and announces the [...]

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Liveblogging From RT4: Harry Shearer Keynote

August 22, 2009

This entry is part 3 of 8 in the series Rising Tide Conference 4Liveblogging as usual, so keep checking back here for updates.  Also follow the #risingtide and #rt4 hashtags on Twitter. Harry Shearer takes stage.  “I’m delighted to be anywhere, any time I’m in New Orleans.”  I can’t decide whether it’s Mr. Burns, Smithers [...]

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We Are With You

June 15, 2009

Pictures of protests in Iran and worldwide – Flickr set Juan Cole | Top Pieces of Evidence that the Iranian Presidential Election Was Stolen fivethirtyeight.com | Iran Does Have Some Fishy Numbers The Map Scroll | Reading The Geographical Tea Leaves In Iran – “Those don’t strike me as the sorts of events you’d expect [...]

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