…never let a columnist have their own blog.
I believe that it takes a very strong following for an individual to carry a blog based on their wit or observations alone. Most successful blogs are topic driven, not personality driven.
Are there exceptions? Probably, but more often that not a columnist writing about random issues will [...]
Monthly Archives: December 2007
If I ran a newspaper I’d….. (#2)
12/27/2007 – 3:08 pm
Why all journalists should quit
12/22/2007 – 10:58 pm
If you have a pulse and a feed reader, you probably have heard of (or subscribed to) Boing Boing. Recently they posted an LA Times article about how striking writers are exploring their own start ups.
This got me thinking, here are skilled workers who realize that they may be able to get along fine without [...]
The 6 articles I used for this site’s new design
12/22/2007 – 6:24 am
As you can see, I’ve done some winter cleaning for the site. I won’t bore anyone with the technical details, I just want to say that I tested the new design in as many browsers and setups as possible, and I hope it’s easier to navigate. A lot of the content on the [...]
My winter break to do list
12/15/2007 – 7:32 am
Hear that?
That’s the sound of thousands of college students exhaling as finals week draws to a close. After a weekend in Jersey, I’ll be back in Philadelphia with the following tasks on my plate:
A new Temple-News.com: at the Temple News we have been quietly working on a few changes to our site. If all goes [...]
Call B.S. then get a job
12/5/2007 – 10:53 pm
Robert Niles over at the Online Journalism Review wrote an excellent post about journalism students and why “fake” news shows matter.
In summary, he said that the reason people enjoy The Daily Show and The Colbert Report is that they have the balls to call political and governmental figures on their BS. This is, in part, [...]