Macrolog: Media & Journalism
Missing in Action Wed 19 Oct 2005
Out for a walk this morning with the iPod, I was listening to a recent episode of On The Media which just happened to feature a short interview with former...
Oh My News, Where Art Thou? Wed 24 Aug 2005 | 2 Comments
I’ve been trying to find information — any information — about an alleged suicide attempt at my local DART station this afternoon. Whether it was a suicide attempt or not...
The Day After Fri 08 Jul 2005
It’s the day after. Just one day, 24 little hours, but it feels like a lot longer, what with everything that I’ve seen and read, all the startling images from...
Oversight Mon 27 Jun 2005
From the regularly insightful Design Observer: The Daily Telegraph has won the prestigious UK Newspaper Design of the Year award for 2005, also known as “The Quark Award.” Quark, Inc....
On Fire Sat 04 Jun 2005 | 4 Comments
So the class magazine that a small but dedicated group of us have been working very hard on over the last ten weeks has at last been sent to the...
Interview with Blake Norton Mon 07 Feb 2005
Today is your lucky day. Not only do you get something new to read, but you also get something to listen to — namely, the radio programme I made from...
Weblogs in Jeopardy? Sat 04 Dec 2004 | 1 Comments
The story goes like this. Popular and influential weblogger Jason Kottke — who for the past few months has been following the saga of history-making Jeopardy! contestant Ken Jennings on...
Media Standards Slipping Sun 03 Feb 2002
Something interesting (c/o Lot 49): News coverage immediately after the Sept. 11 attacks was based on solid sources and "just the facts," but media standards have since slipped, a...
Is Journalistic Integrity a Thing of the Past? Sat 19 Jan 2002
CNN Chairman Walter Isaacson sent a memo to his staff asking them to downplay Afghan civilian casualties, saying it was "perverse to focus too much on the casualties or...
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