How should journalists admit their mistakes?
News flash: Journalists are human beings. They make mistakes. They get it wrong from time to time. Despite what your cranky uncle tells you at Thanksgiving dinner, most journalists don’t intentionally mislead their readers or viewers. They work hard to get things right. As hard as they try, mistakes are inevitable. Sometimes a source gets...
How should journalists admit their mistakes?
News flash: Journalists are human beings. They make mistakes. They get it wrong from time to time. Despite what your cranky uncle tells you at Thanksgiving dinner, most journalists don’t intentionally mislead their readers or viewers. They work hard to get things right. As hard as they try, mistakes are inevitable. Sometimes a source gets...
My latest Storify: Mexican Cartel Violence Reaches Ugly New Level
Storify, a social media curation tool, is pretty neat. It lets you to create a compendium of a particular story by bringing in tweets, news stories, Flickr photos and video and adding a bit of your own context. It has its pros and cons – concisely laid out by 10,000 Words back in May –...
My latest Storify: Mexican Cartel Violence Reaches Ugly New Level
Storify, a social media curation tool, is pretty neat. It lets you to create a compendium of a particular story by bringing in tweets, news stories, Flickr photos and video and adding a bit of your own context. It has its pros and cons – concisely laid out by 10,000 Words back in May –...
What the New York Times was supposed to look like May 2
The news that Osama Bin Laden has reportedly been killed in a Pakistani compound this weekend reverberated around the world in a matter of minutes the night of May 1, prompting ad hoc celebrations in cities across the U.S. and creating a field day for journalists everywhere. Many of us journalism nerds were eagerly awaiting...
Photojournalism shines in Japan
The tragedy unfolding in Japan is beyond comprehension, with the latest estimates putting the death toll at more than 10,000 people. Stories of rescue workers coming across thousands of bodies, and the populations of entire towns along Japan’s northeastern coast reported missing have become all too common over the last few days. As a writer,...
Coming to terms with SEO
Something in me squirms whenever someone talks or writes about SEO. Although I know people who are fluent in the arts of search engine optimization, it evokes a dirty feeling me. It makes me think about things like Associated Content or Demand Media or even the Huffington Post. There may be quality content somewhere within...
Why I like the New York Times Magazine redesign
There has been a lot of talk in recent days about the debut of the revamped New York Times Magazine, and as a Sunday subscriber I’ll admit that I was looking forward to it as well. Where I normally wake up groggy on a Sunday morning, stumble down the three flights of stairs at my...
What’s with media self-censorship?
What is with the self-censorship of the American news media? This question isn’t new to avid news junkies or even American journalists, who admit among themselves and occasionally in public that there are certain subjects that are not to be addressed in the pages of this country’s major newspapers, magazines and broadcast from the...
Why I like the New York Times Magazine redesign
There has been a lot of talk in recent days about the debut of the revamped New York Times Magazine, and as a Sunday subscriber I’ll admit that I was looking forward to it as well. Where I normally wake up groggy on a Sunday morning, stumble down the three flights of stairs at my...
What’s with media self-censorship?
What is with the self-censorship of the American news media? This question isn’t new to avid news junkies or even American journalists, who admit among themselves and occasionally in public that there are certain subjects that are not to be addressed in the pages of this country’s major newspapers, magazines and broadcast from the...