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Can a vanilla network yeild a neapolitan Internet experience?
The Internet tour guides whose job it is to notice and point out just exactly how the ‘Net has taken over our lives really like the term “Statusphere.” Now TechCrunch wants to know if this new -sphere can save journalism. … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Journalism
Tagged Facebook, Internet, opinion, social media, social networking, statusphere
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Is Web 2.0 for feminism? Am I?
The other night, after I poured some red wine out of a bottle whose cork had been pounded in rather than out, I made an incoherent remark about feminism. As the bottle was passed around and shared in tiny plastic … Continue reading
Like water in the bottle, these are the stories of our lives … ?
Right now, the overwhelming majority of online journalism is free. A lot of publishers, journalists, bloggers and editors would greatly prefer that news content not be free. For a lot of reasons, the most important one being that these people … Continue reading
Solid advice from on high
I agree with the Columbia law professor who says “To love Google, you have to be a little bit of a monarchist.” But I also agree with this comment Marissa Mayer made during this month’s U.S. Senate hearing on the … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Journalism
Tagged Google, Internet, monetization, opinion, U.S. Senate, USA
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Parwiz Kambakhsh: Not our fight?
Last night I watched Lord of War, a 2005 film in which Nicholas Cage stars as a witty arms dealer. I recommend the movie for its dry humor and quirky portrayal of illegal arms dealers. During the movie, Cage’s character … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism
Tagged Afghanistan, human rights, international, legal, opinion, politics
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My take on the U.S. Senate hearings: Why is taking money from industry less scary than taking government funds?
No new ideas were introduced during this month’s U.S. Senate hearings on the future of journalism. But I did find a few with which I disagree. This vanilla bit of insight from Arianna Huffington, first off, characterizes the essays on … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Journalism
Tagged business models, citizen journalism, David Simons, funding, Huffington, non-profit, opinion, testimony, U.S. Senate, USA
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Even in the nude, you can’t escape
I clicked on this France24 video hoping it might reveal something useful for me to think about when I take pictures. It didn’t. But the fashion photographer who was the central character in the video did say one quote that … Continue reading
CNN viewers still clueless…
There seemed to be a major dearth of international coverage on CNN this weekend. Granted, I don’t have a television in my apartment. But I did get in front of the tube for about 45 minutes Sunday at a local … Continue reading
Anti-piracy law fails in France (this time)
So glad to listen to this radio report: Radio France Internationale Laws like these, working through government monitoring groups and Internet Service Providers to block users who download copyrighted material without paying for it, seem preposterous. The laws seem to … Continue reading
“Job sprawl” can’t be good for news business
The Brookings Institution released a report Monday examining how close Americans live to their jobs: “In almost every major industry, jobs shifted away from the city center between 1998 and 2006. Of 18 industries analyzed, 17 experienced employment decentralization. Transportation … Continue reading