Tag Archives: opinion

Can a vanilla network yeild a neapolitan Internet experience?

Posted on July 7, 2009 by Kathlyn

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 →

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Is Web 2.0 for feminism? Am I?

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Kathlyn

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 →

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Like water in the bottle, these are the stories of our lives … ?

Posted on June 3, 2009 by Kathlyn

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 →

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Solid advice from on high

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Kathlyn

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 →

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Parwiz Kambakhsh: Not our fight?

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Kathlyn

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 →

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My take on the U.S. Senate hearings: Why is taking money from industry less scary than taking government funds?

Posted on May 14, 2009 by Kathlyn

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 →

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Even in the nude, you can’t escape

Posted on May 6, 2009 by Kathlyn

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 →

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CNN viewers still clueless…

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Kathlyn

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 →

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Anti-piracy law fails in France (this time)

Posted on April 11, 2009 by Kathlyn

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 →

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“Job sprawl” can’t be good for news business

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Kathlyn

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 →

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