Even the revolution needs good grammar
In 2007, I volunteered to be an editor for the Queeruption zine. I had friends involved in the organizing and friends attending, and while it wasn’t my scene, I wanted to support the mission of building community and empowering queer activism. The zine was, well, a classic zine: handmade and rough around the edges. The … Read more
Macon Money: Social Games Meets Social Impact
Macon Money, a Knight Foundation-funded social-impact game aimed at strengthening community ties and bolstering economic revitalization in Macon, Ga., got a writeup this week in the Nieman Journalism Lab blog. Interesting read that touches on civic engagement and media business models. Read the whole story
“Cultivating the Landscape of Innovation in Computational Journalism”
I’m announcing my intent to read a few more times, and then blog about, this paper: “Cultivating the Landscape of Innovation in Computational Journalism.”
E.B. White on Sponsorship: poisoning the media well?
The Letters of Note blog has a wonderful three-letter piece up today featuring E.B. White’s criticism of “sponsored content” in the magazine business and other print media (in response to a Xerox-sponsored feature in Esquire magazine), and a corresponding elegy to a free, independent press that serves the public.
High Line miscellany
I’ve been a casual cross-country observer of New York’s High Line project for some time. I must have read about it in Metropolis magazine, back in 2004/2005, when I was a religious cover-to-cover reader. But the fame of the project seems to have reached a fever pitch over the last few months, and I’m constantly seeing little … Read more
Journalism’s responsibility to the public
“[I]t’s important to remember that the public is our primary stakeholder, and we wanted to emphasize that. It’s critical that we earn and preserve the trust of our sources and subjects of coverage, but it’s always most vital to tell the public what we know to be true.” —Matt Thompson, Editorial Product Manager at NPR
We’re Too Broke to Bike
“Bicycling is, in much of the car-centric U.S., either a privilege or a punishment. That’s why more women aren’t bicycling. It isn’t because we’re fearful and vain; it’s because we’re busy and broke and our transportation system isn’t set up for us to do anything but drive.”
Home Is Where Your Books Are
My friend Aneesa made this sweet stop motion video. I love it, and I thought, why not get back on the blogging bandwagon with a fun little shortie like this? Click through to check it out. You won’t be sorry.
Can We Please Get Some Better Reporting on Students & Tech?
Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction is the latest NYT piece pondering the perplexing challenge of technology in modern society, this time with a focus on students. This is an endlessly fascinating topic to me, but I’m always very frustrated with what passes for journalism in these stories.
