Category Archives: Journalism Stuff

The Washington Post is not having the best week they’ve ever had. Sunday: “If I could, I would repeal the Internet.”  And “…the Internet’s benefits are relatively modest compared with previous transformative technologies.”  In a column supposedly about economics. Monday: … Continue reading →

Colleagues, There have been some misunderstandings about the latest bargaining update, and I don’t think it completely captures the tone of the negotiations, so I decided to commandeer the email list and blog to give you some more specific details … Continue reading →

A while back David Simon, creator of the only two TV shows set in Baltimore ever, said that “the whole [newspaper] industry will continue to collapse until everyone swallows hard and goes behind a paywall.” Why and how he’s hilariously … Continue reading →

Bloggers don’t exist. Established media types have tried to draw a distinction between “journalists” and “bloggers” since blog became a word.  Whether it’s out of elitism, ignorance or protectionism isn’t clear and mostly irrelevant, but it boils down to the … Continue reading →