March 2012
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“Apple, apparently, won’t carry an ebook that contains a link to buy a hardcover...”
– Seth Godin on Apple blocking his book from being sold through iTunes. Source: http://www.thedominoproject.com/2012/02/who-decides.html
February 2012
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Poetry of Code Meets Code of Poetry →
I’ll admit it, the term “code poets” is charming.
futurejournalismproject:
Via Wired:
Artist and engineer Ishac Bertran has launched a project that invites people to submit poetry written in any coding language. These code poems will be considered for publication in a book.
A code poem is simply a poem written in any programming language including C++, HTML, C#, SQL,...
“A particular feature of the current Occupy moment, coming as it has after a...”
– A great look at how journalist arrests at Occupy protests impact who and how the movement is covered. (Written by one of the journalists who was arrested)
How to Chill the Independent Journalist : CJR
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““For those of you keeping score, none of the individuals who engaged in or...”
– NYT: Blurred Line Between Espionage and Truth
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/27/business/media/white-house-uses-espionage-act-to-pursue-leak-cases-media-equation.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&pagewanted=all
“Journalism is always the art of the incomplete.”
– Interrogating the NY Times’ Anthony Shadid | Mother Jones
“The list is the origin of culture. It’s part of the history of art and...”
– Umberto Eco on lists and making infinity comprehensible (via curiositycounts)
Hands On! A Community Skills Fair →
inspiringcity:
Sustainable NE Seattle has organized a community skills fair for the city for the low cost of $15 ($20 at the door). Classes offered include everything from resume improvement to basic electricity repair to cheese making.
I love venues where communities can come together to share knowledge, skills and ideas. This kind of public and collaborative education is vital all the...
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Before Marie Colvin died in Syria, she had one... →
These issues are rarely discussed in such emotional and human terms. Too often we debate paywalls and business models as if it all amounted to little more than columns on a spreadsheet. This is a reminder of the complexities of these issues.
shortformblog:
But Ms. Colvin’s frustrations were also more particular than that: she worried that her accounts of indiscriminate bombing by forces loyal...
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Collecting Moments
This afternoon Nick Bilton posted a lovely piece on collecting air in his various travels. Alex Howard followed that with a piece on collecting stories. Both of which made me think about the way that many of my poems attempt to collect moments. These snapshots are mostly short poems capturing moments in time, in which I try to evoke the wholeness of a moment.
I mostly write these for myself, and...
“For we journalists have proven to be terrible, irresponsible stewards of the...”
– Jeff Jarvis on why he teaches the business of journalism. Profitable news « BuzzMachine
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Charges dropped for 14 #OWS defendants that... →
So far, 174 of the 686 cases in which charges were brought have resulted in dismissals. The percentage of dismissals is higher among people who were issued summonses, in a process akin to receiving a traffic ticket, compared with those who were issued desk appearance tickets, which defense lawyers said typically involved fingerprinting and photographing the recipient.
In the instances in which...
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“My bottom line has always been: how can people understand their real
choices...”
– Ellen Hume / http://civic.mit.edu/blog/ehume/the-future-of-news
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» Quantifying impact: A better metric for... →
“If metric goals are defined by executives, the business department and top editors, how can we build a bridge between the business reality and journalism reality? Where’s the middle where the two meet?”
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The Digital Road to Egypt’s Revolution →
Interestingly, gadget blog Engadget also covered a year of tech in Egypt today.
atavist:
A year after the Egyptian revolution that inspired the world, we know only fragments of the story. Who set the pieces in place, particularly for the massive uprising of January 25, and how did they do it?
An interactive timeline based on The Instigators.
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“As the number of people who are out on the street with cell phones that record...”
– How journalists can protect themselves & the news they’ve gathered if arrested on the job | Poynter.
Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger takes pay cut →
So, the Guardian editor takes pay cut, while last year Gannet’s CEO cut 700 jobs & doubled his own pay. http://t.co/AkOHaft5
“Nobody is telling male reporters to stay home despite the fact that they have...”
– Lauren Wolfe, journalist and director of Women Under Siege, in my interview with her (which can and should be read in full here). (via thepoliticalnotebook)
“It’s not baby-sitting when Daddy does it. Who wouldn’t agree with that? The U.S....”
– Last year I wrote a post on “Playing Mr. Mom versus Being a Dad” which took aim at precisely the double standard exhibited in this new research by the Census Bureau.
The notion that when mothers care for children it is “parenting” and when fathers do it is “child...
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The Algorithm Method : CJR →
Algorithmic journalism, public journalism, participatory journalism. What kind of democratic media do we want?
“Why is marking a book indispensable to reading it? First, it keeps you awake —...”
– Loved this quote — I always read with a pen in my hand and even have a somewhat elaborate code of marks and notes I use in the margins of books.
Marginalia and the Yin-Yang of Reading and Writing | Brain Pickings