Crashing on Twitter
Talk about Twitter as an emerging tool for breaking news reporting… first Mumbay and now this: plane crash play-by-play.
You edit: CNN reporter sees Russia from Alaska
CNN’s Gary Tuchman went all the way to the part of Alaska from when one can actually see Russia but the story sounds so slanted that it invites some copy-editing.
Old town lost, in digital pictures
Hurricane Ike rammed into my hometown of Gibara, Cuba. I have already seen images of the destruction, as some pictures are already making the rounds on the web since early Monday. Gibara used to be a prosperous old town, established in 1817. But the old charm may be hard to rescue this time.
Nobody Cares About Your Blog
A colleague tells me in an email that he cares about my blog. That’s a reference to a phrase I use as a shorcut to summarize my feelings about user generated content.
The 80s are calling… or maybe the end is near
What do a last minute invitation to a 70s/80s-themed party and the doomsday predictions for 2012 have in common?
Listening to cockpit conversations
Meet The Aviatrix. She flies, she blogs, and she has inadvertently done away with an old notion involving bad news and journalism.
Political Jibjab alert
The JibJab brothers are at it again, joining the political season with a new animated parody. And I had to find out about it nowhere other than the “old” media. Good old CNN, keeping me cool.
Amy’s Newspaper Challenge
My friend Amy Webb is angry at the newspaper industry and its seemingly contstant slashing of jobs and resources. She is now countering the wave of “tanking industry” stories with a challenge of her own. Being a child of TV, I do not yearn for the feel of paper in my hands as I know many people do. Frankly, I’d rather be browsing non-linearly than struggling with an unruly stack of newsprint. However, I do see the value that the newspaper culture can still offer to journalism.
Take Note: your blog may go mainstream
The massive quality of the mainstream media (on-line or off-line) is still a deciding factor in the public arena, possibly even more so all media could be made into digital stucco. Attention is the hot commodity.
Thinking like Ann Coulter?
This is how I found myself suddenly thinking like Ann Coulter. Well, not along the same line of thinking… more like using a similar thought process. So I thougt of making a dramatic statement and announced to my closest circle of friends that I was considering voting for John McCain in the general election. Only later I realized with amusement that I was not the only one vowing to manifest my outrage by crossing the party line.
