Category Archives: The Human Condition
Blogs and Web logs
John Naughton, on the difference between writing for Web and writing for print:
The other difference between writing for print and writing for one’s blog is that there comes a moment with the print essay when it has to be ‘finished’ and dispatched to the sub-editors: there’s an ‘end-point’, in other words. But, in a sense, [...]
Citizen journalism has a cost
Normally, I’m pretty gung-ho for social media and citizen journalism. I really do believe that journalism isn’t some high-and-mighty, elitist profession. Real people with drive and curiosity can report news and write analysis, regardless of their educations.
As such, citizen reporting is a good thing because I generally think “the more information to work with, the [...]
Also posted in New Media Tagged citizen journalism, decency, humanity, Paul Carr, privacy, TechCrunch Comments closed
Much healthcare coverage ignores Everyman’s needs
Washington Post Ombudsman Andrew Alexander says that readers are crying out for more basic coverage of healthcare reform that focuses on how it affects normal people, not on the political maneuvering.
Also posted in New Media, Print Culture Tagged down-to-earth, Everyman, healthcare, healthcare reform, journalism, primers, public service journalism, reporting Comments closed
Not since the Greeks...
We are in the middle of a literacy revolution, the like of which has not been since since the Greeks invented writing in the first place, says Standford writing and rhetoric professor Andrea Lunsford.
Also posted in New Media, Social Networking Tagged Andrea Lunsford, Clive Thompson, composition, education, New Media, Social Networking, wired, writing Comments closed
Michael Becker has been blogging about academia, digital culture and journalism since 2005. He is the Web editor of the
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