Content tagged journalism
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Great series of articles on life and religion in the Middle East. (The two most recent articles on love and marriage in Saudi Arabia are especially good.) gulfstream/2436
Malcolm Gladwell calls bullshit on crimanal profilers. Are they really any better than psychics? gulfstream/2348
Are bloggers journalists? “… bloggers play games with definitions as well, choosing whatever identity suits them at the moment. In a case … gulfstream/1706
I don’t have any particularly strong feelings for or against Susan Sontag, but this strikes me as a particularly vulgar reminiscence. (Especially … gulfstream/1720
Editing “journalism’s greatest prankster,” Hunter S. Thompson. gulfstream/1773
“Nobody dumbs down the finance pages. Imagine the fuss if I tried to stick the word ‘biophoton’ on a science page without explaining what … gulfstream/1833
John Seigenthaler’s Wikipedia entry was wrong for 132 days, which makes him unhappy. gulfstream/1893
Great, informative, exchange between Valerie Lawson, the author of a book on the creator of Mary Poppins (Pamela Travers) and The New Yorker. … gulfstream/1956
Amongst journalists, Tab is an improbably popular drink. gulfstream/1961
Good news, bad news: BBC news stories classified by mood. gulfstream/2005
James Surowiecki says the newspaper business is still a decent business to be in: whilst there’s no potential for extreme growth (unlike high-tech stocks, … gulfstream/2036
History of The New Yorker via the recently-released CD anthology. Less than affectionate; attempts to diminish. (e.g. “The New Yorker is the only magazine … gulfstream/2089
Reviews of street fashion photo blogs. Big ups The Satorialist (suitably). gulfstream/2120
Profile of Malcolm Gladwell. Whilst working at the Washington Post, he won a competition with a fellow reporter over who would be first to get the phrase … gulfstream/2219
Porn-maker Sam Stern's journal (the contents page) is very good, although it does take a few readings to figure out the right way to approach his … gulfstream/827
Nate Thayer’s Baghdad diary. Bagdad is seems to be getting more volatile, and more defiant. (Thayer seems to specialise in “extreme” journalism—it … gulfstream/1087
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Confessions of a Car Salesman
nice, long, article by undercover car salesman
Poynter Online - <i>L.A. Times</i> Photographer Fired Over Altered Image
LA Weekly
the right still has fun, the left, not so much
Jennifer 8. Lee - The New York Times
Natalie Angier - The New York Times
village voice > news > The Rejection Connection by Dan Schulman
Charlotte Observer Photographer Fired For Altering Colors
The Village Voice fires a famous music critic. By Jody Rosen - Slate Magazine
on Robert Christgau, including nice analysis of his tight review of radiohead's kid a
Religion beat became a test of faith - Los Angeles Times
Times to Stop Charging for Parts of Its Web Site - New York Times
