December 2009
Interestingly, This is EXACTLY How We Talk to Our...
newsweek:
This story, from Tucson Weekly, about the suspension of the managing editor of the University of Arizona Daily Wildcat, is about 18 kinds of awesome. But this exchange, as reported by the managing editor, Shain Bergan, is the best part:
Alex: Shain, you’re done. You can’t dictate your own story from outside the newsroom. Shain: What are you talking about? Alex: No, that’s it! I’m...
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N-JOY
Predictions for Minnesota media in 2010
Lots of people are doing their end-of-year round ups and predictions and all that, so I thought I’d weigh in, too.
From what I’m seeing and reading, 2010 is poised to be the year that the undead institutions of zombie economy run out of live humans and finally start to fall, and that includes some local media outlets.
Some of these predictions might seem aggressive, but when it comes...
WatchAndrew WK: tiny desk concert
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We’re back on the Flak Radio wagon, and...
“The most lethal example, of course, were the two illusions marketed to us on the...”
– Frank Rich looks back at the last ten years
I keep trying to write something that sums up the decade for me, and Rich hits on the first one, America’s complicit buy in to naked emperors — two is the explosion of hi tek, and three is the fiasco of leadership by the Boomers — but I...
“SIMMONS
This topic can even extend to Hollywood. Sandra Bullock is still...”
– Grantski send over this just awesome exchange between Bill Simmons and Malcolm Gladwell on ESPN.com
“Avatar imaginatively revisits the crime scene of white America’s...”
– Very interesting take on Avatar at io9 by Annalee Newitz
Interview with Mark Coatney of Newsweek Magazine's...
In case you haven’t seen it, Newsweek magazine has a pretty kick ass tumblr blog.
The work of Newsweek Senior Articles Editor Mark Coatney, the tumblr re-frames Newsweek’s content with a fresh voice on an independent and emerging - and ultimately fun - platform.
Coatney, who posted his motivations for starting a tumblr here, answered some more questions about the site over email.
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“Perhaps the problem with viral marketing is that the disease metaphor is...”
– Is the Tipping Point Toast? a must read for digital folks
other future of news (#ofon)
mylowercase:
over the weekend i spoke at the other future of news conference in minneapolis (the conference was a response to MPR’s future of news conference). i am really glad to have been a part of this, and look forward to future discussions.
my presentation was based on the trends of the changing demographics in minnesota mostly derived from observations and a recent report by katherine...
Why your news site design sucks and how to fix it
View more presentations from Justin Heideman.
I’d like to put together a decent recap of the #ofon event, but I’m still worn out from it.
In the meantime, look through Justin’s awesome presentation.
LOL/OMG →
marrina:
Yes, that is the name of a new project I’ve been working on with the peeps from l’etoile. I hope you have fun with it! if you have anything you would like to contribute, just shoot us an email..we would love to hear form you..
I <3 this.
“Because one does not simply buy a gun and walk into the woods expecting to find...”
– Gamblin’ Chuck Terhark wonders why localvores and hunters aren’t sleeping with each other more
Google Explains "Living Stories" →
This is pretty much what happens at bring.mn, except bring also has spots for social media and radio distribution.
