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To Tweet the Oscars is to watch the Oscars. Or is it?
[media-credit name="Jason Merritt/Getty Images" align="alignright" width="300"][/media-credit] Angelina's leg had its own Twitter account before it even left the red carpet. There are so many...
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Oscars season reminds us of great newspaper films of the past
There are no newspaper movies in the running for the best picture for the Oscars 2013, but that doesn’t stop me from reminiscing about the great newspaper movies of the past. Hoffman and Redford as...
View ArticleThe future of newspapers, circa 1981
Hat tip to openculture.com for highlighting this 1981 report from San Francisco television station KRON about the distant future, when your newspaper will be delivered to your home computer — taking...
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Can a husband have a husband? A wife a wife? The Associated Press weighs in.
[media-credit name="Sandra Mu, Getty Images" align="aligncenter" width="495"][/media-credit]Can a wife have a wife? The AP says she can. So, after some weeks of back-and-forth over what journalists...
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Putting the “free” in freelance: Should writers write for nothing?
[media-credit name="Scott Eells/Bloomberg" align="aligncenter" width="495"][/media-credit] Money. It’s the root of all journalistic woes. There’s been much ado on the internet this week about “free”...
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Digital vs. Print. It’s the message, not the medium. Isn’t it?
[media-credit name="Denver Post" align="alignright" width="140"][/media-credit] This is one of our platforms. Some readers like it best. My, but we do spend a lot of time in the newsroom looking for...
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“Illegal immigrant” is struck from the Associated Press Stylebook
[media-credit name="Jorge Duenes/Reuters" align="aligncenter" width="495"][/media-credit] Immigrants hide from a border patrol vehicle while waiting a chance to cross into the United States at the...
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Friday Fun: The case of the recurring Hollywood newspaper
[media-credit name="Fox" align="alignright" width="270"][/media-credit] OK, this is a couple years old (or more) but it’s still kind of fun. A thread on Reddit was the first to expose Hollywood’s most...
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