One of the benefits of having no readers is that no one will be impatiently demanding that I have all my ducks in a row while I continue to get the new site up and running. I’d say I’m about 80 percent of the way there. I have a few design features I need to […]
Amidst the shock and tragedy of last week’s bridge collapse in Minneapolis, journalists around the country embraced the power of computer-assisted reporting to enhance their reporting. One such reporter compiled a cool list of many of the great stories they produced.
Some of the praise for this response is owed to IRE and its database library. […]
From my old Web site’s bio:
There are times when I wonder what I’ve gotten into by becoming a journalist.
When I spent 11 hours a day working as a laborer for a story only to go to my temporary home with its shabby little bed in a rooming house, I pondered whether my reporting would make […]
I can think of no better way to launch this new experiment in blogging than to sadly note the passing of an icon of American journalism. As it was reported earlier this week, the venerable Weekly World News will soon go dark. This fine purveyor of insane fictional columnists and alien abductions has entertained shoppers […]
