December 2011
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November 2011
2 posts
Stuart Gibson | PHOTODONUTS PHOTOGRAPHY... →
August 2011
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Italy's 'Ndrangheta Mafia: A Powerful Ally for the... →
July 2011
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May 2011
5 posts
L.A. Now switches to Facebook commenting system →
latimes:
L.A. Now is our breaking local news section. Why are we switching to Facebook comments? Jimmy Orr, the managing editor of latimes.com, explained when we began rolling out Facebook comments in March:
Having our site built on different content management systems provides some hurdles. One is our commenting system — there’s not much uniformity.
Some of our stories require registration;...
Official Department of Defense Narrative of Bin... →
soupsoup:
On orders of the president, a small U.S. team assaulted a secure compound in an affluent suburb of Islamabad to capture or kill Osama bin Laden. The raid was conducted with U.S. military personnel assaulting on two helicopters. The team methodically cleared the compound, moving from room to room in an operation lasting nearly 40 minutes. They were engaged in a firefight throughout...
April 2011
5 posts
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Kentucky Derby Day, Hunter S. Thompson this... →
March 2011
5 posts
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“While Libya is a first-tier humanitarian problem, it is, at most, a seventh-tier...”
– Jeffrey Goldberg on why Libya is a seventh-tier problem for America—and on the seven issues that should matter more (via theatlantic)
November 2010
1 post
“The tide was low and the waves turned crisp black faces toward the shore while...”
– Kem Nunn from “Tapping the Source”
October 2010
1 post
“… take more chances and you’ll succeed more often”
– http://www.copyblogger.com/creativity-killers/
September 2010
6 posts
“Optimist only sees doughnut. Pessimist sees hole.”
– Charlie Chan
LATISM Launches Year-Long Tour of the California... →
8/26 #LATISM Party: English, Spanish, Spanglish:... →
Timepiece: Delivering a Message →
Illegal immigrants sparked large brush fire,... →
“… Seal Beach, for instance, may be knee-high and gentle as a rabbit one...”
– Author Peter Heller describing the spirit of a wave in “Kook: What Surfing Taught Me About Love, Life and Catching the Perfect Wave”
August 2010
16 posts
Surphace | Home →
“The purpose of the first sentence of a radio story is to get people to listen to...”
– Craig Curtis, program director of KPCC, talking about writing for radio.
“The ear loves repetition. The eye loves variety.”
– Craig Curtis, program director at KPCC, comparing writing for the radio to writing for print.
“The most useful man on a newspaper is one who can edit.”
– Adolph Ochs in a speech at the Columbia School of Journalism in 1925. He described the copy editor as a “news digester” who had a duty “to go through the process of elimination, saving the newspaper space and the reader time.”
Daily Routines: Ernest Hemingway →
Ernest Hemingway concluded his writing for the day right as he was hitting his stride. That way, he could plant the seeds for some of his best ideas in the afternoon and reap the bounty the next morning, before he was truly warmed up.
“Our duty is to keep the universe thoroughly posted concerning murders and street...”
– Mark Twain
Caught a few good waves at Santa Monica tonight despite the choppy conditions and knee-high surf.
WBUR app inches public radio toward mobile... →
Cuts in California - Interactive Feature -... →
Tensions Flare Over Proposed Mosque on Staten... →
The Designer’s Guide to Taking Better Photos |... →
“Catledge’s honeyed southern accent and cherubic face belied a steely will.”
– City Room by Arthur Gelb about legendary New York Times journalist Turner Catledge
How The Guardian is pioneering data journalism... →
The Journalist's Toolbox: Copy Editing Archives →
Results From Our Survey Of NPR Facebook Fans : Go... →
NPR is Goldilocks when it comes to posting frequency. Just over seven in ten respondents (72.6%) said NPR publishes just the right amount of posts to our page each day – around 8-10 posts on average….
What I Read: Jay Rosen | The Atlantic Wire →
July 2010
15 posts
The best magazine articles ever →
10 tips for writing an impactful blog post |... →
Top Secret America | washingtonpost.com →
YouTube - Direct's Channel →
Two-Way Stuff →