PopSci’s Apple iPad Hands On, and what the magic tablet means for us
Apple iPad Hands On | Popular Science PopSci’s hands-on impressions with the Ipad. There’s already been more than enough coverage of one of the most-hyped gadgets of all time (after the Iphone?), and it was never going to be able to live up to that hype. Other commenters have already noted its notable flaws (no […]
Entrenched Journalistic Practices (and Charlie Booker’s “anatomy of a newscast”)
I recently came across some discussion about whether newspapers and TV news shows couldn’t take some tips from things like blogs and online video in order to focus more on the news story and less on some of the less important reporting around it. One piece (which I’ve had trouble locating since) deconstructed a typical […]
The Story Behind the Story – The Atlantic (October 2009)
The Story Behind the Story – The Atlantic (October 2009) . Great article in the Atlantic on reporting in the “post-journalistic” age: “With journalists being laid off in droves, ideologues have stepped forward to provide the “reporting” that feeds the 24-hour news cycle. The collapse of journalism means that the quest for information has been […]