Note: This article first appeared here, on April 30, 2014. I’ve been avoiding writing about current events in these blog posts. This is a blog explaining my journalistic philosophy and hopes for the new website, which will be launched in a week or two. The new site will be full of the news and analysis...
It’s academic: engaging the university community
注意：本文首次出现在2014年4月29日。一些人将这个博客与我即将发布的新闻网站相混淆。但是它们是两件事。该博客是讨论新闻业问题，向更广泛的受众介绍自己的一些问题的平台，并在我做[…]时保持自己写作。
Real journalism is adversarial journalism
Note: This article first appeared here, on April 28, 2014. I grew up in Norfolk, Virginia in the heyday of journalism. The Virginian Pilot arrived on our doorstep before I woke up, and my dad, a US Marine, would read the paper at the breakfast table, while also listening to an all-news station on a […]
Why comment sections are the cesspool of the internet, and what I’m going to do about it
注意：本文首次出现在2014年4月26日。新闻媒体的许多问题（寡头，集中的企业所有权）的“业务”取向，反映了管理和所有权班级的世界观，同时忽略了这些关注点在劳动者中，具有“内部人士”身份的超级付费名人记者，报告使用虚假等效性[…]
Chasing web hits: media rope-a-dope leads to dumbed-down content
注意：本文首次出现在2014年4月25日。周三和周四，我与新闻媒体讨论了我的不安，依靠广告作为主要收入生成器。我认为，商业模式建立了抑制故事或调查可能对广告客户产生不利影响的问题。今天和周末，我想谈论广告如何[…]
Why we need a subscription-based news outlet
Note: This article first appeared here, on April 24, 2014. Yesterday I discussed my problems with advertorial, and explained that it was one reason why I left The Coast. The news site I’ll be launching in May will have no advertising, which addresses the problems that come along with with advertorial. But running an advertising-free news […]
Advertorial: an unnecessary evil
注意：这篇文章于2014年4月23日在这里首次发表。在2000年代初期，我担任俄勒冈州阿什兰市报纸《每日消息》的自由职业者。这是一个很好的工作，帮助我磨练了自己的技能，并建立了一个投资组合，这将使我从新闻业中获得职业。但 […]
I’m starting an on-line news site
Note: This article was first published here, on April 22, 2014. You couldn’t get rid of me that easily. Yes, I needed some time for myself. I went to California, spent my days walking on the beach, hiking in the mountains, hanging with my starlet friends in the sun. I haven’t been this relaxed in […]