注:本文首次出现在这里,4月2日9, 2014. A few people have confused this blog with my soon-to-be-launched news website. But they are two different things. This blog is a platform for discussing some issues in journalism, for introducing myself to a wider audience, and for keeping myself writing while I do […]
Real journalism is adversarial journalism
注:本文首次出现在这里,4月2日8, 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:本文首次出现在这里,4月2日6, 2014. Many of the problems of the news media—an oligopolistic, centralized corporate ownership, a “business” orientation that reflects the world view of the managerial and ownership classes while ignoring the concerns of working people, overpaid celebrity reporters with “insider” status, reporting that uses false equivalency to […]
Chasing web hits: media rope-a-dope leads to dumbed-down content
注:本文首次出现在这里,4月2日5, 2014. Wednesday and Thursday I discussed my unease with news media relying on advertising as the primary revenue generator. I argued that business model builds disincentives to cover stories or investigate issues that may adversely affect advertisers. Today and over the weekend I want to talk about how advertising […]
Why we need a subscription-based news outlet
注:本文首次出现在这里,4月2日4, 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
Note: this article was first published here, on April 23, 2014. In the early 2000s, I worked as a freelancer for the Daily Tidings, a newspaper in Ashland, Oregon. It was good work, and helped me hone my skills and build a portfolio that would allow me to make a career out of journalism. But […]
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 […]