Jul
20
Wrapping up the weekend by clearing out the pick of four days worth of browser windows.
- Watts launches African-American channel. Interesting on a couple of levels, one being the plan to launch a news channel, the other being that I remember J.C. Watts as a silky smooth CFL quarterback.
- Pulitzer Prizes launch redesigned web site. It’s not spectacular looking, but the new site design makes it easy to get to the goodies.
- What’s your Sign Name? Interesting BBC word-and-video report on how deaf folk assign names to cut the amount of signing they have to do. It’s one of those pieces of journalism that open a whole new world to you.
- When the Star of the Story is Understanding Itself. Jay Rosen on something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately — journalism that explains. I highly recommend this piece.
- B.C. Court Orders Thousands in Damages over Web Libel. It’s actually about $180,000, and it’s a warning that publishing is publishing and libel is libel.
- Why publicize newspaper job cuts? An interesting piece at Alan Mutter’s Reflections of a Newsosaur on criticism of recent protests, by journalists, in Baltimore, and the coverage it drew. There are a number of scrappy comments, too, that are worth wading through.
- UK marketing budgets declining. They’re at the lowest point since 2001, which puts pressure on media, of course.
- Blog critics: A penny for your thoughts? Great Guardian piece and comments on the role of the critic in the age of bloggers. Great stuff.
Currently playing in iTunes: Habina by Rachid Taha
