April 2011
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“The last nearly 20 years has made solitude — real solitude — a much...”
– Jonathan Franzen
March 2011
2 posts
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How does the reporter refer to himself?
This was a question I often grappled with in the newsroom. And I think it may confront journalists today, in an age where interacting with your readers and putting a “face” to your byline is highly focalized, a lot more than it did in the past. The truth is, I don’t know the answer, and I believe it is still one that befuddles even the most veteran reporters.
And because...
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NYTimes graphic attractively illustrates...
I recently noticed NYTimes' interactive
feature, "Extracting Natural Gas From Rock,"
which elegantly, and without missing a
step, illustrates the drilling method
that has thrust the natural gas industry
into a renaissance but also come under fire
(quite literally)for reportedly being unsafe and contaminating
folks' drinking water.
Hydraulic fracturing, or simply...
October 2009
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WatchMarry me, A.C.
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CONNEE BOSWELL — “BELL BOTTOM...
“I labor by singing light
Not for ambition or bread
Or the strut and trade of...”
– Dylan Thomas