Using Social Media “Metrics” In Political Reporting (And 4 Reasons Why That...
In their rush to drag typical "horse race" style political reporting kicking and screaming into the social media age, many journalists and the news organizations they work for are falling into a...
View ArticleWhy I Unfriended You On Facebook
About a year ago I de-activated my Facebook account for a couple of months and then, before I started really using it again, aggressively culled many of my Facebook “friends”. Here's how (and why).
View ArticleLet’s Teach Coders to Write
If we want to teach more people to code, we need more coders to explain what they do and how they do it.
View ArticleThe End of Interns
I’ve been thinking a lot about interns recently. Specifically, the word “intern” and what it implies.
View ArticleHow To Make Nocino
Nocino is a liqueur made from green (unripe) black walnuts. Here's how I made mine.
View ArticleThe Books I Read in 2017
In 2017 I wanted to re-establish a daily habit of reading more books and set a fairly ambitious goal of reading a book a week. Additionally, I wanted to read more fiction (I tend to read mostly...
View ArticleTowards a Better Definition of Curation in Journalism
Let's not confuse curation with aggregation: an argument for why curation (in the traditional sense) is needed in journalism.
View ArticleTweets and Longreads: The Long and Short of the Future of News Consumption
We would all be better served if content creators covered things like breaking news, internet memes, etc. exclusively in short-form, without the expectation of compensation while at the same time...
View ArticleFor @SCOTUSblog, Slow and Steady Wins the Race
In this particular case of Bloggers v. Journalists. I'm handing this round solidly to the bloggers. (Just kidding...sort of).
View ArticleExciting Career News, Investigative Journalism Edition
Today is my first day as Director of Technology with the Investigative News Network.
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