Month: October 2008

  • Training to be Editor of the Public

    Back when I was taking journalism courses (a dimly remembered pre-Googlian time before the dawn of the modern age of technology), we were taught about writing inverted pyramid stories, AP style, the basics of libel and First Amendment law, journalism ethics and the strange hieroglyphics of copying editing on paper (talk about lost arts). Many…

  • Getting wired in Nashville for the debate Tuesday

    Photo by Paul Chenoweth. His factoid: If you placed all of the wiring in the Media Filing Tent end-to-end and repeated that 88 times…it would extend from Nashville to Moscow, Russia. He’s documenting all the activity in getting ready for the persidential debate at Belmont University on flickr. Some wonderful behind the scenes photos there.…

  • Stats after three quarters: Three of the 10 top keywords include sex

    Here’s a look at some Random Mumblings’ stats through three quarters from Google Analytics. Thanks for visiting and thanks for linking! If you don’t subscribe to my feed, consider it.Summary: Pageviews: 116,147Average pageview per visit: 1.29Visits: 90,369, or 326 a dayAbsolute unique visitors: 76,873Average time on site: 32 seconds Top sources of traffic: 1. pajamasmedia.com2.…