Journalism, Technology, History

Billie lives in the small town at the end of the story

Newspapers managers do a lot of hand wringing about user comments. They are so … distasteful and base. It’s such an issue, it’s becoming a popular seminar topic. And reader comments threads at the bottom of stories at knoxnews often...

HDR photos of Engel Stadium

Following up on my Saturday post, I took some HDR photos Sunday on Historic Engel Stadium in Chattanooga. My guess is rather than being restored, this baseball park will bulldozed at some point. The Bearden High School baseball team was...

Sitting in baseball history

Made my first trip Friday to Chattanooga’s Engel Stadium, the word “historic” seems to have become part of its name although “weathered” might be more appropriate.  With its unusual character and rich history, the facility deserves to be restored to...

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Kleinheider launches new blog

A. C. Kleinheider has launched his new blog with the NashvillePost. It’s called “Post Politics, a blogjam of nashvillepost.com.” Previously, High profile Tennessee political blog shuttered in budget cutting move and That New Coke moment

Poll: Newspapers will print for ... years

The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and the Project for Excellence in Journalism recently released some survey data that included a question to journalists on how long newspapers would print. I thought it would be fun...

Another thing the Internet is good for

I had never noticed these dollar bills tagged for Where’s George. George? Where have I been?. The Where’s George site has been going on since Dec. 23, 1998.   I got a bill stamped with “Track me at www.wheresgeorge.com” the...

Some pub on iCopyright

iCopyright has been getting some pub this week with the announcement of a deal with AP. We’ve been using iCopyright or its technology for a several years on knoxnews and I’ve always liked how it works. When i first saw...

Craigslist now doing to blogging what it did to classifieds

Did you know Craigslist had a blog? You can find out more about this spaceship for sale and how that weird Oregon case shows Craigslist is not a hideout for criminals. “Criminals take a giant risk when they use craigslist...
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