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...

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A lot of media entities – and the journalists who work for them – think they are in the news business and all of their strategies and initiatives are wrapped around that concept. But despite the much-burnished reputation of the...

ReportingOn, a Knight News Challenge project created by the bright and talented Ryan Sholin, has launched. Best of luck!

David Cate, who definitely loves music, has been doing a great job of doing video of music in the TriCities – among other things. This is a Darrell Scott video, one of my favorite songwriters, from Bristol Rhythm and Roots....

… They go online and check their 401(k) accounts (and hope it’s just a computer crash).

Two fascinating posts on technology adoption and trends at Clive Thompson’s “Collision Detection” site. Young people with landlines are more likely to be Republicans than young people with cell phones only. While not affecting polls dependent on landline telephone responses...

In the latest Advertising Age magazine Media 100, released on Monday, the structural changes in media become apparent. As a media, newspapers ranked fourth, accounting for 10.4 percent of media revenue. Two decades ago, its slice of the pie was...

Gee, even I should of have thought of this. Some newspaper geek should have. Some newspaper vendor should have. Heck, some econ major smart enough to hack Sarah Palin’s email should have. I think Mark “Rizzn” Hopkins is right. It’ll...