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Journalism: A Toxic Culture? (Or: Why Aren’t We Having More Fun?)

April 28, 2008 – 11:58 am

Despair, Inc.

Remind you of any journalists you know?…

(NOTE: I originally posted this article on Poynter’s E-Media Tidbits. But I thought Contentious readers might be interested in it, too.)
Most of what I do is help journalists and news orgs wrap their brains around the Internet. Generally I enjoy that work. Lately, though, I’ve been getting quite [...]

By Amy Gahran | Also posted in Media Musings, careers, collaboration, community, credibility, culture, emotions, events, journalism, media evolution, mindset, problems, skills, solutions | Comments (1)

JibJabbing Intellectuals

April 27, 2008 – 1:42 pm

This is a brilliant form of commentary on so many levels, I’ll just let it speak for itself.

Thanks to Tom Vilot for the tip.

By Amy Gahran | Also posted in creativity, social media, video | Comments (1)

If only more disclaimers were like this

April 14, 2008 – 7:35 am

I’ve always been fascinated by disclaimers, they’re so Kafkaesque (in terms of both bizarreness and paranoia). Now if only more disclaimers were so frank and prominent…

(Thanks to Michael Kirk for the tip.)

By Amy Gahran | Also posted in language, law, video | Comments (0)

Mobile Phone Wishful Thinking

April 13, 2008 – 6:08 pm

OK, this isn’t my personal idea of cell phone nirvana, but I love it when designers start fantasizing…

Thanks to TechGRL for the tip!

By Amy Gahran | Also posted in design, future, mobile, video | Comments (0)

Good People Day: The BlogHer Crowd

April 3, 2008 – 2:33 pm

Generally I try not to get caught up in memes, where a bunch of people try to do similar posts on the same day. (I’m not entirely opposed to memes, it just doesn’t suit the way I personally write or work.)
But yesterday I saw a particularly compelling video post by Wine 2.0 founder Gary Vaynerchuk: [...]

By Amy Gahran | Also posted in community, friends, life, video, women | Comments (5)

Foolish Journalism

April 1, 2008 – 4:03 pm

At last, it all ties together! I just spotted on Twitter the most likely reason why I adore both journalism and April Fool’s Day, courtesy of blogger Prentiss Riddle.

(Thanks to David Sasaki of Global Voices Online for the tip.)

By Amy Gahran | Also posted in accuracy, credibility, critical thinking, journalism | Comments (0)

Hillary scores April Fool’s Day points on Twitter

April 1, 2008 – 1:44 pm

I subscribe to the official campaign Twitter feeds for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. (John McCain doesn’t seem to have one, as far as I can tell.) Just a short while ago I saw this tweet come through from Hillary Clinton:

…Nothing so far in response from Obama. I’ll keep watching. But Hillary definitely has scored [...]

By Amy Gahran | Also posted in politics | Comments (0)

Los Angeles Times Switches to All-Wiki Format

April 1, 2008 – 1:24 pm

…OK, not really. It’s an April Fool’s Day spoof from Bunkmag.com, and it’s definitely better than any prank I’ve dreamed up so far today. If you need a laugh (and really, who in the news business doesn’t?) then go check out The Los Wikiless Timespedia. This had me in hysterics, especially considering the LA Times’ [...]

By Amy Gahran | Also posted in Wikis, community, contributed content, journalism | Comments (0)

I’m not advocating spreading viruses, but…

March 31, 2008 – 11:24 am

This is hilarious….

By Amy Gahran | Also posted in Mac | Comments (0)

Why I Despise “Marketing Talk”

February 4, 2008 – 9:49 pm

This says it all, brilliantly:

Thanks to Terence Hoaglund for the tip!

By Amy Gahran | Also posted in PR & marketing, language, problems, video | Comments (2)