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The BEST “Uncle Jay Explains the News” EVER!

Uncle Jay Explains the News: Sept. 22, 2008
I think he really nailed it with this week’s “news word.”

Uncle Jay on News Staffing Strategy

This excerpt is from the Aug. 18 episode of one of my favorite vidcasts, Uncle Jay Explains the News. In it, he explains how a recent bit of news-business insanity (15,000 journalists covering each of the national political conventions) might actually be a masterful move by news-org staffing strategists.
(Uncle Jay owns the copyright on this. [...]

Journalism remains a smart career, despite shrinking newsrooms

Yan Arief, via Flickr (CC license)

Journalism skills work well outside the newsroom, too — maybe even better.

One of my BlogHer friends, Elana Centor, just wrote me to pose an interesting question. She asked: Is journalism a smart career path in 2008?
I’m just one of many people she asked, so I can’t wait to see her [...]

Landlines: Artifact of the 20th century?

GivePeasAChance, via Flickr (CC license)

Blast from the past.

On one discussion group I belong to, the question recently came up about whether members of the group had abandoned “landline” telephones entirely in their homes.
Actually, right now I’m in the process of trying out a VOIP service — and if it works to my satisfaction for a [...]