January 6, 2010 – 12:46 pm
Last weekend, the cover of the Boston Globe Sunday magazine featured a good story about a topic I know well: polyamory. In Love’s New Frontier, Globe writer Sandra Miller did a far better job explaining this approach to relationships than most mainstream publications do. No wide-eyed, mock-shock sensationalism.
As a polyamorous person, I was rather tickled [...]
December 2, 2009 – 4:18 pm
C’mon, journo types, be honest. Which of these resources is REALLY your go-to, most relevant and current style guide?
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November 5, 2009 – 8:54 am
NOTE: I get asked this question quite often, so I thought I’d take a stab at providing a definition. This represents my view only — feel free to disagree, question, or elaborate in the comments. I intend this to be the starting point of a discussion, not the last word. I originally published this post [...]
October 28, 2009 – 3:49 pm
What, exactly, are journalistic fences supposed to accomplish? (Image via Wikipedia)
Recently Kellie O’Sullivan, a third-year communication student studying at the University of Newcastle in Australia, asked me some questions about citizen journalism for a class assignment. I get questions like this a lot, so she said it was fine if I answered her in a [...]
September 28, 2009 – 5:15 pm
White Elephant: A possession entailing great expense out of proportion to its usefulness or value to the owner. (Random House Dictionary)
Today, AP debuted its AP Stylebook iPhone app.
According to the press release. “AP Stylebook fans have been asking for a mobile application so they can have style guidance wherever they go. Journalists never know when [...]
September 13, 2009 – 3:51 pm
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Last night, I attended the Hasta Luego party for my friend Kara Andrade, who won a Fulbright and so later this week is heading to Guatemala with her partner Brad for about a year. She’ll be starting a new citizen journalism venture there. I’ll be following her progress on her blog and [...]
September 13, 2009 – 3:51 pm
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At a party in Oakland last night I asked David Cohn what freaks him out the most as founder of the Spot.us crowdfunding journalism project.