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Preview: Sex, Journalism & Trust

January 6, 2008 – 5:08 pm

RabbleRadio, via Flickr (CC license)

Prudishness and journalism were never a good mix.

Today I started pulling together a bunch of stray threads that have been nagging at me for some time. Anyone who reads my work knows that I have longstanding admiration for quality journalism — and growing frustration with the culture and attitudes of professional [...]

By Amy Gahran | Also posted in culture, emotions, help needed, innovation, journalism, psychology | Comments (13)

Will someone please think of the grad students?

January 4, 2008 – 12:10 pm

I’m in the midst of an intriguing IM chat with Lisa Williams (of Placeblogger and H2otown). I shared a stray thought with her:
Me: Do you think someday someone will post “the collected IM chat transcripts of so-and-so” like they publish the letters of Oscar Wilde?
Lisa: I’m sure of it! Won’t someone please think of [...]

By Amy Gahran | Also posted in Microblogging, blogs, conversational media, history | Comments (1)

Non-coding geek: Like a musical illiterate?

August 16, 2007 – 8:00 am

Net Efekt, via Flickr (CC license)

It might as well be
PHP to me…

In my bio, I refer to myself as a semi-geek: I use many online and computer-based tools quite effectively. But I’m not a programmer. I don’t know how to code beyond basic HTML. I rely on my network of real geeks for coding and [...]

By Amy Gahran | Comments (5)