All those global publishers without a clue

Amendment for the future: Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of social media Until recently, it wasn’t particularly necessary that Americans knew how journalism worked, which was good, because they didn’t. Journalism was not a required class in American schools. The institution did it for them. Aspiring journalists worked for the paper in… Continue reading All those global publishers without a clue

Coming to your city soon: “The Big One”

We had an ominous earthquake here this morning, at 9:55 (I checked my watch by habit). A bookcase to my left creaked suddenly, and the floor rolled very gently beneath my chair for about five seconds.The epicenter popped up almost immediately on the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program Website, which is bookmarked by many Southern Californians.… Continue reading Coming to your city soon: “The Big One”

Preserving something valuable in our culture

In this morning's New York Times, Maureen Dowd wrote a timely column about the news that Time Magazine has met its demise. Toward the end, she wrote this:"It will be good if this moment provokes a reckoning about what really needs to be preserved in the culture, about what is valuable."Many content providers and managers… Continue reading Preserving something valuable in our culture