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As my bio says, I’m just a newbie reporter. So perhaps it’s presumptuous of me to opine on the State of Journalism with only a few years of experience under my belt.
But something—okay, everything—bothered me when I read this post on Poynter.
“…But nothing journalists do will reverse the dark tides of popular cynicism. The [...]

Just what I’ve always wanted! And no, I’m not being facetious.
Here it is — Wired Journalists. It’s the brainchild of forward-thinking, web-embracing journalistic prophets Ryan Sholin, Howard Owens, and Zac Echola. No big surprise there, and I couldn’t think of a better folks to spearhead such an effort. Wired Journalists is already picking up a [...]

Wow. So many things to post about!
OK, so here goes: I’m biking for The Hub On Wheels in two weeks and have been preparing for it. I’m only doing the 25-mile route as I have something to do that afternoon (XKCD meetup!), but I was curious if I am physically capable of biking the full [...]

This blog’s been quiet for a few days, longer than I’d meant. I do apologize—while trying to get things organized for my upcoming vacation, the work’s been piling up.
Audrey Kimura of Benten label and Sister records, a Japanese indie music label that specializes in signing bands fronted by women, got back to me with the [...]

I’m going to add my voice to the chorus of confusion over reporters-as-programmers. Howard Owens says reporters should go for the gusto and get some coding skills, though fluency is not requisite. Matt Waite says something similar: “The idea is to create new forms of journalism with whatever tools we can, and if they don’t [...]