Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Adblockers and the fracking of data An inconvenient truth about digital content I’ve decided to test a Safari Adblocker extension in private beta directly with the Princeton student who’s developing it. I’m doing it for science and sharing my findings to encourage more public discourse about why the trust between content consumers and producers is…
CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court sentenced three Al-Jazeera English journalists to three years in prison on Saturday for broadcasting “false news,” sparking an international outcry and underlining how authorities are trampling over free speech just over a year into general-turned-politician Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s presidency. Related Stories The Latest: Greste calls on el-Sissi to ‘undo injustice’ Associated…
It’s that time of year: Journalism students are returning to campus, charting their courses for the next semester, and professors are fine-tuning their syllabi. Turmoil in the news business means that many professors are also reckoning with how to adapt their teaching approaches in an era of data visualization, apps, and distributed content. One department…
Ever since I wrote on Thursday about the Ashley Madison hack and resulting reactions and consequences, I’ve heard from dozens of people who used the site. They offer a remarkably wide range of reasons for having done so. I’m posting below one email I received that I find particularly illuminating, which I very lightly edited to correct a few…
Last night, I joined a fairly overwhelming tide of nausea at the New York Daily News’ choice of picture for its cover page. The picture is striking. Three frames, from the video taken by the shooter, telling a story: the scene set, the pointed gun, the terrified face of the victim. This trend toward sensational…
Author and journalist Jessica Hopper isn’t shy about speaking up about all of the ways in which the music industry oppresses and attacks those in the margins. And so earlier this week, when she tweeted, “Gals/other marginalized folks: what was your 1st brush (in music industry, journalism, scene) w/ idea that you didn’t ‘count’?” people…
We love you, Alison and Adam. pic.twitter.com/hLSzQi06XE — WDBJ7 (@WDBJ7) August 26, 2015 BBC reporters Franz Strasser and Tara McKelvey encountered a big obstacle in their coverage of a double slaying of journalists at a Virginia mall. The two reporters were covering the manhunt of the suspected shooter when they were ordered to delete footage by…
Tom Nash, journalist and FOIA agitator The city of Richmond, Va., recently unveiled an open data portal that gives people access to important data that had long languished in dark corners of its website. Everything from crime data to property records are easily searchable and downloadable, with all sorts of charts and datasets ready to…
‘The rapacious Ms. Huffington seems to believe that journalism skills are worth nothing’ David Sze, who works for Arianna Huffington, sent this note to veteran journalist Lauren Lipton last week: Subject: Inquiry from Arianna Huffington’s office: Hi Lauren, I’m David, a Research Editor from Arianna Huffington’s office. Arianna is currently working on a book about…
Kate Mara playing reporter Zoe Barnes in Netflix original series “House of Cards” (Melinda Sue Gordon/Netflix) I have made well-known my dislike for the (once) critically-acclaimed Netflix show”House of Cards.” When I first published my take on the corrosive effects of how the show portrayed politics — and especially journalism and, double especially, female reporters…