Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
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When first read Hunter S. Thompson’s “The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved” in high school, I knew I wanted to be a journalist. Thompson’s distinctive voice and writing style leapt off the page no matter what the subject matter – there was simply no mistaking you were reading one of his stories. His personal…
Mark Duffy has written the copyranter blog for 10 years and is currently an unemployed but freelancing copywriter with 20-plus years of experience. His hockey wrist shot is better than yours. The “content” being produced is an embarrassment to the advertising industry, and more importantly, to the brands sponsoring it. All of it falls into one…
Look, I hate it as much as you hate it when some beloved person dies and some less beloved person tries to ride the hem of his garments. Gimme a pass on this one. Four and a half years ago, I was caught out for sending rude, childish emails about conservatives — whom I’d been…
paging_filterDavid Carr, the ferocious and beloved longtime media columnist for The New York Times, died suddenly at the age of 58 on Thursday in the paper’s Eighth Avenue offices, the Times confirmed.In a note to staff that was provided to Capital, Times executive editor Dean Baquet called Carr, who is survived by his wife, Jill,…
Photo David Carr in 2008. Credit Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times close shareTools David Carr, who wrote about media as it intersects with business, culture and government in his Media Equation column for The New York Times, died at the office on Thursday. He was 58. Continue reading the main story Related Coverage close…
In August 2013, soon after Chelsea Manning announced that she identified as a woman and no longer wanted to be known as Bradley Manning, The Times made a quick – and I thought appropriate – adjustment. Articles began referring to Private Manning with the feminine pronoun and the use of the name Chelsea. It caused…
On Wednesday, Gawker reporter J. K. Trotter published a bombshell exposé accusing Mic.com news director Jared Keller of stealing from at least eight news organizations for as many as 20 feature stories. Gawker’s story was passed to me by a friend and colleague who knew that Jared and I, once friends, have not been on good terms…
paging_filterJournalists at The Wall Street Journal are grumbling about a new policy governing the number of people who can be credited with bylines or taglines on articles.Editors and reporters at Rupert Murdoch’s American broadsheet were informed this week that stories should generally carry no more than two bylines, including reporting credits that are often tagged…
paging_filterMic news director Jared Keller has left the company. A source with knowledge of the decision said that Keller’s departure was not voluntary.Keller’s work was the subject of a Wednesday Gawker exposé, in which J.K. Trotter wrote that Keller “appears to have plagiarized at least 20 passages from at least eight different news sources over the…