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Posted in General on Dec 8th, 2009
David Roberts thinks Copenhagen is a bubbling cauldron of media hype. Consider: Copenhagen maxed out on journalist registrations, at 5,000. Supposedly there were more than 10,000 waiting in line even after that. The place is choked with journalists, not to mention folks from think tanks and NGOs who are supposed to be blogging on it. There [...]
Posted in General on Aug 31st, 2009
I just finished reading “The Inheritance,” a new book by New York Times foreign correspondant David E. Sanger. It’s a lucid, thoughtful look inside the Bush foreign policy legacy, with a strong focus on the challenging global security situations in North Korea, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan that the Obama administration must contend with. Sobering and [...]
Posted in General on Aug 26th, 2009
Some interesting thoughts from Gerald Marzorati, the editor of the New York Times Magazine (highlights are mine): Q. Thank you for answering questions. I believe that the Magazine is one of the great weekly publications for in-depth, intelligent reporting on a wide variety of timely issues. The New Yorker comes to mind as another print [...]
Posted in General on May 10th, 2009
More awesome, frightening and depressing ranting from David Simon on how the internet is not going to save journalism. At least not soon. What he said to Congress. More in-depth version. Internet new media types try to claim he’s wrong, but not very convincingly. Bottom line: amateur, unpaid journalists are no substitute for well-resourced, professional beat [...]