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This is really cool. Very slick summaries, akin to Romenesko when he was still at Poynter.
(via shortformblog)
The pace of technological change will not abate, and to think of our current time as a transition between two eras, rather than a continuum of change, is a mistake. There has been tremendous disruption in journalism, but there are upsides: everyone has a printing press, there are no gatekeepers [or at least new gatekeepers], and journalism can and will be better than in the past.
Richard Gingras, head of news products at Google
Whether you are a blogger or a broadcaster, whether you take on powerful interests here at home or put yourself in harm’s way overseas, I have the greatest respect and admiration for what you do. I know sometimes you like to give me a hard time — and I certainly like to return the favor — but I never forget that our country depends on you. You help protect our freedom, our democracy, and our way of life.
President Barack Obama, White House Correspondents Dinner 2012 via Poynter
The Invisible Borders That Define American Culture
One of the clearest regional differences in the U.S. can found by tracking the words people use to refer to soft drinks, which is in fact the map you saw at the top of this story. Pop or soda, or even Coke, these small linguistic differences are not as small as we might think. While “soda” commands the Northeast and West Coast (green) and “pop” is in between (black), “Coke” reigns in the south (turquoise). These small distinctions can often act as touchstones for larger cultural differences.
Read more. [Image: Samuel Arbesman]
For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you: the good and the bad, the ecstasy, the remorse and sorrow, the people and the places and how the weather was.” -Ernest Hemingway
Sixth Street Bridge, Los Angeles, California
From Library of CongressFrom a big LoC collection of pics of this Art Deco bridge in LA.
Side note: That second picture with the cars driving in the water totally reminds me of Repo Man.
(via latimes)
A look at open journalism through the lens of the story of the three little pigs. Oh, and it’s also an advertisement for the Guardian. Innovative to say the least.
Gender equity in publishing bylines: we has it. Your turn, New Yorker (andHarper’s, the New Republic, the Atlantic …)
