February 2012
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Courage to pursue and tell the truth. That requires being accurate and fair and...
– Martin Baron Urges Crowd To Practice “Fearless Journalism,” To Tell “The Plain Truth” and to Hold All Institutions Accountable to Public Scrutiny « New England First Amendment Center (via onaissues)
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Valentine’s Day Sweets (also featured on Illuminations)
January 2012
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If your philosophy of education boils down to the reason to go to school is to...
– Mike Rose, as featured on Illuminations
Don’t waste your time worrying about getting old.
– I promise to never worry about becoming a hill ever again.
Elderly ‘Experts’ Share Life Advice in Cornell Project - NYTimes.com
(via bui)
December 2011
31 posts
For the last year, much of the focus has been on curating content from the...
– Vadim Lavrusik: Curation and amplification will become much more sophisticated in 2012 » Nieman Journalism Lab (via onaissues)
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Tumblr's love affair with media outlets...and vice... →
Via Josh Sternberg.
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The worst is when you have you iTunes on shuffle during a party and an old...
–
KMagi
(via partylikeajournalist)
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Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity, nothing exceeds the criticisms...
– Herman Melville
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I would suggest that you never overlook an opportunity to gain more strength,...
– “How do you deal with the patriarchy?”, Salon.com
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My latest video feature for GoErie: A look at holiday cookie production at the St. Martin’s Center, a community services non-profit.
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10 Life Lessons from Esquire’s “What I’ve Learned”... →
My favorite:
The measure of achievement is not winning awards. It’s doing something that you appreciate, something you believe is worthwhile. I think of my strawberry souffle. I did that at least twenty-eight times before I finally conquered it.” -Julia Child
ONA Issues: Advice for Aspiring Bloggers →
onaissues:
Advice for aspiring bloggers from Nicolas Lazaro of The Bengal Stripe
Whatever blogs you read now, don’t try to emulate them. Know yourself, know what you like, and build an online identity based off of that. Keep away from fads and anything that doesn’t fit with who you are, and create some…
Something I need to work on discovering as I venture into blogging on...
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It is hard for people who have not lived in Los Angeles to realize how radically...
– Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Journalists not only write the first draft of history, but often also write the...
–
JournalistsLike
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From my former professor Sandy Tolan, for the Center for Investigative Reporting
November 2011
10 posts
It’s not Facebook-stalking if I’m getting paid to do it, right?...
– DaylinaMiller (via partylikeajournalist)
Still Not Going To Do This Every Day: Thanks to... →
shortformblog:
markcoatney:
Thanks to everyone who stopped by today’s Poynter chat about Tumblr for journalists (and more thanks to Mallary and Joe for having me!)
BEST PRACTICES The Tumblr community very much rewards authenticity, originality and social graces. I always reduce this to:
Be Engaging: Have interesting…
In which Tumblr’s Mark Coatney tells you how to win at the game of...
As it happened I did not grow up to be the kind of woman who is the heroine in a...
– Joan Didion, “John Wayne: A Love Song” (via carlxyz)
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