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First rule of Journalism– don’t have a bias!
Wow… and they say they’re fair and balanced. Fox News apparently decided that the world was showering Kurt Vonnegut’s memory with too much admiration and respect– you know with all the ticker tape parades, national day of mourning and panicked children rocking back and forth in corners of rooms the world over. Clearly someone needed...
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I think I might like baseball… gulp!
The last couple of days I’ve been shooting a lot of high school baseball and softball games and I’m afraid I may like baseball now. I always said I didn’t like baseball because it was boring and slow and I hated sitting still and watching grown men spit and scratch and stretch and stand for...
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Feels good to be appriciated, so this is what it’s like
One of my recent posts was referenced in Columbia Journalism Review recently. I don’t really have much to say, except that it feels very good to be name dropped in an article in the premier higher education and professional journalism journal. I’ve been getting a lot of new hits recently as a result and I’m...
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We Believed all along
13 years, way too many coaches to remember (kinda fitting that Nelly is the only one that could put us back on track), too much drama, bad contracts (Mike Dunleavy? Seriously?), one monumentally disappointing first round pick (Joe Smith? Who?), one very atrocious new mascot (WTF is that thing?… No wonder fans prefer the throwback...
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Spider-man (because the fanboy in me just has to)
There are webs on the sides of buildings and run on red spandex in stores and that only means one thing. Christo is at it again, but seriously, Spider-Man is back and the fan boy in me is (sorta) excited again (although the reviews aren’t looking great and surprisingly I don’t find myself itching to...
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Another case of ethics?
I had thought about chiming in on Allan Detrich’s firing from the Toledo Blade after it was discovered that he turned in some altered images as the genuine article, but there was nothing I felt I could add to the debate that hadn’t already been said. And besides, you’ve got Detrich himself speaking about the...
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Well, maybe next time…
Thanks for nothing… cold night, hair brained organization (fun crowd however), and no tickets. 13 years! I guess when we’ve got the longest running NBA playoffs drought, no one really knows how to act in the post season. *tear Plan B: 2 p.m. on Ticketmaster, no go. Tickets sold out… that morning… nothing left… online...
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Virginia Tech student press presses on
With the news of what happened, why it happened, who to blame and my own circle of friends wondering why the media has latched onto the shooters immigrant status (is this relevant in anyway? That’s like saying he liked hats.), it’s easy to see how some angles of the story have been overlooked. Thanks to...
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My favorite MC is Escher!
I’ve been a little too serious as of late around here, it’s time for some comedy relief. Animation and MC Escher… I love this kinda stuff. The fellow shaving his head has unwittingly created something that every multimedia photographer is striving for: short, sweet, tightly edited, has a perfectly accentuated musical aspect and it holds...
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Nachtwey speakes, minds blown
James Nachtwey, the closest thing our industry has to a rock star, gained mainstream recognition after his documentary “War Photographer” captured Oscar voters eyes, but he hasn’t always been the most outspoken. So when he speaks, I for one listen. Accepting his 2007 TED Prize, James Nachtwey talks about his decades as a photojournalist. A...
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Virginia Tech Reporting
Sometimes horrific events take place and in the interest of the public, journalists do their job and inform. Today we faced another such event when a man walked onto the Virginia Tech University campus and chaos ensued with shooting in two location, two hours apart and a half mile apart. Details are still being ironed...
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I’m glad Mr, Stewart agrees… whew!
When I posted my reflections on Imus I was afraid that some might miss the point I was trying to make, but thanks to a video a friend sent my way, I’m glad to see my thinking wasn’t quite as radical as I first believed.
