Blogs, journalism, and a monumental mistake
The Oklahoman's Notes from the Newsroom blog is a fun way for reporters to post things they might not get to write about otherwise. According to one editor, the blog has been a good source for story ideas too. Less structured than many newspaper blogs and a nice connect with readers.
Peter Norvig is Google's research director, and he's got something to say about news reporters: Reporters and Parrots. He says he's "...appalled by the shoddy level of reporting I see".
Mark Schaver objects.
Lots of links today to a blog by Robert Stein, called Connecting.the.dots. Stein, a former magazine editor, was profiled in his local newspaper, the Stamford (CT) Advocate, which calls him a 'blogtogenarian'. He's 82. Stein's stated blogging purpose is to cast a historical light on current events: "Everybody, it seems, learns something from past mistakes except you-know-who."
Nancy Pelosi's office has a blog, called The Gavel. Includes videos of House members's speeches on the floor, as well as news.
The National Security Archives has posted a new collection of briefing materials from 2002 on a possible invastion of Iraq, by Centcom: Top Secret Polo Step. In it, the military brass projected that most U.S. troops would be out of Iraq in 45 months -- only 5000 as of December 2006. 'Delusional', according to NSA's director.
Peter Norvig is Google's research director, and he's got something to say about news reporters: Reporters and Parrots. He says he's "...appalled by the shoddy level of reporting I see".
Mark Schaver objects.
Lots of links today to a blog by Robert Stein, called Connecting.the.dots. Stein, a former magazine editor, was profiled in his local newspaper, the Stamford (CT) Advocate, which calls him a 'blogtogenarian'. He's 82. Stein's stated blogging purpose is to cast a historical light on current events: "Everybody, it seems, learns something from past mistakes except you-know-who."
Nancy Pelosi's office has a blog, called The Gavel. Includes videos of House members's speeches on the floor, as well as news.
The National Security Archives has posted a new collection of briefing materials from 2002 on a possible invastion of Iraq, by Centcom: Top Secret Polo Step. In it, the military brass projected that most U.S. troops would be out of Iraq in 45 months -- only 5000 as of December 2006. 'Delusional', according to NSA's director.
Labels: blogging, Iraq, journalism
posted by liz at
3:18 PM
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Does this mean our finest military minds were not swinging lucrative defense contracts around and our administration wasn't lying to the American public, they were all just stupid?
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