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mcco12 posted The pathetic state of journalism. | 5 hours ago
I find this Howard French piece in IHT unnecessary. And, frankly, boorish, condescending and cliché. His entire thesis is that it's strange that the Chinese are reacting so emotionally to questions about what the government is or isn't doing as far as earthquake survivors and rescuing. He implies...
ShoZu posted Ever wanted to be a journalist? | Yesterday
I did a bunch of work for a local news station in my long haired, goatee touting, superstar university student days. Basically what this involved was sifting through a staggering payload of faxes every morning then spending 24 hours a day permanently handcuffed to your police radio. We spent so much...
Thoroughly Good posted Journo on the phone | Yesterday
For want of a better expression, the "company newspaper" has been on the phone asking me about the Eurovision website. I momentarily bristle with excitement before laying things on the line. "There are three things to tell you," I say quite insisently almost as though heads of department are...
Mahoganie posted I Got Work To Do | May 8, 2008
It's obvious. I got work to do. My day has been a little off today. I didn't feel like venturing out. I've been a bit irritable. The contractors came by today to take some extra measurements, and all I wanted them to do was leave me alone in the process. My sister and her little women are in town,...
