Reporter’s Notes: In memoriam
I can’t sleep. My thoughts are haunted by eight-year-old Leiby Kletzky. I only spent just over a day in his world and it was after he had already been abducted…
Tag: on journalism
Gawker Media hacked; passwords leaked, then analyzed
Gawker Media hacked; 188, 279 passwords revealed, then analyzed by the Wall Street Journal. “Monkey” is in the top 10? Makes me feel positively brilliant with my password choices across…
A Facebook story: gimmick or necessary?
The Washington Post published a human interest story yesterday about a mother, the birth of her baby, and her family and friend’s reactions as she became ill. Told primarily through…
Lost in Translation: The Line Between Journalism and Espionage
NY Times article: “Contracts Tied To Efforts to Kill Militants” Let me get this straight. So the “benign gov’t info-gathering program” was a website known as Afpak, proposed by a…
A Journalist’s Direction: Divining Rod or Diversion?
Like musicians and strains of melody, reporters generally have an “ear” for newsworthy events and reporting opportunities. Whether it’s being at the scene of a car accident and interviewing witnesses…
