February 2012
3 posts
Blogging Site Tumblr Makes Itself the News →
The popular social blogging site Tumblr is hiring writers and editors to cover the world of Tumblr.
Chris Mohney, a senior vice president for content at BlackBook Media, will be the site’s editor in chief. Jessica Bennett, a senior writer and editor at Newsweek and The Daily Beast, will be the executive editor and, she said, a kind of Tumblr correspondent.
“Basically, if Tumblr were a city of...
January 2012
31 posts
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“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.”
– Douglas Adams
The Grid at 200: Lines That Shaped Manhattan →
The Manhattan grid exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York is a must-see.
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December 2011
25 posts
my 2011 -- by the numbers
my statistical year in review:
# of states visited: 27
# of states visited for the first time: 8
# of new state capitals: 5
# of countries: 4
# of airline miles: 0 (i regret that)
# of print bylines: 386
# of page one bylines: 8
# of film festivals: 7
# of tumblr notes on “what i learned in joplin:” 703
lost pairs of glasses: 1 or 2, i don’t remember
total # of tweets:...
2011 -- the stories I'll remember writing
Years from now, these are the 80 stories I’ll remember writing in 2011.
There are lots of tales of the gradual merger of TV and the Internet; lots of profiles of pioneering TV shows and Web sites; and a few spot news stories from natural disasters and Occupy protests…
December:
When A Penny Saved Is A TV Show
Afghanistan Low on News Agenda
History Channel’s Swift Rise Attracts...
