by Vivian Obarski Anchorman 2 is one of those movies where I didn’t expect much out of it, to be honest. And that’s not necessarily…
The newspaper industry is having severe problems, but is changing copyright law the way to fix things? Richard Posner, highly regarded intellectual property scholar and…
So I was late to the game regarding the giant kerfuffle between NPR reporter Adam Davidson and Congressional Oversight Panel chairperson Elizabeth Warren. If you…
Last Saturday I hung out with about 30 members of the Association for Women Journalists – Chicago and talked a bit about the 25 things…
K’s note: TLF is neither a journalism blog or a Chicago placeblog, but the issues of the online content and media economics are relevant here,…
As the second in our series about the effective use of social media / social networking tools, this post focuses on Planet Money. At the…
Every [] user is a potential creator and consumer Summary: Clay Shirky’s Here Comes Everybody, more appropriately subtitled “the power of organizing without [traditional formalized]…
30 Aug: Hey Unemployed Media Professionals! Read This Post Before You Apply For An Online Media Job!
I’m a journalist by training and communications professional by trade. It’s a sucky time to be doing either of those things right now. A lot…
In several recent blog and news stories (including my favorite headline of the bunch: The Associated Press plays role of Metallica in Napster-esque war with…
I have a long history with Metallica, as they were essentially my introduction to the world of metal, along with other young Gen-X metal kids,…