The Online Journalism Review has just posted my story about the ethics of bloggers and other key influencers receiving payments or freebies from commercial interests. (Note to OJR: try to start publishing stories in the morning rather than the late afternoon; you’ll get much more mileage.) The article — Influence peddling in the blogosphere. What […]
Surveying the new media landscape
The American Press Institute Media Center today finished up a three-day seminar on the topic Emerging Technology, Business and Policy for Senior Executives at the Crowne Plaza Cabaña in Palo Alto, Calif. I spent the day there yesterday, as well as the evening gathering at Yahoo!’s headquarters in Sunnyvale. Lots of familiar faces: […]
Five years after LASIK
Five years ago this week I underwent LASIK surgery. It was one of the best decisions I ever made. From age 9 into my early 40s, I depended on my glasses almost every waking moment. (I’d tried contacts a few times, without success.) Finally took the plunge, after the recommendation of two friends, and had […]
Instant runoff would end spoiler effect in elections
Steven Hill and Rob Richie in today’s San Jose Mercury News: Instant runoff would end spoiler effect in elections. One of Election 2004’s quieter stories may ultimately have far-reaching consequences. In a time of polarized national politics, San Francisco successfully implemented an important innovation in how we vote: electing majority winners in one election with […]
Resources for reporting on the tsunami
Columbia’s Sreenath Sreenivasan points to the South Asian Journalists Association as a good source of tips and resources related to the devastation wreaked by the Indian Ocean tsunami. A brand-new collection of the best ways you can contribute has been built by Team Zoo Station here. And Michael Bazeley has a front-page story in today’s […]