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New York, USA-based copyright lawyer William Patry explains in an August 1, 2008, post why he has decided to end his informative copyright blog, "after doing around 800 postings over about 4 years." See "End of the Blog."
By the way, I highly recommend Patry's post. It's illuminating.
Kevin Caufield, a reporter with the LaSalle NewsTribune of LaSalle, Illinois, USA, reported July 31, 2008, that, "A legal petition has been filed against an Ottawa-based newspaper’s Web site requiring it to relinquish the identification of two of its “bloggers” so that a defamation of character suit can be filed against them at a later date."
The paper is The Times of Ottawa, Illinois, USA. See "Lawyer presses Ottawa newspaper for information on bloggers."
Thaddeus Matthews, described by Alex Doniach of the Memphis Commercial Appeal in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, as a "Controversial blogger and radio host" in the bluff city, "wants to know the details of a lawsuit between Memphis Police Director Larry Godwin and anonymous bloggers critical of Godwin’s regime."
Doniach reported in a July 25, 2008, article that, "Attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Tennessee, who are representing Matthews, filed a motion this afternoon in Chancery Court seeking to intervene and view documents involved in the Godwin-blogger case, which was sealed by Chancellor Kenny Armstrong."
Doniach said, "Godwin and the city of Memphis filed the lawsuit July 10, [2008] asking AOL to produce all information related to the identity of the e-mail address linked to MPD Enforcer 2.0, a blog popular with police officers that has been critical of police leadership."
If you want to read more, see "Motion filed to unseal Godwin-blogger case."
"The blogosphere is buzzing over a planned government regulation I reported on yesterday, which would allow doctors who oppose abortion to opt out of prescribing contraceptives that cause the expulsion of fertilized eggs, thus potentially reducing your access to birth control pills, U.S. News & World Report Senior Editor Deborah Kotz reports in a July 23, 2008, post at the blog On Women. According to Kotz:
Bloggers on both sides of the issue have let fly some zingers. Speaking out against the rule, Cristina Page, a blogger for the reproductive health blog Reality Check, calls it a "spectacular act of complicity with the religious right." And the Feministe blog says: "The proposed change would explicitly allow medical providers to morally coerce patients and to discriminate against girls and women who want or need a service or a prescription which they are allowed to have by law.If you want to read more on this hot topic, please see "Contraception: Is It Sometimes Abortion?"
Misty Harris of Canwest News Service reported July 25, 2008, that, "Community-based women's websites are now tied with political sites as the fastest-growing category online, according to comScore Media Metrix. Add that to Ad Age's recent finding that women are now outpacing men in their Internet use and it's clear why major media companies, venture capitalists and advertisers are scrambling to answer that age-old question of what women want," Harris contends.
See "Female net users want it all" for more of Harris' assertion.
SeattlePI.com of Seattle, Washington, USA, reported July 25, 2008 that there are an "estimated 35,000 cancer bloggers [in the United States] who together have created a network of friendship and support."
The figure is contained in an article headlined "Blogs help cancer patients cope with disease."
Michael Gray, proprietor of Gray Wolf's SEO Blog, has a message for the organizers of BlogHer's annual conferences. He writes in a July 21, 2008, post headlined "Is the BlogHer Conference Guilty of Sex Discrimination: "To those organizers I challenge them to look in the mirror and realize that you’ve now become the same evil and sexist pigs you started out with the goal of overcoming." He asks:
Gray adds: "It’s not that I don’t think that women aren’t qualified to speak, nothing could be farther from the truth, but I do ask the following question, if you want to provide the best conference are only women qualified to speak."So whats my gripe, that Blogher limits their conference speakers to only women. Don’t believe me go to any of the past speaker lists (link, link, link, link) and try to find a speaker who is a man, do an on page search for “his”, “him”, or ” he”, now try searching for “her” her’s” or “she”, and you’ll see what I mean.
Personally, it wouldn't bother me to attend a conference organized by women for women with only female speakers.
What do you think about Gray's complaint?
New York Times reporter Brian Stelter, who made his reputation as the founder and editor of CableNewser, which became TV Newser, when he went to work at MediaBistro, today has an insightful article on Dr. Arnold Kim, proprietor of the popular MacRumors blog.
Kim recently quit his job as a doctor to work full-time on the blog. Why? For the answer, see "My Son, the Blogger: An M.D. Trades Medicine for Apple Rumors." Also see Silicon Alley Insider's July 13, 2008 post headlined "Nephrologist To Mac Blogger: The Unlikely Career Path Of MacRumors' Arnold Kim."
Back on July 11, 2008, the Guardian of London restaurant critic Jay Rayner, writing in the publication's Theatre & Performing Arts blog, noted that, "... across the United States newspaper critics covering a range of disciplines - film, dance, television - are being laid off or reassigned." See "Blog critics: A penny for your thoughts? " and "Is it curtains for critics?"
"The reasons are complex but key among them is that, in the age of Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic, when opinions are freely available all over the web, the newspaper critic is becoming regarded as rather more of a luxury than many publishers feel they can afford," he opines.
Rayner "examined" in the Observer Review "the challenge being posed to established newspaper critics by the democratisation of opinion out on the web."
The discussion is quite revealing. As for me, the only mainstream critic I read regularly is the Chicago Sun-Times' prolific and erudite Roger Ebert. He is also a blogger and author.
Overall, I prefer the diversity of opinion provided by the numerous film and television critics who've emerged in recent years and disseminate their views through blogs. They don't write in what I call the "God is Speaking" tone.
Jonathan D. Glatner has a post in the July 15, 2008, New York Times online headlined "At the Uneasy Intersection of Bloggers and the Law."
According to Glatner:
A grand jury subpoena sent by prosecutors in the Bronx [New York, USA] earlier this year sought information to help identify people blogging anonymously on a Web site about New York politics called Room 8.It's something to think about. What would you do if you received such a letter from a prosecutor?"The subpoena carried a warning in capital letters that disclosing its very existence “could impede the investigation being conducted and thereby interfere with law enforcement” — implying that if the bloggers blabbed, they could be prosecuted.
John Sides and Eric Lawrence, assistant professors in the department of political science at George Washington University in Washington, DC, USA, has a post in the July 13, 2008, edition of the Los Angeles Times headlined "Who listens to blogging heads?" I found it thought-provoking.
By the way, Sides blogs at The Monkey Cage.
Recommended: Stan Schroeder's July 12, 2008, post over at Mashable headlined "Blogger’s Dilemma: Huge Arenas Or Small Gigs?"
It's about the often heard complaint from some bloggers about the alleged lack of intimacy in blogging compared to the early days of blogging, when it was the domain of a few geeks.
Roanoke.com, the online presence of the Roanoke Times of Roanoke, Virginia, USA, has a July 13, 2008, editorial online headlined "Bloggers on the take."
Contends the publication: These days, everyone seems to have a blog. Uncounted legions pour their thoughts onto the Internet. They write about angsty teen life, Virginia Tech football and gardening. They review video games, new cars and appliances. Some of the most popular ones challenge the day's news and politics.
Roanoke.com said, "Blogs can be entertaining and informative, but readers should exercise caution. Many bloggers serve hidden masters."
Readers should exercise caution in reading so-called mainstream publications as well as blogs. Proprietors and writers for both formats are not immune from being on the take or serving two masters. When I read a newspapers article, I have no way of knowing whether a reporter was paid by a source or subject to write a certain thing or not reveal certain information.
Nor do I know what deals, if any, a newspaper makes with businesses or politicians to get advertising and favors. How many stories are killed due to threats from advertisers? How many stories are killed due to threats from local government officials? Just asking.
"On July 25 to 27, [2008] hundreds of bloggers of color will gather in Atlanta, Georgia, [USA] for the first ever "Blogging While Brown" conference, an event that [Austin, Texas, USA, personal injury attorney Gina] McCauley was instrumental in helping to organize," Kristal Brent Zook of the Women's Media Center reports in a July 12, 2008, post at AlterNet headlined "Blogging While Brown (and Female)."
McCauley blogs at What About Our Daughters? Also see the Blogging While Brown blog for more information on the conference.
Raw Story reported July 11, 2008, that, "The abrupt dismissal of a veteran University of Alabama [at Birmingham] employee who blogged about the firing of seven US Attorneys has added a bizarre new twist to allegations that the state's US Attorneys targeted political opponents for prosecution."
According to Raw Story's Lindsay Beyerstein, "Roger Shuler -- a high-profile blogger and leading critic of Alabama's judicial system -- has written extensively about alleged corruption among U.S. Attorneys for over a year."
"In particular," Beyerstein reports, "Shuler focused on two US Attorneys from his home state: Alice H. Martin of the Northern District and Leura G. Canary of the Middle District."
Martin defends herself in a email to Raw Story.
It's a fascinating story. If you want to read more, see "Alabama US Attorney denies any involvement in university editor's termination."
Roger Shuler blogs at Legal Schnauzer. See his July 11, 2008, post headlined "Blog About Siegelman, Lose Your Job."
Detroit News columnist Neal Rubin reports in a March 26, 2008, column that, Michigan bloggers are showing "no mercy" for Detroit, Michigan, USA, mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who was hit with a 12-count indictment March 24, 2008. The indictment includes eight felonies. Writes Rubin:
At DetroitYES!, the online gathering place for people who care enough about the city to waste their employers' time discussing it, there is newfound respect for Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy and no sympathy whatsoever for Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Or as various posters referred to him, "sick puppy," "megalomaniac" and "fatty."Rubin said, "On days like Monday [March 24, 2008], when news doesn't so much hit as it explodes, dropping in on chat rooms is like visiting barbershops. The difference is that when a white guy with a notebook strolls into a barbershop full of wary black men, they watch their words. "What we say when you're here," I was once advised, "ain't what we say when you're gone." At www.detroityes.com and in the forums at www.detnews.com, there's no need for caution, regardless of race or locale. "These clowns will never learn," wrote Detroitbill at DetroitYES! "Their guilt is unbelievable. Their defiance even more so."The more-reasoned citizens do not resort to name-calling, of course, especially when it takes valuable time away from gloating. "I'd dance in the streets," wrote Genesyxx, "but since I work in this building, I might get canned again."
If you want to read the entire post, please see "Bloggers showing no mercy for Kilpatrick."
Glenn Greenwald, a former constitutional law and civil rights litigator and author of "How Would a Patriot Act? Defending American Values From a President Run Amok," "How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency" and Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics, has a March 23, 2008, post that shows how incendiary bloggers' discussions about race can get. It's called "One of Instapundit's favorite blogs speaks on race."
Instapundit is University of Tennessee at Knoxville law professor Glenn Reynolds. His blog, Instapundit, is very popular in some circles. The favorite blog Greenwald is referring to is Instapunk.
Reynolds' response to Greenwald's post about his"EASTER THOUGHTS, from InstaPunk:
UPDATE: Jeez, get a clue, Greenwald. I don't know why you felt you had to bring me into this -- well, actually, I think I do -- but the post you're bitching about is by a different blogger than the post linked above. I know it's hard to get your mind around the idea that multiple pseudonymous writers might actually be different people, but . . .Should bloggers weigh-in on discussions about race? Yes. However, I think it should be from an informed perspective. If bloggers, regardless of their racial background, approach the issue from a holier-than-thou, finger pointing perspective the discussion will result in a continuation of name calling and denial we've witnessed over the years. I prefer the let me see if I can understand why you feel the way you do approach.
I also understand, whether we want to accept it or not, that there are clear, cultural differences and experiences that make the various racial and ethnic groups see things from different perspectives, with some individuals within each group often identifying with the other, while others may not. Wishing that it wasn't so won't make it go away.
My sense is that, we have decades to go before color doesn't matter in America. I hope I'm wrong.
On March 9, 2008, the Guardian of London published a list of what it calls "The world's 50 most powerful blogs." The Huffington Post holds the number one spot. Copyblogger is at number 50.
I'm surprised tech blogger Robert Scoble, who blogs at Scobleizer, isn't on the list. He's prolific, opinionated and fairly well-known on both sides of the Atlantic, at least in geek circles.
BuzzMachine proprietor Jeff Jarvis pays homage to Twitter in his February 25, 2008, Guardian column. I was surprised to learn how many ways people use Twitter, especially since Twitter opened up its Application Programming Interface (API). See "Why short is tweet for the blogging community."
According to Jarvis, Twitter is being used by journalists on the U.S. presidential campaign trail:
I read feeds of my friends' updates on twitter.com or on my phone via SMS (that is what sets the 140-character limit on messages). I also read feeds of news headlines from the Guardian and individual reporters. Jim Long, a network news photographer, Twitters from White House trips. Ana Marie Cox, the former Wonkette blogger and queen of the snarky political post, has been using Twitter to cover the US primaries for Time.com. I blogged about that, saying she has found the perfect medium for her bon mots and snipes. She responded that Twitter is the perfect medium for covering a campaign. The format gives us a glimpse into what's happening right now, and cuts to the bone. It's a hack's haiku.
Jarvis says, "Because Twitter opened itself up with an API - a programming interface that enables developers to create new services on top of it - all sorts of new inventions are springing up."
Adam Tinworth, who reports "on bloggers, journalists and other media reptiles" at One Man and His Blog, published a February 3, 2008, post headlined "Are Journalists as annoying as Bloggers?" You might find it entertaining, even educational.
BuzzMachine founder and proprietor Jeff Jarvis posted two links February 1, 2008, that should be of great benefit to bloggers. Wrote Jarvis:
My colleague at CUNY, Prof. Geanne Rosenberg, has just put up an online course for bloggers and media practitioners of any stripe with the 10 things you need to know to stay out of court.Jarvis also noted that, "For a graduate-level course with lots of in-depth details, the amazing Berkman [Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School] is, at the same time, putting online a legal guide with information on such topics as setting up a publishing business."
Thanks, Jeff. That's why I try to read you daily. There's always something of value.
If you want to read Jeff's entire post, see "For bloggers: A stay-out-of-jail card."
By the way, as a litigation paralegal since 1991 and a former freedom of information officer, newsletter publisher and 
journalist, I always think about the legal implications of what I write. I also follow changes in the law, especially as it relates to Internet publishing, copyrights and fair use.
In fact, I'm currently taking advantage of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's OpenCourseWare offering Introduction to Copyright Law through video lectures. According to the course description:
This course is an introduction to copyright law and American law in general. Topics covered include: structure of federal law; basics of legal research; legal citations; how to use LexisNexis®; the 1976 Copyright Act; copyright as applied to music, computers, broadcasting, and education; fair use; Napster®, Grokster®, and Peer-to-Peer file-sharing; Library Access to Music Project; The 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act; DVDs and encryption; software licensing; the GNU® General Public License and free software.I'm fairly familiar with the "structure of federal law; basics of legal research; legal citations; how to use LexisNexis®; the 1976 Copyright Act; copyright as applied to music." I use LexisNexis almost daily for legal research in my day job.
I learned the foundation of the U.S. legal system, legal research, etc. at Roosevelt University in Chicago and in continuing legal education course and through continuous independent reading and research. It has served me well. The key is not knowing everything about the law, but how to research what you don't know and how to analyze it.
As an independent blogger, it is imperative that you be prepared if an intimidating, legal complaint is served on you for something you wrote. If you know something about the law, it won't seem so intimidating.
Finally, I recommend free, non-credit courses such as that offered by MIT, Stanford and a number of other universities as a means to become familiar with the law, if you are unfamiliar with it, and don't want to formally go to into law or paralegal studies.
"From California to New York, Hispanic bloggers are speaking up in ways that could influence Latino voters' decisions just as their votes are becoming more relevant in the presidential race," according to Wall Street Journal correspondent Ana Rivas in a February 1, 2008, article in The Wall Street Journal online.
Rivas noted that, "The bloggers' politics vary widely. But with Super Tuesday [February 5, 2008] right around the corner, their writings share a common tone: the urgency of an election year that is, as Latinopundit put it, "upon us like salsa on a taco."
She said, "A prominent feature of these blogs is their ability to jump freely between Spanish and English."
I found the article very informative. If you want to read it, see "Bloggers' Bilingual Message."
Recommended: RichardatDell's January 27, 2008, post headlined "Three Dirty Little Blogging Secrets." Also check out the links at the end of the post. They lead to informative discussions on the ongoing debate on whether bloggers should adopt and adhere to the standards of traditional journalists.
Ferrial Adam , an environmental sector worker in South Africa, has a January 18, 2008, article at Thought Leader, a blog sponsored by the Mail & Guardian Online of South Africa, about how she overcame her misconceptions about blogging. In "A small step into cyberspace …," Adam writes:
I’m not sure why but I feel that I need to mention that I am new to blogging. I previously avoided reading blogs as I perceived them to be some kind of diary input where people revealed their soul and discussedI actually think some mainstream journalists and columnists want to blog but fear possible criticism of their work. If that's case, I say get over it.how they lost weight in 30 days — with details of what the burger made them think and feel as it reached the pit of their stomach and then the pit of the latrine. (Yikes, am I being politically incorrect and insensitive to a problem that is quite serious?)
Anyway, I’ve recently changed my view about blogging. Over the past couple of weeks I have become a regular reader of Thought Leader. I have admired and envied the ease with which some people managed to get their points across and not be fazed by the sometimes hard criticism they receive. I have always justified this by saying that they are journalists — that’s what they do! They are used to it.
As for Adams, congratulations on overcoming misconceptions about blogging and bloggers that are quite prevalent. Just as you overcame that, you will overcome the fear of being criticized. Any blogger that offers an opinion, including me, has been criticized at onetime or another. I don't mind that. What pisses me off is when commenters excoriate and threaten others for having a point of view contrary to their own.
Annalee Newitz, who blogs at io9.com, asks in an article posted at AlterNet on January 17, 2008: "What Happens When Blogs Go Mainstream? "
It's a great question and she makes relevant and timely observations. I recommend it.
Should Bloggers unionize? Chris Mooney, blogger, freelance writer and author of The Republican War on Science and Storm World, addresses the question in the January/February edition of the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR). See "Blogonomics: Bloggers of the world, unite!"
Also, there is a debate on the subject in the comment section of Slashdot, where I came across a reference to Mooney's post.
By the way, Mooney blogs at the scienceblog.com blog The Intersection.
Lori Thornton's Smoky Mountain Family Historian is a great read. It's about "Musings on family history, regional history, and other items deemed worthy of comment by a family historian living near the Great Smoky Mountains in East Tennessee."
I highly recommend it. In fact, I've subscribed to its feed.
Canadian blogger Werner Patels has a January 15, 2008, post at Werner Patels - Ideas and Issues headlined "Professionalizing the blogosphere," that I highly recommend. Patel and I are on the same page in this passage:
Bloggers crave recognition. They want to be seen as being equal to our colleagues in the mainstream media. But to achieve this level of recognition, they will have to start writing under their real names -- imagine, for example, if the Globe and Mail started publishing columns by some anonymous writer who went by the user name Son of Ibby. Nothing could be more unprofessional. And since what's good for the gander, is good for the goose, we, as bloggers, must start acting and thinking like journalists, or the blogosphere will forever remain a target of public ridicule and contempt.
Actually, I would say some bloggers crave recognition. Also, I don't worry about how I'm perceived by professional journalists. However, I am partial to bloggers who use their own names on their posts, and I will quote them. Rarely will I quote an anonymous blogger or a blogger using one name for the simple fact that the blogger doesn't seem authoritative, when, in fact, he or she may be. Using one's name says "I stand by what I write."
On January 13, 2008, Capitol Hill Blue announced: "Starting today, any registered reader of Capitol Hill Blue can start and maintain a blog on our web site."
"That's right," the publication said. "Blue's readers are now our bloggers. We want to widen the debate on politics in this country and feel that opening up our site to bloggers from all political persuasions and beliefs is a way to do so."
If you want to read more, please see "Become a Capitol Hill Blue blogger."
Jens Alfke, a former Apple, Inc employee who resigned over "creative differences" and is "now working on my own, from home, as an indie software developer," writes in a January 10, 2008 post headlined "Gone Indie":
And then there are blogs. Apple doesn’t like them, not when they talk about it. (Big surprise.) I’ve heard it said that there are hardly any bloggers working at Apple; there are actually a lot more than you’d think, but they mostly keep it a secret. (I could out a few people, including at least one director…) I think Apple’s policy on blogging is one of the least enlightened of major tech companies; Microsoft in particular is surprisingly open.
Alfke adds:"I believe in being individual, and open. It always got on my nerves that there were so many things I couldn’t write about (not confidential information, of course, just public stuff) without the very real chance of waking up to a testy email the next day."
To read the entire post, please see "Gone Indie."
As Sen. Barack Obama continues a strategy of appealing to Republicans and independents, an influential and vocal group within his own party -- the liberal blogosphere -- faces an identity crisis of sorts. At the heart of the tension lies an important challenge for a growing community that has helped redefine and re-energize the left wing of the Democratic Party. What happens to the brawling, highly partisan netroots movement when the party's leading candidate campaigns on bipartisanship -- and wins on it?For answers from political operatives and bloggers Vargas reviewed, see "Obama's Rise Sidelines Bloggers," a post with a misleading headline, which suggests that all bloggers of any political persuasion are upset with the presidential candidate. Vargas most likely didn't write the headline.
Technorati Tags: Barack Obama, Liberal Blogosphere, Jose Antonio Vargas, The Trail
Om Malik over at Giga Om had a heart attack on December 28, 2007. He is the founder Giga Omni Media, Inc. and is a former reporter for Forbes, Red Herring and Business 2.0. Writes Om in a January 3, 2008, post:
Happy New Year. As you may have noticed, my byline hasn’t been up on the site for a few days. That’s because the holidays weren’t exactly my most jolly. I had a heart attack on Dec. 28. I was able to walk into the hospital for treatment that night and have been recovering here ever since. With the support of my family and my team, I am on the road to a full recovery. I am going to be OK.
I wish Om the best and urge him to take it easy and let his staff run things while he recuperates. I've followed his work for years and feel as if I know him personally although I don't.
To read Om's entire post, see "A Heart-to-Heart with GigaOM Readers.
By the way, I ended up in the emergency room on December 27, 2007. Here's what happened: I tried to get up that morning but the room appeared to be spinning at great speed. After a few minutes of this, I managed to get up. About 45-minutes later, while getting dressed in the bathroom, I started falling and hit my head on the side of the medicine cabinet. I could not stop myself. I was fortunate that my head did not hit the sink or the bath tub.
To be honest, I thought I was cashing out. However, there was no fear. My concern was whether my wife, who was in the basement washing, remembered where the pension, deferred compensation, Insurance and other documents were.
Somehow I managed to get up and sit in a chair in the living room. When my wife returned from the basement, I told her I needed to go to the emergency room. When we got there, I was thankful I didn't have to wait long before I saw a doctor. After asking a series of questions and conducting test, which included an electrocardiogram, to rule out a heart attack, the doctor diagnosed the problem as Vertigo. He gave me two pills, which alleviated the condition after about 45-minutes.
However, he warned me that it could return, and that it is quite common. He also gave me a prescription and ordered me take the prescribed pills as needed.
The point of this narrative? Get to a doctor if you feel anything out of the ordinary. It could save your life.
The New York Times' Katharine Q. Seelye reported January 1, 2008, that Republican Presidential Candidate Michael Dale "Mike" Huckabee of Arkansas "held a little event here [in Des Moines, Iowa] on Tuesday [January 1, 2008] to thank the roughly 700 bloggers who, he said, were responsible for keeping his campaign alive."
"Because he had no money and initially got very little media attention, he said, he could not have kept going without their dedication," Seelye reported
To read the entire article, see "Huckabee Thanks Bloggers."
Tags: Michael Huckabee, Conservative Bloggers, Katharine Q. Seelye
Ahl Things Considered proprietor Jonathan Ahl, news director at WCBU-FM, the public radio station in Peoria, Illinois, USA, invites us to "Check out Does it Play Near Peoria? the new blog from freelance journalist Bill Poorman."[link added]
Ahl said "Bill is new to the [Peoria] area (about two months) and lives in Morton, but did live in Washington (IL) several years ago."
To read more, see " A New Peoria Area Blogger."
Technorati Tags: Ahl Things Considered, Does it Play Near Peoria?, Jonathan Ahl, Bill Poorman
Barry Popik, an administrative law judge in New York, USA, and "a contributor-consultant to the Oxford English Dictionary, Dictionary of American Regional English, Historical Dictionary of American Slang, and the upcoming.Yale Dictionary of Quotations, [Published in 2006]" has one of the most interesting and entertaining websites I've ever encountered. It's call The Big Apple.
It offers "A series of citations, quotations, and evidence on the true origins of a New York City nickname, with additional material on other words and terms associated with the city." I recommend it.
Technorati Tags: Barry Popik, The Big Apple
While reading Washington Post reporter Jose Antonio Vargas' November 27, 2007, post headlined "Storming the News GateKeepers," mentioned a few African-American blogs, something I don't see that often in the newspapers I visit online.
Vargas prominently features Faye Anderson, an African-American blogger he spent time with in New York, which researching his article. "She's saying anyone can be a journalist, at least anyone with an Internet connection," he writes. "Start a blog, she says, that's easy."
Vargas said hers is called Anderson at Large, and is "nearly three years old and one of the more prominent blogs in the growing Afrosphere, the African American online political sphere, where Field Negro, Jack and Jill Politics and African American Political Pundit also are must-go-to sites."
African American Political Pundit has a long list of blogs by African-Americans. They are very informative and I highly recommend them.
Technorati Tags: Jose Antonio Vargas, The Washington Post, Faye Anderson, Afrosphere
Technorati Tags: Blogonomics, Bloggers, Journalists, Felix Salmon, Market Movers
Danny at the National Journal's often interesting Beltway Blogroll takes exception in a December 23, 2007, post with Freeport, Illinois (United States) newspaper publisher Stephen Trosley's December 22, 2007, article complaining about "name-calling, axe-grinding and misinformation" some bloggers allegedly engage in in "the Journal-Standard blogosphere." Write's Danny:
Nothing gets the curmudgeons of old media stirring like the holiday spirit. Without fail at this time every year, someone in the green-eyeshade gang decides to attack the blogs -- and expose himself as a hypocrite in the process. Add Stephen Trosley, the publisher of The Journal-Standard in Freeport, Ill., to Santa's naughty list this year. He just penned a diatribe about the lack of "peace on earth, good will to mankind and all of that" in the newspaper's piece of the blogosphere, and in the next showed his lack of good will toward the online world by talking about the "lunatic fringe," verbal "snipers" and "kook-a-boos.
I think Danny should have linked to Trosley's post, which is headlined "Publisher's Column: Bloggers lack goodwill towards mankind," so his readers could draw their own conclusions.
By the way, I didn't take Trosley's post, which I read before I learned of Danny's post, as a blanket condemnation of all bloggers, just those he says are misbehaving in "the Journal-Standard blogosphere."
To read more of Danny's post, see "Forget Good Will For The Online 'Kook-A-Boos'.
Technorati Tags: Beltway Blogroll, Stephen Trosley, The Journal-Standard
Stephen Trosley, publisher of
