The editorial page of the Los Angeles Times is the closest thing the newspaper has to a private club. For decades it perfected a civic-minded solemnity and exuded a wood-paneled, gin-and-bitters ambience, a feeling that modesty and politesse were the essential tone—which was true in a town where decisions were made out of view by modest and polite patricians who, naturellement, looked after the city’s interests. The Times editorial voice was a sanctum that could hardly have been more sanctorum. Exclusive Members
The Blog, The Press, The Media: The Game Played in Heaven
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How can Wikinews and Blogs work together?
How can they ping one another? Share breaking stories? This page should collect ideas and comments about this bridge between sources. Please add major topics here, and carry on meta-discussions on the discussion page
• Wikinews and Blogs [Credits: Finding Your Voice Online ; Nobody gets an editor/publisher job by taking risks ]
• · It was announced today at Publishers Marketplace as their "deal of the day." And it was in Publisher's Lunch, a popular e-mail alert. Gatekeepers Without Gates, my book project, has been greenlighted. Publishing News at PressThink; Eye on Writers
• · · It is that dialog-based interaction with its community that, in my view, separates the good papers from the great ones. The ones that get it use creative processes to involve their constituents on a number of levels. It ultimately has very little to do with cost, and significantly more to do with how deeply the paper's leaders - both editorial and business - feel about turning a conservative business (as most papers seem to have become) into a true agent of change in the community. Michelle Grattan Australia's detention regime is endless in its ability to shock
• · · · It's the dentists, you see. they want to be writers. Barista ; Beware: No Other Industry Needs Websites like this everywhere
• · · · · Whether it prospers or not, the sale of Crikey is a media milestone The underground news is a going concern
• · · · · · Ten years ago this week, The Age became the first Australian newspaper, and one of only a handful around the world, to publish an internet edition Coming Of Age on Line ; The water is the color and consistency of chocolate milk, but they dip the jugs in anyway. Guapo takes one of them, sniffs the water inside, then takes a sip. He squints into the desert, nods and hands the jug to Tigre. It’s good — you can’t taste the dirt or anything. I wanted to show what these people go through to get into our country. I’d never done a documentary before, but I knew it was something I had to do Filmmaker Tommy Davis took the jug next, setting his video camera down to take a drink.
