For those of us in the information business, this is truly an earth-shaking time. Who would have imagined that the downfall of one of the world's most powerful news executives would be precipitated by an ordinary citizen blogging his eyewitness report at Davos in the wee hours of the morning on Jan. 27? It's simply stunning
Chronology of Easongate: A good number of PressThink readers think I am in error for tracking the Eason Jordan story as closely as I have. By writing about the furor I am voting for it, and in some sense endorsing it, they say. Plus: Who broke the story? And Steve Lovelady blasts Hugh Hewitt Jay Rosen
He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you Slaying the Dragon Jordan and the MSM Abyss ; Another scalp by bloggers? Eason Jordan resigned
The Blog, The Press, The Media: Fake news, fake reporter
And, PR being the priority, it's good to have Eric Boehlert around to comment on the state of the media - and, in this case, Fake news, fake reporter.
Jeff Gannon, cont'd .... Salon has an excellent rundown. And a reader retrieves Gannon's site from the memory hole, via that reliable foe of revisionists everywhere, the Google cache.
• The Talon News fiasco raises serious questions [Credits: Beyond The Headlines: Top 10 Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2004 From Colombia to Chechnya, citizens continue to suffer in virtual silence ; Three years ago, Linux developers were still seeking to change the world. Revolutionaries and zealots were challenging the established order of the technology sector The penguin has landed]
• · The Catch-22: Potential employers require that their job candidates have years of experience, but how do they get that experience if no one’s willing to give them a chance in the first place? Enter the Artemis Design Group at The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, where Honors students learn the ins and outs of advertising and design by working on real-world campaigns for real-world clients. Welcome to the Real World
• · · Dear link-ers: I'm writing an introductory piece on the Internet in Australia for the textbook 'Media & Communications in Australia', and wondered if I might solicit people's views on:
1) the top 10 Australian websites of all time;
2) the top 10 Australian blogs of all time.
(I'm sure this is a topic that has exercised Link in the past). Or failing that, suggestions for websites that people feel that are significant in the annals of Australian Internet :-)
If you have suggestions, pls email me off-list, and I'll do a compile. Many thanks, Dr Gerard Goggin ; Research blogger; Code of Blogging Ethics at Desirable Roasted Coffee Allan Jenkins, Copenhagen, 11 December 2004
• · · · Blake Ross is 19, the same age that Bill Gates was when he helped found Microsoft. But the surprising success of the free internet browser that Ross helped create doesn't yet have him dreaming about a Gates-sized fortune. Teen guru on Gates' trail ;
• · · · · By Richard Ackland ; The Golden Chain & Unholy gains: There's a cluster of internet servers in South Brunswick, New Jersey, that is at the heart of more than its fair share of international grief and litigation. These are the servers used by Dow Jones, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, Barron's magazine and other organs, for the online editions of its publications. Publish on the net and be damned - but only in Australia
• · · · · · Sir, you’re older than I am," she said. "You’ve been in the business longer than I have, and I’m sure that from where you’re sitting, you are making the right decision. But from where I’m sitting, it’s the wrong decision. Eden in Exile