Rain's only value, for Miss McGee, was that it reminded her how precious was good weather. She despised rain. But she knew that to the earth, rain was as necessary as sunshine. Could it be, she wondered, that the vice and barbarism abroad in the world served, like the rain, some purpose? Did the abominations in the Sunday paper mingle somehow with the goodness in the world and together, like the rain and sun feeding the ferns, did they nourish some kind of life she was unaware of?
-Jon Hassler, Staggerford
Now I published my Cold River, I am finding out the hard way that nobody needs it (smile). But another Bohemian with search engine 'wows' Google Where the Bohemian Ghetto meets the Sea...
The Blog, The Press, The Media: Street dancers dont wear dance shoes...
Adrian Holovaty gave the commencement speech at his j-school at Missouri. As one of the experts on what can be done with new media to enhance journalism, he's a great choice and hopefully an inspiration:
Graduates, the fire should be burning under each and every one of you. You should be yearning -- aching -- to bring this industry into a new age. Your generation -- our generation -- is going to be the one to do it.
You're going to be the people breaking the rules. You're going to be the people inventing new ones. You'll be the person who says, "Hey, let's try this new way of getting our journalism out to the public."
• On blogging, new media, and the news [ News Search portal, one of the 60 sites, links to every possible news search site ; Content is nothing on its own. It only exists as part of conversations ]
• · It’s not content until it’s linked. 'Links are the currency of the Web....' ; OhMyNews syndicates with IHT
• · · More Site Graphs Links ; Use links 54 ways: How to get traffic for your blog ; Blogs Hold Social Media Networks Together
• · · · BBC to broadcast World Cup over Internet ; Many marketers still not using new media
• · · · · The Biggest Mistakes You Can Make with Reporters; CROSS-WIRE OPEN New Matilda’s Group Blog
• · · · · · via Trevor Cook Measuring media relations; To sell antivirus software, first you must sell the fear. Fraidy Cat Marketing