WSJ Blogger James Taranto Profiled.
New York Magazine dissects how James Taranto, a former PR pro, helped the
Wall Street Journal build a blog franchise with its
Best of the Web Today blog.... [from
Micro Persuasion]
The Utility of Wikipedia for Journalists.
While I was looking for information about weblogs in newsrooms, I
discovered this item from March on Poynter's Web site discussing
Wikipedia's usefulness to journalists. A few of us have been writing
about its reliability and content quality, like in this
other post. [from
J's Scratchpad]
Weapons of Mass Mobilization.
A quiet couple in Berkeley, California, got sick of being ignored by
the system. So they built a new one. How MoveOn.org changed the face of
fund raising, brought P2P to political advertising and reinvented
grass-roots activism. By Gary Wolf from Wired magazine. [from
Wired News]
Thousands registered to vote in both N.Y. and Fla.Russ Buettner of the
New York Daily News checked voter registration
records in New York and Florida, finding that "some 46,000 New Yorkers
are registered to vote in both the city and Florida, a shocking finding... [from
Extra! Extra!]
"By everyone's hope, it won't be Chicago 1968."For TV news, the concern is not how to cover all the possible protests
around town. It's "inciting disruptive behavior by showing up with
cameras." And it's losing control of the convention telecast to events
outside. There are jittery people in the networks, trying not to be the
cause of anything. [
PressThink]
Donkeys and satellite phones pave the way for Afghan elections.
This article published in the
Tehran Times is an interesting contrast
to the upcoming American Presidential elections. Organizing the first
presidential election in Afghanistan, a country largely without power,
roads or literacy, has required a leap of imagination... [from
Smart Mobs]
