Friday, October 5, 2007
...or just weekend reading
Facts, Facts, Facts
For discussions of newspaper fact-checking, the issue of professional reporters relying on public relations sources, and "transparency" about the reporting -- and correction -- process, see these:
Feature story lead-writing...
2:11:00 PM #
Facts, Facts, Facts
For discussions of newspaper fact-checking, the issue of professional reporters relying on public relations sources, and "transparency" about the reporting -- and correction -- process, see these:
- New York Times
Public Editor Clark Hoyt's column,Pictures Worth a Thousand Questions , about - a photorapher's obituary,
- the corrections to it, and
- the Times' follow-up story: Known for Famous Photos, Not All of Them His.
Feature story lead-writing...
- an example of when to focus on "where," Army enlists anthropology in war zones
- a "focus on a single case" lead, Violence tests the security on campuses
See
David Pogue's review of the $200
laptop designed for the One Laptop Per Child (laptop.org)
international education project.
It has no Microsoft Windows, no CD/DVD, but, as Pogue demonstrates in a video, it's designed to be "spillproof, rainproof, dustproof and drop-proof," as well as fanless, silent, neworked and programmable.
It's also going to be available -- for a couple of weeks -- to Americans willing to buy a second one for a school in a needier country. (www.xogiving.org)
I couldn't help noticing that the little green machine is programmed in Python, the language I've been wanting to learn ever since I started reading about its role in the Django open-source Web development platform.
It has no Microsoft Windows, no CD/DVD, but, as Pogue demonstrates in a video, it's designed to be "spillproof, rainproof, dustproof and drop-proof," as well as fanless, silent, neworked and programmable.
It's also going to be available -- for a couple of weeks -- to Americans willing to buy a second one for a school in a needier country. (www.xogiving.org)
I couldn't help noticing that the little green machine is programmed in Python, the language I've been wanting to learn ever since I started reading about its role in the Django open-source Web development platform.
2:11:00 PM #
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