Thursday, October 20, 2005

N&R launches photo site. Citizen photo-journalism. 7:25:12 PM   permalink   comment []

Nice. 7:22:58 PM   permalink   comment []

Jill Williams, exec director of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission, writes a thoughtful post at the T&R blog about reconciling with John Robinson on the subject of what constitutes news. (Lots of links to testimony from recent hearings, too, if you scroll down through the last few days.) I think we're making progress. The hearings were powerful and important. Keith Holliday gave me hope. Now JR, too. It's a process. And it's moving forward. Next. 7:21:31 PM   permalink   comment []

"I believe the head of Greensboro's inspections department owes County Commissioner Skip Alston an apology," says the author of Greensboro's best blog. 11:21:04 AM   permalink   comment []

Dave Winer on increasing diversity at conferences: "The Greensboro blogging conference earlier this month was more interesting because there were far more black people there than I've ever seen at a tech industry conference. How did this happen? They chose North Carolina A&T, a state college that's largely black, to host the event. The professors and students were all black [ed. note: not all, but predominantly], as were many participants of the community. There's a big lesson in that. If you want change, like Dorothy, you have to leave Kansas, you can't expect change to come to you, you have to go there." 11:13:05 AM   permalink   comment []

Here's the audio clip of Justin Catanoso's NPR piece -- it ran today on Morning Edition, a little behind schedule, but worth the wait. Nicely written, nicely read. 11:05:01 AM   permalink   comment []

DarkTimes: Herbert lays off Bush for a moment to go after an oil company. "Please welcome the latest entry to the Chutzpah Hall of Fame: the mighty Chevron Corporation." While the company prepares a gala for its conservation awards, "Chevron's lawyers are in Ecuador defending the company against charges that it contributed to one of the worst environmental disasters on the planet. The company is accused of dumping more than 18 billion gallons of toxic waste, over a period of 20 years, into the soil and water of a previously pristine section of the Amazon rain forest." More: "Disasters of this kind, involving poor people in remote areas of foreign countries, tend to stay low on the level of awareness of the American news media. The suffering tends to go unnoticed by the outside world." Brooks: "Scenes From a Meltdown" He's been talking to members of Congress. "The most interesting tales came from Republicans elected from districts President Bush carried by fewer than 10 points. Those districts were once moderately supportive of the president, but now, as one member of Congress said, the anger at Bush is so deep it's almost indescribable. "It's a generalized feeling of betrayal. At town meetings, big subjects like Iraq and the deficits barely come up. But there is a sense that this guy Bush promised to make us feel safe, and it's clear from the Katrina fiasco and everything else that we are not safe. "For Republicans from vulnerable districts in the Northeast and Midwest, the president has become, as another member put it, radioactive." And: "On the G.O.P. side, this is a moment of Republican glasnost. After years of following the leaders, Republicans are suddenly rebelling and innovating on all fronts." But nobody likes the Dems much either, he says. DarkTimes is a daily roundup of the hidden matter in the NYT opinion universe. 7:15:34 AM   permalink   comment []

A park instead of an eyesore at the old railyards downtown? Luna and I have discussed this many times as we walk along MLK, and we both think it's a great idea. 7:06:47 AM   permalink   comment []

Plead the First creates what may be GSO's first blog-native political cartoon. Hope we'll see more. As Inside Scoop pointed out, more people watched a Jeffersons rerun on Tuesday than turned out for the primary. Which makes me wonder if the folks who say "nobody cares" about the Truth & Rec project -- you know, the project that before it really began got almost as many signatures on a petition of support as there were voters this week -- think we should cancel or ignore the primary, too. 7:04:58 AM   permalink   comment []