Archive for category: Journalism

I told you so    (2011.09.26)

Will Leitch, in New York, agrees with me that an out athlete is in fact out

Reporting on Tim Cook    (2011.08.25)

Now that generous, well-liked Felix Salmon has made essentially the same point about reporting on Apple CEO Tim Cook as I did, perhaps technology journalists will grab another chance to grow up

Gay ‘press’ to soldiers: Drop dead    (2011.08.15)

Decadent gay bloggers cannot be bothered championing the case of Bradley Manning. Meanwhile, what the late Andrew Wilfahrt stood for simply unnerves them

For journos and cabinet ministers, it doesn’t happen till it’s in print    (2011.08.12)

Newspaper journos – and a cabinet minister – didn’t find out about a six-figure job posting till it made the newspaper

How not to report an opinion piece    (2011.07.18)

At the very least, you have to verify factual statements and call up people you accuse of doing something

Fact-checking Richard Burnett    (2011.07.12)

Richard Burnett, a lonesome anglo gay journo in Montreal, needs a history lesson. (And who insists he be called Bugs?)

Web supergurus’ contempt for the hyperlink    (2011.07.12)

The higher the standing of the elite Web commentator, the more likely he is to avoid, misuse, or distrust the fundamental feature of the Web, the hyperlink

Arranging the names of the 9/11 memorial    (2011.06.30)

How in God’s name would anyone born after 1970 think for a moment that 2,982 names could be arranged on index cards?

Lorraine Sommerfeld: Blind teen can fix cars but can’t read article about him    (2011.06.16)

Newsflash, Lorraine Sommerfeld: A teen who can fix cars does not need sighted help to read a newspaper