Bold and Innovative
If newspapers are to survive, they must abandon the defensive crouch and take a proactive approach. Mon., February 11, 2013. By Rem Rieder Rem Rieder (rrieder@ajr.umd.edu) is AJR's editor and senior…
View ArticleBefore You Learn To Create, Learn To Steal
Kenneth Goldsmith is not your typical poet. In 2000, he published Fidget, a catalog of every single movement his body made over a 13-hour period. Traffic, from 2007, was nothing more than unedited…
View ArticleQ&A;: Mike Tyson Isn't Afraid of Hecklers or Semi-Automatic Rifles
"We got bomb threats when we did the show in New York. And then somebody tweeted and said they were gonna do to us like they did in Colorado." Where does one begin trying to explain the experience of…
View ArticleBrands Need a New Type of Newsroom
Chris Hogg is CEO of Digital Journal and cofounder of /Newsrooms, a real-time content marketing network. Follow him on Twitter @chrishogg. Before we can decide whether or not brands need newsrooms,…
View ArticlePlay by your own rules. — Work & Education
A little over a year ago I joined Facebook as a Product Manager. I work with the Pages, Location, and Events teams. After a decade of being the founder of three different companies, this has been a…
View ArticleReal Leaders Have Real Lives
For years I've been working on helping companies to see how work, home, community, and self (mind, body, and spirit) can be mutually reinforcing; this is the "four-way wins" approach I describe in…
View ArticleThe audacity of dope
For the focused investor BRENDAN KENNEDY received an engineering degree, started a software firm and sold its assets to Boeing, studied for a Yale MBA and then joined a Silicon Valley bank reviewing…
View ArticleSandberg, Feminism and the Politics of Class
Sheryl Sandberg, perhaps the country’s most prominent female tech executive, aspires to share her secrets through success via a new social movement.But while her prescriptions for women to “Lean In”…
View ArticleWhen Did Twitter Grow Up? | Digital
As a cultural force, Twitter has logged many defining moments. But as an ad platform and marketing tool, Twitter's coming-of-age appears to be happening now. That news stories like the hacking of the…
View ArticleWill Journalism Go the Way of Whaling?
In The Conversation, David Brooks and Gail Collins talk between columns every Wednesday.Tags:Blogs and Blogging (Internet), Computers and the Internet, E-Learning, Facebook Inc,
View ArticleAlways be humble — What I Learned Building…
Working at Wired magazine in the 1990's did not lend itself to humbleness. Beginning with issue 1.0 in January 1993, the magazine featured a continuous stream of bold proclamations about the…
View ArticleAmid shifts from ads to subscriptions on YouTube, an exciting yet uncertain...
By David Holmes On March 7, 2013 Over the past few weeks, three major storylines have emerged surrounding content on YouTube. The first is the viral success of the “Harlem Shake,” along…
View ArticleTells the Facts, Names the Names » How the World Forgot About Iraq » Print
It is 10 years since the start of the war in Iraq which led to the toppling of Saddam Hussein. The diplomatic map of the world has been redrawn as a consequence. Inquiry after inquiry has studied the…
View ArticleThe Professor, the Bikini Model and the Suitcase Full of Trouble
In November 2011, Paul Frampton, a theoretical particle physicist, met Denise Milani, a Czech bikini model, on the online dating site Mate1.com. She was gorgeous — dark-haired and dark-eyed,…
View ArticleCan Animals Be Gay? by Jon Mooallem
The Laysan albatross is a downy seabird with a seven-foot wingspan and a notched, pale yellow beak. Every November, a small colony of albatrosses assembles at a place called Kaena Point, overlooking…
View ArticleOn Keeping a Notebook in the Digital Age — Architecting A Life
A few days ago I had a moment of sheer panic because I couldn’t find a pen. I went through the Elisabeth Kübler-Ross stages of penlessness (Denial: Maybe I don’t need a pen? I…
View ArticleHow Social Networking Kills The Creative Spirit
You want to hear some hard truth? Do you promise not to get mad at me? Promise? Okay then. Here it is. Your social networking habit? It might be hurting you. Yes, I know it’s fun. Meeting new…
View ArticleI Spoke to the Photographer Who Got Blown Up in Afghanistan
Giles Duley has been getting a lot of attention recently as the photographer who lost both his legs and an arm after stepping on a landmine in Kabul while documenting American troops in Afghanistan.…
View ArticlePope, CEO
THE Roman Catholic church is the world’s oldest multinational. It is also, by many measures, its most successful, with 1.2 billion customers, 1m employees, tens of millions of volunteers, a…
View ArticleEvidence Lost: We're Not Likely to See Editing Like Proust's in the Future
Bibliotheque nationale de France (click to expand)This image comes from the notebooks of Marcel Proust, one page among the thousands that would eventually become In Search of Lost Time. Though there…
View ArticleWe've Reached Peak Infographic, and We're No Smarter for It
If I were to chart the evolution of my attitude toward infographics over time, it would start with a soaring arc, dip and rise, then drop into a steady flat line. My personal interest in data…
View ArticleThe Glory Days of American Journalism
The newspaper business may not be getting easier, but is that bad for consumers? Photo by Mike Groll/AP American news media has never been in better shape. That’s just common sense. Almost anything…
View ArticleWhat Jonah Peretti Taught Me About Journalism: Make it Emotional, Social,...
One of the highlights of my trip to SXSW, the music, film and interactive festival in Austin that ended last week, was hearing Jonah Peretti, founder of Buzzfeed, speak Buzzfeed,although still a…
View ArticleThe Importance of Scheduling Nothing
If you were to see my calendar, you'd probably notice a host of time slots greyed out but with no indication of what's going on. There is no problem with my Outlook or printer. The grey sections…
View ArticleRussell Brand on Margaret Thatcher: 'I always felt sorry for her children'
Margaret Thatcher, the year she became leader of the Conservatives, and the year Russell Brand was born. Photograph: Keystone France One Sunday recently while staying in London, I took a stroll in…
View ArticleHuman Rights Watch report – YouTube as an evidence locker?
If someone says ‘YouTube video’ to you, what words immediately come to mind? Cat videos? Harlem Shake? Gangnam Style? How about ‘war crimes evidence’? Yesterday’s…
View ArticleThe iPhone Killed My Creativity
I love my iPhone. I take it with me everywhere. But I am starting to fear it may be killing my creativity. Numerous studies and much accepted wisdom suggest that time spent doing nothing, being…
View ArticleHow Jon Stewart Blew Up in China
Jon Stewart has decided, as he put it this week, that he might be working the wrong continent. In a segment called “Big Ratings in Giant China,” Stewart expounded on his recent…
View ArticleThe Expendables: Inside America's Elite Search And Rescue Dog Training Center
Image by Joe Flood Callie was a washout. A Labrador retriever raised to be a seeing-eye dog, her bold curiosity was ill-suited to a life of leading around the blind, leaving her a born-and-bred…
View ArticleThe One-Person Product
In 2006, I moved to New York and started working for David Karp doing web development for various media companies. That fall, in a brief gap before starting a new client, David said that we were…
View ArticleThe New York Times Told Me to Take This Down — - meta -
It’s been five months since the New York Times dropped their mammoth digital story “Snow Fall,” and some people still talk about it as if it came out last week. At a conference…
View ArticleWhy have containers boosted trade so much?
AT FIRST glance they may just appear to be humble metal boxes. But containers—uniform boxes that can be easily moved between lorry, train and ship—have reshaped global trade over…
View ArticleHow A Guerrilla Art Project Gave Birth To NYC’s New Wheelchair Symbol
In coming months, as parts of New York City continue to rebuild after the destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy, observant citizens may notice a small change in their neighborhoods. In parking lots…
View ArticleThe battle for the news: Zimbabwe and beyond
A ‘pirate’ television station has been set up in South Africa and is now broadcasting an alternative version of reality into Zimbabwe via satellite. The establishment of 1st TV, as the…
View ArticleNate Silver: 'Most Political Pundits Are Completely Useless'
Nate Silver is taking his number-crunching empire from The New York Times to ESPN and ABC, but any suggestion that the move will thaw his icy relationship with the political commentariat was…
View ArticleThe War Nerd: George Vs. Al Qaeda
War Nerd Dispatch unlocked This Dispatch was unlocked for you by subscriber Gary Brecher and will remain unlocked until 1 day, 23 hours from now. Subscribers have unrestricted access to all of…
View ArticleJeff Bezos buys the Washington Post. This is either wonderful for journalism...
By Sarah Lacy On August 5, 2013 When Jeff Bezos turns his sights on you, it’s either extremely good or extremely bad. There’s rarely wiggle room in between. Book sellers,
View ArticleWhat Snowden and Manning Don't Understand About Secrecy
ReutersAs an old reporter who has from time to time outed classified information, I have watched the cases of Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden with professional interest. What troubles me about…
View ArticleHow Chris McCandless Died
Twenty-one years ago this month, on September 6, 1992, the decomposed body of Christopher McCandless was discovered by moose hunters just outside the northern boundary of Denali National Park. He had…
View ArticleThe 8mm Films of Vivian Maier
Glen Luchford Captures A New York Moment with the Rag & Bone Stars in Today’s Two Films Glen Luchford's short films for NY fashion house rag & bone are as beautiful and elegant as they…
View ArticleThe Sum of Parts
Jeff Bezos recently visited the Washington Post, garnering loads of coverage – and why not? He’s smart, he’s rich, and he now owns a major news organization – so…
View ArticleWhy Talented Creatives Are Leaving Your Shitty Agency
Over the past few months it seems like I keep having the same conversation over and over again with friends in dozens of agencies around London, it usually starts off like this: “Who do you…
View ArticlePortrait of the NSA: no detail too small in quest for total surveillance
Barack Obama hailed United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon as a "good friend" after the two had sat down in the White House in April to discuss the issues of the day: Syria and alleged chemical…
View ArticleWe Should Stop Telling Entrepreneurs To 'Fail Fast'
This is part of the "Moving Forward" series offering advice to small business owners on technology, mentorship, productivity, and growth. "Moving Forward" is sponsored by Ink from Chase®.…
View ArticleMeet the NWA of Syria
For the past three months, I’ve been chatting with Syrians on Skype, reading their Facebook pages and subscribing to their YouTube feeds. It tends to be pretty depressing. About 100,000 people…
View Article10 Paradoxical Traits Of Creative People
I frequently find myself thinking about whether I am an artist or an entrepreneur. I am simply trying my best to create my own unique path. It is safe to say that more and more entrepreneurs are…
View Article11 charts about income inequality ...
Add a location to your Tweets When you tweet with a location, Twitter stores that location. You can switch location on/off before each Tweet and always have the option to delete your location…
View ArticleWhat if Contently bought ProPublica?
By Hamish McKenzie On November 15, 2013 What if Contently bought ProPublica? That’s a crazy question. It sounds stupid. It may be stupid. In fact, let me just go ahead and pre-package a tweet…
View ArticleRoom for sex
Morningside, a late-Victorian suburb on the south side of Edinburgh is an extremely good-looking place, possessing an architectural integrity rare in Britain today. Never threatened by wartime bombs,…
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: How Snapchat Plans To Make Money
Evan Spiegel, Snapchat boss.Last week, news broke that a ~2.5 year old company called Snapchat had rejected an all-cash $3 billion takeover offer from Facebook. Predictably, the cat-calls and howls…
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