Archive for December, 2009

Metaphors: lawns and mass extinction

Mass extinction Alan Mutter’s Journicide: A looming, lost generation of scribes But the loss of a substantial portion of what would have been the next generation of journalists also will be tragic for society. The loss will deprive citizens in the future with the insights that only can be delivered by dedicated professionals with the [...]

Metaphors: stores who hate customers, customers who don’t buy and a bunch of clichés

A headline shop Danny Sullivan’s If Newspapers Were Stores, Would Visitors Be “Worthless” Then? At the store, the news exec owner greets visitors by asking them what the hell they want. Perplexed, they visitors say they heard about these stories and wanted to know more. The exec shouts at them. “Get the hell out of [...]