Nick Bergus Thoughts on what media do, and can do better, and other things

A widdle deer Vicki Boykis, in an interview with Anna Tarkov Q: What is your top complaint about the news media? My general complaints are that the print/tv news media treats the Internet as some disgusting thing under a microscope that it has to handle with kid gloves all while not knowing anything about it [...]

BP’s booboo The Tri-City Herald‘s “The inside scoop: What’s new for newspapers?” But what really got us thinking was Pruitt’s reminder of the newsroom’s unique role in democracy. The internet is great. But it’s a gusher — not unlike the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Once you get it started, there’s just no [...]

A former Catholic porn star Andrew Wallenstein on Twitter Like a porn star crediting catholic school RT @Poynter: Ben Huh says Medill prepared him to run Cheezburger Network http://is.gd/cU6gy

I find John Gruber, when he’s got the snark dialed up to 11, annoying, grating, vial and egotistical. But that’s only when I disagree with him. I, of course, love it when we’re on the same side. Gruber seems like a smart guy. His analysis and reporting is usually good. He’s willing to point out the [...]

Dinosaurs with no sense of self-preservation Glenn Luther on Twitter Dinosaurs running toward the comet RT @stevebuttry Newspapers pursuing paywalls: Chapter Whatever. http://p2.to/Tcb

Jumping without a parachute Dave Winer’s Find an airplane to jump out of In hindsight, the Times could have and should have been the new distribution system, but they would have had to be nimble to do that, and been willing to accept the feeling of jumping out of a plane with no parachute. They [...]

Remember how The New Yorker is on Tumblr? Tumblr is diverse. Some blogs cover politics. Some collect examples of cutting edge Web design. Some blogs have a personal vibe. Some post for lulz. But the ones that work, at least to my mind, remember that Tumblr is a social platform and have an authentic voice. [...]

I use Google Reader like most RSS subscribers. But you know what? Tumblr’s better. (Added: I know Tumblr’s not a true RSS reader. Stick with me.) Here are five reasons: No “unread” counts I hate watching the number of unread items pile up until it hits “1000+.” Dave Winer thinks that’s the wrong way, too. [...]

Swiss Army knife extreme Danny Sanchez’s A Metaphor for News Site Navigation Jesse Sneed/Creative Commons on Flickr

My Covervette Sherman Frederick’s Copyright theft: We’re not taking it anymore It is the protection of that journalism that I want to talk about today. Look at this way. Say I owned a beautiful 1967 Corvette and kept it parked in my front yard. And you, being a Corvette enthusiast, saw my Vette from the [...]