Everyone knows that newspapers are reeling. This week, David Simon (former Baltimore Sun reporter and creator of the wire) testified at a Senate hearing committe on the status of newspapers. He lambasted new media and old media…the former for being amateur and the latter for “butcher[ing] itself…at the behest of Wall Street and the same [...]
The Middlemen of Information
It seems everyone is lining up to forecast the demise of Newspapers. There are even politicians who want to make newspapers non-profits, because it would be a “tragedy” to our democracy for newsapers to disappear. What?
Newspapers are dying, their content is not. Reading a morning newspaper is a one to one conversation between the author [...]
The Safety in Filters
I love to write, and have so all my life. Writing is my great escape, my chance to pour out all the hidden thoughts trapped deep inside my inner chatter. I’ve never been shy with sharing what my pen produces.
Except for blogging. Again, to piggyback off my last post, it’s not that blog-posts can instantaneously [...]
Life without Internet
Writing posts here is always a struggle for me. Not necessarily because I have a lack of subjects to touch on, but merely a time management issue. I always try to relay this to clients when they want to launch a blog, or dive into Twittering or any social media. Yes, most of the social [...]
No running water, but we’ve got YouTube
While in Jamaica, Brei and I took a trip to see Bob Marley’s birthplace in the small town of Nine Mile in Saint Ann parish. Bob is buried there, along with his brother, mother and several other family members. He is buried in a small chapel next to the house he was born in, within [...]
