Gore sex probe dropped in Oregon: A NONscandal, without sufficient follow-up in the Washington Post and Politico
Skimpy little items in the Washington Post and Politico, on the end of an Oregon inquiry into the sex charges
Author: David Rothman
David Rothman is the founder and publisher of the TeleRead e-book site and cofounder of LibraryEndowment.org. He is also author of Drone Child: A Novel of War, Family, and Survival. Other books are The Solomon Scandals novel and six tech-related books on topics ranging from the Internet to laptops. Passionate on digital divide issues, he is now pushing for the creation of a national digital library endowment.
Washington Post vs. Patch.com and Examiner.com
The Patch neighborhood news network—the screenshot’s from a New Jersey site—is coming soon to some Virginia and Maryland suburbs. Yet
Daniel Schorr’s death: Why a mystery? Wouldn’t he have wanted obituaries to report the exact cause?
Daniel Schorr’s acuity seemed to grow with age, perhaps because he had that much extra history stored in his brain
How the iPad-related stimulus plan could help the news business—plus a brief update on the plan
My thoughts on hyperlocal news—prompted by the forthcoming launch of TBD, the Web and TV combo for the D.C. area—have
Smile! You’re on TBD TV—at least if you’re an affiliated blogger with Skype and the news gods beckon
A little birdie with tiny rabbit ears growing out of its head—an older cousin of the Twitter mascot—tells me that
How Washington Post and New York Times could outgun hyperlocal sites like TBD and Baristanet
In 2004 Baristanet—the lively hyperlocal network that helped inspire similar operations in several states—started writing up picnics, schools and other
Coming: How the Washington Post and New York Times could cope with TBD and other hyperlocal networks
Update, July 19: This should probably be online by 7 p.m. Eastern Daylight tonight. Lots to say! – D.R. Hey,
‘I write like William Shakespeare’: Paste ‘The Solomon Scandals’ into this Web form and see for yourself
Do you have the nerve to think that The Solomon Scandals isn’t Shakespearean in style? Hah! Just paste my foreword
How TBD Web news startup in the D.C. area will work with affiliate bloggers
How will TBD.com, the Web news startup in the D.C. area, work with the more than 90 independent bloggers in
David Rothman at Large 