‘Tabloid City’ vs. ‘The Solomon Scandals’: A quick, friendly comparison between Pete Hamill’s newspaper novel and mine
Pete Hamill is out with Tabloid City, a New York newspaper novel commanding its share of pixels, column inches and
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TBD’s correction of the year—and my rec for news sites: Software to show ALL post-pub changes
Congratulations to TBD.com and sex-and-gender blogger Amanda Hess, who owned up to the goof of the century or at least
‘Journalism warning labels’: Helpful in Assange case?
Check ‘em out. Might this one apply to some commentators’ reaction to the false sex accusations against WikiLeaker Julian Assange?
How to enjoy a preview of ‘Scandals’ in iPad-style splendor—and what this means for geeks, book publishers, authors and news people
Update, Nov. 5, 2010: I’ve disabled the iPad mode for the moment but will probably bring it back when I
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
The essential copy editor
See update at the end. – D.R. I’m zealously pro-copy editor. While I don’t always agree with CEs, I’d hate
Washington Post vs. Allbritton’s TBD Web startup plans: BOTH sides could do better
Mediaite has it right. Halfhearted measures like a kind-of local blog network are not enough to protect the Washington Post’s
Hyperlocal journalism: Georgetown publisher robbed—and eager to tell neighbors about it. Lesson for the Washington Post?
Update, 1:47 p.m.: Post rival’s local news strategy—a Poynter Institute item. – D.R. My online friend Beth Solomon, publisher of
Student newspaper raided at JMU: As if a slavery-blind Guv isn’t enough for Virginia
Virginia, where the governor honored "Confederate History Month" without at first even acknowledging the evils of slavery, has another winner
David Rothman at Large 