“6,000 RIM jobs on the line” – sometimes headlines have unforeseen meanings

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This headline has been circulating the webs today. You'd like to chalk it up to just an oversight but something tells me this was intentional.  Reminds me of a headline we ran at my college paper: "Results of [Iraq] Pullout Unknown."   … [Read more...]

A Better “Amercia” – Mitt Romney Needs a Copyeditor

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From the With Mitt iPhone app. Word is they're pushing out an update today to fix the typo.   … [Read more...]

Planning to Write a Book? Don’t Let This Flowchart Deter You

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Facebook Wants to Charge You for Promoting a Post On Your Own Page

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Let me see if I have this straight - Facebook wants to charge me to "highlight" a post on my own Facebook page? Pass.  I know Facebook is hurting on the stock market but I don't think this is the way to pay the bills. … [Read more...]

Citizen Stripes: Citizen Kane Mashed with The White Stripes

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What journalist doesn't like a nice movie trailer mash-up, especially when the movie is the journalism-classic "Citizen Kane?" Trailer mash-up master Jeff Yorkes sent me his newest mas-hup - "Citizen Kane" mashed with The White Stripes song "Union … [Read more...]

Don’t Touch the Screen!! (GIF)

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Pretty much my reaction whenever anyone tries to touch my screen. My fellow journalists should be able to relate. Taken from the second season of "The Wire." … [Read more...]

A GIF for Every Journalist

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What do you get when #WhatShouldWeCallMe meets #PartyLikeAJournalist? Apparently, it's #LikeACollegeJourno, a funny-because-it's-true Tumblr filled with GIFs that most journalists can relate to. Like this one:  When I know someone is full of … [Read more...]

Author Recruits Legendary Journalists to Read From Her Book

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How do you get journalism greats like Andrea Mitchell, Dan Rather, Christiane Amanpour, Sam Donaldson, and Emily Bazelon to all appear in a video together? Apparently, all you have to do is write a book.  Jennifer Miller is the author of the book "The … [Read more...]

All the President’s Beastie Boys

In memory of Beastie Boy Adam Yauch, here's a mash-up of "Sabotage" and the journalism classic "All the President's Men." Something all journalists should appreciate. Wish I had this song playing while I was chasing some conspiracy … [Read more...]

So this is what they’re doing with newspapers now . . .

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