“A Gay Girl in Damascus” – A Blogger’s Response
Nathan Thompson considers the responsibilities of being a blogger after the “Gay Girl in Damascus” hoax.
Surviving Decompression: The Foreign Correspondent Comes Home
CBC’s foreign correspondent Stephen Puddicombe has reported from some of the world’s most tragic places: Indonesia after the tsunami, Haiti after the earthquake, and the war zones of Iraq and Afghanistan. He hasn’t slept properly in years but he still thinks he’s the luckiest person in the world to do what he does.
Is the Age of the “Tablet” Upon Us? Make it So!
Eric Brad weighs in on a new breed of affordable Android based tablets about to be released in the market and the impact they will have on us all.
Life As A Human Likes…5
Life As A Human Likes is a weekly feature of fascinating, enlightening, fun or perhaps just odd blogs and websites that enliven the experience of being human. This week, we feature ways to change your consciousness, news that huffs and puffs, and heroes who save the whales.
Steven Erikson’s Notes on a Crisis Part V — Diabolical Deceptions
In Part V of his “Notes on a Crisis”, novelist Steven Erikson ponders diabolical media manipulations and how far he’s prepared to go to tell a good story.
F5 Expo: What’s the Big Idea? (Malcolm Gladwell Knows)
Life As A Human correspondent Christopher Holt heads to the F5 Expo in Vancouver in search of the next big technology idea. He finds dust bunnies, Twitter tips and odes to the outdated. Fortunately, Malcolm Gladwell inspired a light bulb moment.
My Private Sudan: Part II
Does the Western world really get the truth about what is happening in far-flung countries? Do reporters overseas see the real picture – the big picture? These issues are explored in second installment of My Private Sudan from writer and helicopter pilot Allan Cram in which his recollections of Sudan differ dramatically from reports in some Western newspapers.
What about Cincinnati? Possibility Journalism in America’s Touchstone
Everyone should visit Cincinnati. It’s an important touchstone for understanding the complexity, the pain, and the hope of America.
My Private Sudan: Part I
A helicopter pilot working in Sudan argues the scorched earth policy Western media attributed to an oil company should have been called fiction, not fact.
When Journalism Crosses into Tragedy Porn: Olympics Coverage of Joannie Rochette
Was the media coverage of Olympic skater Joannie Rochette’s short program, just three days after her mother’s death, valid news or tragedy pornography?
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