Monthly Archives: February 2012

Link Ch. 6 – Nellie Bly’s Ten Days in a Mad House

New York World stunt journalist Nellie Bly landed her job working for Joseph Pulitzer’s penny paper by going under cover as a patient at the women’s lunatic asylum.  In addition to a great series of newspaper articles, Bly also produced … Continue reading

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Link Ch. 11 – Privacy in the Digital Age: Target knows that high school girl is preggers before dad does

In the age of online shopping and digital information, it’s easy to get paranoid about how much vendors know about us.  You want to get creeped out?  Start paying attention to the recommendations that Amazon makes to you based on … Continue reading

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Jeremy Lin – Can race-based humor not be racist?

A blog by sudden NBA star Jeremy Lin as a 15-year-old has grabbed online attention today.  There’s several things interesting about it. According to sports blog Deadspin, Lin’s teenage blog was under the address: chiNkBaLLa88.xanga.com.  (You can follow the link, but … Continue reading

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Link Ch. 4 – A Million Little Memoir Fabrications

Reprinted from my blog from January 27, 2006: A Million Little Problems Dept. – Fall Out From James Frey’s Fabrications A week or so ago I ran a guest commentary by my colleague John Temple about his outrage at the apparent fabrications … Continue reading

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Link Ch. 4 – Apple’s e-textbook system

In January of 2012, Apple announced a collection of software to create and use e-textbooks on the iPad.  USA Today’s Edward C. Baig demonstrates it:

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Link Ch. 4 – Meet Amanda Hocking

Meet Amanda Hocking, the indie author sensation who now has a contract with St. Martin’s Press. Storyseller – A profile of author Amanda Hocking in the New York Times Sunday Magazine. Interview with KTTC TV Interview with the Associated Press

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Link Ch. 4 – Threats against authors

Although the story about death threats against author Salman Rushdie are relatively well known, many other authors around the world face threats of death or injury as well: LA Times: Author Salman Rushdie hardly alone in raising government concerns The … Continue reading

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Link Ch. 7 – Bringing Together Hillbilly and Rhythm & Blues

In Living in a Media World, I talk about how rock ‘n’ roll got started by bringing together white hillbilly (or country) music and and black rhythm & blues. I was reminded of that this weekend with the sad news … Continue reading

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Link Ch. 5 – Meet Editor Bonnie Fuller

For the last 20 years, editor Bonnie Fuller has been a driving force in the world of popular magazines.  In this video, she talks about how she got involved with magazine editing:

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Link Ch. 5 – State of the News Media: Magazines

Here is a collection of State of the News Media reports about the magazine industry: 2013 – News Magazines: Embracing Their Digital Future 2012 – Magazines: Are Hopes for Tablets Overdone? 2011 – Magazines: A Shake-Out for News Weeklies 2010 … Continue reading

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