I’m gonna compare Hill Intrigue to The Fix, Chris Cillizza’s great, all-purpose politics blog.
The Fix has a decidedly more personal tone. I’ve been reading it for awhile, and he often talks about his family, Mrs. Fix, the Fixmobile, etc. When his baby “Baby Fix” was born, he blogged it for the whole world, which was [...]
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Hill Intrigue vs The Fix
Posted in Reads on September 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
RSS vs Newsletters and Reads
Posted in New Media, Reads on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So I read 2+ hours of news a day, all online, but I often feel like I’m not absorbing as much as I should. I’ve been getting all my news via RSS feeds. The pro of this format is that I get instant updates and know I’m never missing anything, but the major con is [...]
Reads: Narcissism edition
Posted in Reads on May 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Trying to experiment with shorter-form blog posts to save me time.
NEWSPAPER NARCISSISM
Walter Pincus argues in a David Simon-esq fashion that prizes have corrupted American journalism. Basically goes over all the problems in journalism, but in a more interesting and insightful way than usual.
Some long-term reporting projects have been undertaken, and multiple-part series published, simply because [...]
The Wild West of Online Comments
Posted in Reads on April 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I haven’t updated in almost a month, and I apologize. This is why: each post takes me between three to four hours to put together, and my work/school schedule hasn’t been very obliging lately. I want to keep blogging, but expect posts to become shorter and less wordy.
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I’ve been thinking a lot about the point [...]
Reads: Narnia, Shamwow and tax evasion
Posted in Reads on April 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Even though I’ve still got more than a year till I graduate, thinking about my job prospects after graduation is discouraging because of the unpredictability of the industry. But there is hope out there. For everyone who feels like they’re in the same boat as me, I would recommend reading this piece in AJR by [...]
