Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Google Search is kind of a running experiment. As far as I can tell, the way it functions has never stayed exactly the same for longer than a few weeks, as Google developers are constantly tinkering with new ways to improve the system. Most of the time, these updates make the overall search experience better,…
The first witness in the Jian Ghomeshi trial repeatedly said she was assaulted in a yellow Volkswagen. Linda Christina Redgrave, as we now know her, described the car as a “Love Bug,” a “Disney car,” and a “Beetle.” That’s part of how she lost her credibility in court, ruled Justice William Horkins, because Ghomeshi…
By Caitlin Dewey × Caitlin Dewey is The Post’s digital culture critic. Follow her on Twitter @caitlindewey or subscribe to her daily newsletter on all things Internet. (tinyletter.com/cdewey) More March 2 (Clone Zone) There’s an entire industry of hoax news sites that churn out share bait baloney to get clicks and ad views. But Clone…
Aram Zucker-Scharff, a developer who works at Salon, was recently testing an ad unit when it broke the page he was on. He then went on Twitter and published an essay about his views of the ad tech industry today. I reached out to Aram and asked if he could expound on some of his…
If you’re a freelance writer, the majority of your editors are probably male and the majority of your colleagues are probably female. That’s not just an anecdotal generalization. The American Society of News Editors (ASNE)’s latest report showed that, on average, women make up only 37 percent of newsroom staffs and hold only 35 percent of supervisor roles….
My Visiting Nieman Application Essay This is the application essay for my Visiting Nieman Fellowship. It was based off of this talk I gave in August, as well as lots of conversations I’ve had with people across public media. I am very excited to spend May-June 2015 at Harvard and MIT to begin to develop…
The New York Daily News on Tuesday fired an editor for a “series of egregious and inexplicable errors” made while handling the material of one of its most popular columnists, making it appear as if he had plagiarized. Jim Rich, the paper’s editor in chief, issued a statement saying the editor responsible for King’s column’s…
This post was updated on Tuesday when Facebook confirmed it took the page down for “IP violations” but didn’t cite go into specifics. On Monday, Facebook took down the Facebook page for celebrity news and gossip site The Shade Room. The page, which was verified, has (had?) more than 4.4 million likes. The Shade Room’s…
People march through the city taking part in a “Slut Walk” on October 6, 2012 in Aix-en-Provence, southern France. I like Ken Kurson, the editor-in-chief of The New York Observer. I admire many of the current and former staffers at the Observer. I have written here in some capacity for the past four years, and…
On Monday, Facebook took down the Facebook page for celebrity news and gossip site The Shade Room. The page, which was verified, has (had?) more than 4.4 million likes. The Shade Room’s 25-year-old founder, Angie Nwandu — who made Forbes’ 30 Under 30 in Media list this year — told me on Monday that she…