Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Last week, Vox Media’s SB Nation published “Who Is Daniel Holtzclaw?”, a 12,000-word profile of a 29-year-old former Oklahoma City police officer who this winter was tried for raping 13 black women while on duty; convicted on 18 of 36 charges of rape, sexual battery, forcible oral sodomy, and burglary; and sentenced to 263 years…
This afternoon, SB Nation’s Longform vertical published 12,000 words on Daniel Holtzclaw, the former Oklahoma City police officer who was convicted of abusing his position of power to rape multiple women over a seven month period. It was, in many ways, a disaster of a story, and after a wide outcry that amounted to nearly…
Two days ago, SB Nation published “Who Is Daniel Holtzclaw?”, a long, sympathetic piece on the 29-year-old Oklahoma City police officer who was tried, convicted and ultimately sentenced in December to 263 years in jail for serially raping black women while on duty. The story was immediately and angrily criticized, and after a few hours,…
Of all Fareed Zakaria’s accomplishments—a wildly successful career in print journalism, book publishing, and television broadcasting—perhaps his most important is also his least appreciated: He has demonstrated that media reporting is next to useless. It’s been more than a year since two bloggers laid out in gothic detail Zakaria’s pattern of incorporating without credit the…
Business Insider has publicly stated that it wants to significantly expand its operations in Europe. The company currently employs—at least—dozens of people in Manhattan, where its American headquarters are based—and CEO Henry Blodgett has plans to hire even more employees, if you can believe it. But relatively little is known about what Business Insider does…
From two llamas escaping an Arizona retirement community to fashion’s most notorious optical illusion, February 26, 2015, was the day that everyone — everyone — came together online to cheer, then argue. One year later, the people who accidentally created a phenomenon remember the internet’s perfect storm and what it wrought. February 26, 2015, was hardly one minute…
Wolf Blitzer at CNN’s GOP debate at the University of Houston on Feb. 25, 2016 in Houston, Texas.Michael Ciaglo–Pool/Getty Images Donald Trump’s constant refrain about American decline, which has been heard throughout this campaign season, had an ironic undertone when uttered at Thursday night’s debate on CNN. Other than Trump’s rise, there is no…
As a leading hyperglocal thinkfluencer and advocate for the dynamic new era of Journalism 3.0, I am often asked: What are the hot media properties to watch? Which innovators should we seek to emulate? And who is making the future, today? In response to popular demand, here are six of my favorite media startups…
How the US Went Fascist: Mass Media […] Donald Trump is interviewed by CNN’s Wolf Blitzer for The Situation Room. (Photo by Regine Mahaux/Getty Images) This post originally appeared at Juan Cole’s blog, Informed Comment. The rise of Donald Trump to the presumptive Republican standard bearer for president in 2016 is an indictment of, and…
Facebook unleashed its new Reactions on the world yesterday. Instead of just “liking” a post, you can also now tell your friends, coworkers, and family how you really feel (assuming your feels are limited to “love,” “haha,” “wow,” “sad,” and “angry”). But they’re not the only ones. You can now also share your deepest (six)…