Tag Archives: journalism

Blowin’ smoke in the ‘burbs

Posted on December 30, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Luke Warm Professor of Mendacity University of Munchausen In my lecture today, I’m going to outline how an adroit dissembler can plant a new way of thinking in the public mind with the expert use of deceit injected into … Continue reading →

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Five-percenters

Posted on December 22, 2010 by hro50ta1

WARNING: The following commentary has been REPURPOSED. It contains no original SOURCING. It was sparked by a magazine report of an absurd program aimed at re-training (i.e., CONTROLLING) writers like me. This column is NOT news, but an essay REPURPOSED on the … Continue reading →

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Journalism: theory and practice

Posted on December 18, 2010 by adamthurtell

. Wannabe reporter meets jaded journalist.

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Containing those ‘containables’

Posted on December 14, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Luke Warm Professor of Mendacity University of Munchausen My lecture today was inspired by a brilliant memo circulated within the Detroit Free Press, a publication with a well-honed sense of what a newspaper’s duty is, and is not. Now, … Continue reading →

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Five stars for SHOESTRING REPORTER

Posted on December 3, 2010 by hro50ta1

Joel Thurtell’s new book, Shoestring Reporter, is a ‘top pick,’ according to Midwest Book Review:  5.0 out of 5 stars  A top pick for anyone who has big dreams of journalism, December 2, 2010 By  Midwest Book Review This review … Continue reading →

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Age of the robo-writers

Posted on November 17, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Back in the day when I was paid for writing, we used to joke about our jobs being threatened by offshore journalists. I had this perverse fantasy: What if the newspaper canned me and assigned my coverage … Continue reading →

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MSNBC’s invisible hand

Posted on November 9, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Did you wonder, maybe, why I’ve been beating on New York Times writers for letting the invisible hand of Times company policy guide their printed musings about Keith Olbermann’s suspension by MSNBC? So what? For the Times … Continue reading →

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David Carr, impartiality and a Times ethics policy

Posted on November 8, 2010 by hro50ta1

The sidelines, which is where American journalism and news used to live, have become a far less interesting place. Why merely annotate events when you can tilt the playing field? — David Carr, New York Times, November 8, 2010 By … Continue reading →

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‘Objectivity’ and Olbermann

Posted on November 6, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell It was subtle. It was understated in a shifty way. But The New York Times managed to tell its readers that journalists who give money to political causes are bad people without mentioning that the Times has … Continue reading →

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Me & Rupert

Posted on October 2, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Never thought an impoverished writer like me would share common ground with a billionaire. Back in the day when I was a paid reporter, gathering and propagating news for the Detroit Free Press, I took heat for … Continue reading →

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