Over the course of my career, I have gone from writing about football to building websites, plus a few other stops in between. But the skills I honed from my sports writing days have remained a core part of my repertoire at every job.
Category: journalism
Project Review: 20 Years Ago Today …
Reflecting on the first project that I was REALLY proud of.
An F for Local News Coverage of Schools
Instead of worrying about WHO would be left to cover school board meetings, maybe think more about HOW you are covering schools right now.
Alexa, What’s A Narrative That Never Goes Out of Fashion?
Businessweek published a big cover story about “eavesdropping” smart speakers last week, complete with a WTF video illustration. I thought the story seemed kind of familiar, so I went digging through some newspaper archives, and sure enough: Here’s the 2012 edition of the story: And 2005: 2004: 1998: 1993: 1991: 1990: And finally, 1964, with… Continue reading Alexa, What’s A Narrative That Never Goes Out of Fashion?
10 Steps to Writing A New York Times Culture Piece on New Publishing Mediums
Congratulations on being assigned to write a piece for the New York Times on the newest fad in publishing mediums (OK, it’s been around for at least a decade but we at the Times just started using it in the last year or two) that is (ugh) open to everyone. It seems like you can’t… Continue reading 10 Steps to Writing A New York Times Culture Piece on New Publishing Mediums