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It’s All Right To Cry
As soon as a teary Kolten Wong was spotted being interviewed in the Cardinals’ clubhouse following his Game 4-ending pick off on first base, you knew what was coming next: endless references to Tom...
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Why This George Tames Picture Of JFK Is My Favorite
New York Times photographer George Tames captured this image of John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office on Feb. 10, 1961, only weeks after he was sworn in as president. Captioned ‘The Loneliest Job,’...
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“If I Could Have One Wish …”
Each time I started my Nieman Lab 2014 look ahead, Steve Martin paid a call. Clad in his elegant suit, seated on the stage at Studio 8H, he solemnly proclaimed his one wish for all the children of the...
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Nieman Predictions For Journalism 2014: ‘Connecting The Dots’
Thanks, Joshua Benton, for including me in what has become an annual tradition at Nieman Journalism Lab. One of the most popular new games of 2013 was an addictive mobile app called Dots: A Game About...
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Plunging Through The Twitter Groundrail
… there will always be a learning curve, and there will always be those of us who take the curve too fast and go plunging through the guardrail. The faster technology evolves, the more of us will end...
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Thank You, Jimmy Fallon, For A Moment Of Chris Christie
Last November, I laughed with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie as he joined in the joke during a Jimmy Fallon thank-you note for his reelection. The images of Christie making fun of himself there and,...
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Free Speech Doesn’t Equal Must Publish
“I will fight to the death for your right to say whatever you want. But I will never allow you to command me to publish what you have written.” — Cory Doctorow during reddit AMA, 1/10/14...
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One Way To Follow The Gaza-Israel Conflict
One Way To Follow The Gaza-Israel Conflict: After days of boxing myself into usual-suspect coverage on TV, in print and online, I decided to broaden my view of the events in Gaza and Israel by...
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‘i really, REALLY didn’t realize people hated women this much’
One side effect of the NFL’s punt on Ray Rice: the reaction to the reaction sent a torrent of nastiness at women in sports media who spoke out, most notably Sam Ponder and Michelle Beadle....
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‘I Call Bullshit On This’
The response of a reporter following up on a tip that his editor spent too much time in traffic? No, this reply came from David Wildstein, the Chris Christie Port Authority appointee who took the fifth...
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