Survivorship Bias – You Are Not So Smart

7 years ago

Successful people may just be lucky; focusing too much on their successes can silence the honorable failures that we can…

Saints and Poets, Maybe They Do Some

7 years ago

I wrote the following in 2004, when my son was 6 and my daughter was 2. The time is waning…

Think Before You Tweet In the Wake of an Attack

7 years ago

Sobering analysis. Would I be able to follow this advice in the unthinkable event I had a personal account to…

Digital Humanities: A Definition

7 years ago

Does the world need another working definition of digital humanities? Do you have one? Here's mine. Digital Humanities is the…

Prototypes in Technical Writing: What are They?

7 years ago

Many a high school student has muddled through a book report in a single caffeine-fueled sitting, but successful research term papers or…

Adding a little Middle-Earth drama to a photo shoot.

7 years ago

The girl was concerned she wasn't nerdy enough, so she's taken to wearing a prop ring on a chain around…

Amazing High School Yearbook Politics Spread

7 years ago

I'm gobsmacked by the creativity that went into researching, writing, and crafting this layout. A look at how students in…

Washington Post, Breaking News, Is Also Breaking New Ground

7 years ago

The Washington Post, famous for breaking the Watergate scandal that brought down Nixon's presidency, is churning out top-quality journalism in…

Same photo, two different interpretations.

7 years ago

This is why I spend time teaching my journalism students about how to write photo captions. Which description is more…