Today’s unexpected but welcome moments of grace

1 year ago

She waived a fee. He accepted a slightly expired coupon. Someone bent a rule in my favor. (I may or…

They grew up in a mostly analog/paper world and squirmed with joy the first time they clicked a hyperlink that they created

1 year ago

Today's students have many strengths. They are great at collaboration, introspection, and remixing. While my students are very familiar with…

Requiem for the Newsroom

1 year ago

When I worked at a radio news station in the late 80s, when I was about 20, I would often…

National Mall site approved for memorial to fallen journalists

1 year ago

Federal officials have approved a site on the National Mall for the capital’s first memorial dedicated to journalists who have…

The Struggle to Save Ballet From Itself

1 year ago

A former dancer reckons with the rigors and ordeals of life in ballet. If ballet was all self-effacing torture, there…

Family Business (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 3, Episode 23) Quark feuds with his mother (Andrea Martin); Jake introduces his father to a freighter captain

1 year ago

Rewatching ST:DS9 The opening acts remind me why I cringe at all the Fergengi-focused episodes, and the great writing, the…

Parrots learn to make video calls to chat with other parrots, then develop friendships, Northeastern University researchers say

1 year ago

A new study from researchers at Northeastern University, in collaboration with scientists from MIT and the University of Glasgow, investigated…

Here’s to the grim-based photojournalist who saved my bacon ~35 years ago

1 year ago

Here's to you, grim-faced photojournalist who waited just long enough to make sure 20-year-old me learned an important lesson, before…