Former Setonian editor-in-chief Amanda Cochran visits my journalism class to discuss her career path, from the SHU blogosphere in 2003 to NYU, CBS News in Manhattan and KPRC in Houston. (Last Wednesday.)

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In September, 2000, I was blogging about PICK UP AX, Bellamy’s Looking Backward, WB Yeats, Jupiter Communications, and why Flash Animations Suck

In September 2000, I was blogging about The nerdy, 3-person 1990 play PICK UP AX The full text of Edward Bellamy’s Utopian fantasy Looking Backward (written in 1888, set in September 2000) The papers of William Butler Yeats (donated by his son to the National Library of Ireland) An elitist press release from Jupiter Communications…

I just installed the “Old Layout for Facebook” plugin for Chrome.

I just installed the “Old Layout for Facebook” plugin for Chrome. Now I can continue to be annoyed by the Facebook I’m used to. Similar:Presenting at #NEMLA session 8.1 Friday. “Hacking English: Examining a multimedia sandbox …AcademiaAnother very rough day. Students are cheerful and patient, obviously happy to be here.Another very rough day. Students are…

The Pentagon has ordered Stars and Stripes to shut down for no good reason

Stunning. The Stars and Stripes is much more important than any local monument. Even for those of us who are all too wearily familiar with President Donald Trump’s disdain for journalists, his administration’s latest attack on the free press is a bit of a jaw-dropper. In a heretofore unpublicized recent memo, the Pentagon delivered an…

How hate and misinformation go viral: A case study of a Trump retweet

On Sunday night, President Donald Trump retweeted a video of a violent incident on a New York City subway platform. The video shows a Black man pushing a white woman into a train car and is captioned “Black Lives Matter / Antifa.” The problem? It is over a year old and has nothing to do with either Black Lives Matter or Antifa. It, in fact, shows the actions of a mentally ill man with no known ties to either group.

The Duolingo owl is proud of me.

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Story Pitch: How writers present an article idea to a busy editor

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“Thank you for being kind.” —Friday afternoon email from a student who’d been a little salty this week.

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Journalists prefer plain language.

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Journalism: Muzzle your biases. Seek out diverse but credible sources. You’ll be criticized anyway, from multiple directions.

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Took the whole day off and spent part of it making #greebles with #Blender3D because reasons.

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Jane Elliott’s “National Brotherhood Week” Lesson

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Imagine a world…

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A Conversation with Dennis Jerz, Actor — WAOB Audio Theatre

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In August, 2000 I was blogging about poetry, presidential wordplay, home-schooling, online learning, and a search engine you may have heard about.

In August 2000, I was blogging about Top 10 Tips for Writing Poetry (which I’ve updated over the years and is the most popular page on my site today) Richard Lederer’s presidential wordplay (“I predict that at the end of the campaign. Gore will be bushed and Bush will be gored. Then we’ll have either…

2020, In One Photo. (“Come join us!”)

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