Another Central Park product outtake for proof NY clothing: basically, if you have no budget, no time, little planning, but a camera and climbing shoes, just go to Central Park and everything will be fine. See the recently launched online store here, with more let’s-just-take-photos-around-our-neighborhood-because-it’s-New-York product shots. Continue reading →
My train home was sparsely populated with a couple other early escapees. I spoke to a couple of men that were a little less conservative than the speakers. They both admitted to using the internet, one even used it on his phone. But they still recognized the dangers. One man said that the internet should be regulated more, to make it harder for children to stumble across porn. He also was one of the first people I talked to that was open about the parallels and potential for collaboration between Jews and Christians when it comes to creating filters. In fact, one of the primary filtering companies is Christian, which creates the "Covenant Eyes" software. According to *The New York Times,* the whole event was ... Continue reading →
Where were those pockets of genius? I found them among horse-race handicappers, bridge players, weather forecasters, and expert gamblers. You can only be an expert gambler where there is room for skill, like blackjack, poker, or sports betting. It is hard to track them down because they shun publicity, and it was hard to get them to trust me, but eventually they did. I interviewed the blackjack team who inspired the film 21, as well as other blackjack and poker players. What they have in common is they are very disciplined and hardworking. Continue reading →
All the President's Men: A great scene that's representative of the newsroom power structure. If you watch the movie, there's a newsroom meeting that says it all. Trust me, you'll recognize it. Journalists are a protective bunch, especially when it comes to their newsroom meetings. The invite lists typically enforce the professional hierarchy they not-so-secretly crave. My favorite morning news meeting remains the one I attended in the early 80s at Newsweek. At 10 am (news was a civilized profession back then), talented editors who had risen to proud gatekeepers reveled in debating and deciding what the magazine’s then three million subscribers should know every week. The best afternoon show was lorded over by Abe Rosenthal, the legendary New York Times editor. Thirty years later, ... Continue reading →
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The investigative news non-profit was a bold experiment in traditional reporting in the time of digital upheaval. Five years later, it's still a viable organization. The newsroom of ProPublica celebrates the announcement that it won a Pulitzer Prize for the second year in a row in 2011. (AP) Among all the nonprofit and for-profit news organizations founded in the digital era when so many traditional print publications have suffered economic catastrophe, the most respected new enterprise is ProPublica. Launched in 2007-08 with a $30 million long-term commitment from the West Coast philanthropists Herbert and Marion Sandler, ProPublica has succeeded by every measurement. It has won a dazzling array of prizes, including the 2011 Pulitzer for National Reporting honoring a series called "The Wall Street Money ... Continue reading →
