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Q&A: Michael Olesker
Last weekend The Baltimore Sun reported that for each of the three nightly 11 p.m. newscasts in Baltimore, ratings have dropped by over 50 percent. Fewer audience members will result in fewer...
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The day Truman Capote visited Towson
Special thanks to Laura Cleary, a librarian at the Marylandia room of Hornbake Library in College Park, for tracking down this story in the Baltimore News American Collection. It’s the story of Truman...
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New season of hope on Opening Day
This is me and my friend Joe Challmes, a former Sun reporter, heading to the final O’s game of the year, Oct. 3, 2010. Just three weeks later, Joe’s left leg was amputated above the knee. You...
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Case study: When is it ethical to post graphic photos?
Just before 5 p.m., I saw this post from The Atlantic on Facebook: I clicked on the link, and in this gallery, this is what I found at photo position eight: I clicked to view the image, and found this...
View Article6 life hacks from my favorite TED talks
This week I’ve been revisiting a few of my favorite TED Talks. TED–which stands for technology, entertainment and design–is a non-profit that sponsors conferences around the world focused on “ideas...
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6 thoughts on teaching
I’ve spent 15 years at the front of the classroom, but I’m still thinking about how to create a better learning experience for my students. I’ve written before about peer review and metacognition. Here...
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Good Reads: “Working Anything But 9 to 5″
Meet Jannette Navarro, a 22-year-old Starbucks barista and single mother at the center of a collision between profitable workplace scheduling technology and the chaotic student, parenting and home...
View ArticleReporter describes arrest in Ferguson, Mo.
Multiple officers grabbed me. I tried to turn my back to them to assist them in arresting me. I dropped the things from my hands. “My hands are behind my back,” I said. “I’m not resisting. I’m not...
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Ferguson: Numbers tell the story
The numbers say it all, creating a thought-provoking front page. See a larger version of this front page after the jump, or read the entire package over at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Front page |...
View ArticleAdvice for aspiring photographers
Advice from photographer Gregory Heisler on the nature of style and the importance of relationships in business. Highlights On recognizing that it’s a relationship-based business, starting at 1:25: I...
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A Teenager’s View of Social Media
According to A Teenager’s View of Social Media by Andrew Watts, Facebook and Twitter are for stuff employers will someday see. Instagram and Snapchat are for the real you and your friends.
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The four types of audio that people share
An NPR experiment identified what makes a piece of audio go viral.
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Four Edirol tips for worry-free audio
While on sabbatical, I’ve been using an Edirol R-09HR to conduct oral history interviews. This is a dependable little audio recorder that produces wonderful sound. Here are four tips for using the...
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