The Way Life Should Be

Tide Mill Farm is organic and sustainable in the truest and most comprehensive senses of the words. Carly and Aaron care so deeply about the tradition and the land they are tied to and the implications of living their life this way. I cannot imagine the kind of crippling burden they have to bear in order to continue a way of life that is being rendered obsolete by normative measures of success (wealth, progress, efficiency, speed, growth). But hope nonetheless persists: the opening spread shows... Read more »

 

 

Lessons in Objectivity

As you sit in a room, processing the news day after day with people you inevitably come to know well, you're bound to expose your personal political beliefs. In both the newsroom and the classroom, it's a matter of admitting your own biases, knowing your limits and striving for objectivity. It's also about surrounding yourself with intelligent people willing to call you on your bias, yet having integrity in your convictions.

 

 

Fight Club Bleakonomics: Or, at Marketplace, ?Let?s Do the Numbers? (and Hope They Go Up)

If interning at Marketplace has taught me anything, it?s that the closer you get to something the larger the distortions become. Sometimes that means faith in the system, and sometimes that means having faith in the idea that the system can be changed. If you get knocked down: grab some soap, clean your scuffs, and get ready to fight for your life.

 

 

Old Radio, New Media by Dash Wasserman

It becomes increasingly clear that our culture is changing the way it consumes information. It reminds of that old publish-or-perish slogan you hear in academia. In journalism, I guess it?s ?tweet or perish.? Regardless of one?s personal philosophies on new media, I think it?s all about making it your own. Because radio is all about personality and establishing intense connections with its listeners, I have the utmost confidence that it?s a medium suited to thrive in increasingly online society.

 

 

Getting To Know Maine by Qainat Khan

Working at the magazine, I?ve learned about the state and have found myself falling deeply in love with it. I came here for the snow. And I want to stay for the people.

 

 

Blogging in the new media world: Some glory, no pay by Cindy Skrzycki

Media professionals and journalism academics often believe there will be more opportunities for writers in the future because of the internet and new technology, but that optimism has to be qualified when you look at the media deal that was done between Adrianna Huffington and AOL Corp for a cool $315 million.
All for her, none for most of her staff.

 

 

Regions of Fear Rule Mexico by Alfredo Corchado

My native Mexico has become one of the deadliest countries in the world for journalists. In the past 10 years, more than 65 journalists have been killed, many more have disappeared and even more have been threatened, or beaten up. And nothing happens to the culprits. Consequences are few.

 

 

Make way for the Content Curators by Jenny Chen

Since the last couple of years has made self-publishing as easy as zapping Bagel Bites in the microwave, the amount of user generated content has exploded across the internet and grown exponentially.Is it any surprise that once people were tired of generating content, the content curators stepped in?

 

 

Running the Triangle by Nick Cunkelman

There are three points to the journalistic triangle: honor your sources, be curious, and love your reader.