Letter to a(nother) young reporter
In the two years I’ve been playing hooky from the blog — late ’06 to early ’09 — many outlets have launched exciting new lifeboats, most of which have been or are about to be sucked under by the...
View ArticleDoes reading a magazine affect your behavior?
To paraphrase the great Daniel Okrent, of course it does. But I need evidence. I’m about to spend a few days scouring the country for signs that, for example, receiving your college’s alumni magazine...
View ArticleOFNT: Coming to a town near you (assuming you’re in Oregon)
Old Forest New Trees is hitting the road. Starting this summer, I’ll be leading a series of talks for the Oregon Humanities Conversation Project, a kick-ass initiative that sparks interesting cultural...
View ArticleThe secret to survival
…is that you’re not going to. You can only have a lot of kids and hope one of them is the right one. That’s probably the best point I managed to make about the news business at Saturday’s Digital...
View ArticleTwo early lessons from a nonprofit’s first grant
I’m sort of bursting with pride that the nonprofit I manage (which also, for that matter, publishes this blog) has landed its first private grant. It’s small: just $5,000. We’re far from Success. But...
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