Is Santa Monica in the house tonight? Where you at Bel Air? Brentwood stand up!
Maureen, I love you a little bit more for that headline.
I didn't have a Chinese mother, but sadly for me, I had two Jewish ones who fit very nicely with all relevant stereotypes.
I didn't have a Chinese mother, but sadly for me, I had two Jewish ones who fit very nicely with all relevant stereotypes.
@Wannabeer: Not saying it would be any more or less tragic either way. Just taking the opportunity to point out the media's habit of covering the tragedies of white, wealthy, and privileged people while ignoring the same things in other communities. It's not a new point, but it's one that's always worth mentioning.
As someone who gets police bulletins, I'm slightly more aware of the stories that don't get covered. Makes it all the more frustrating when I see instances of Holloway syndrome.
As someone who gets police bulletins, I'm slightly more aware of the stories that don't get covered. Makes it all the more frustrating when I see instances of Holloway syndrome.
I'm wondering how many minorities committed suicide in NY today, because apparently no one else is.
I like to think that Janet Robinson has an Inspector Gadget-like closet filled with hundreds of those nifty all-black power suits she loves so well.
This is Gawker at its worst.
Paywalls are step 1 in the strategy, step 2 is actually enforcing copyrights and taking aggregators to court to establish a more modern hot news doctrine.
I'm not sure how that will work out and whether it means sites like Gawker and Huffpo should be worried, but paywalls are only part of the plan and that step 2 could theoretically eliminate a lot of the cons mentioned in this post.
I'm not sure how that will work out and whether it means sites like Gawker and Huffpo should be worried, but paywalls are only part of the plan and that step 2 could theoretically eliminate a lot of the cons mentioned in this post.
@BadKarma: ESPECIALLY his nipples bother me.
I have two moms and a sister. There was never a dad involved. Last time I checked, I was straight.
That being said, I do think there is a higher chance that a child of same-sex parents will be out and proud. This is partially because children of gay families grow up with less stigma surrounding their sexuality whereas kids with straight (or closeted) parents are more likely to face pressure to be straight. I also think there is a genetic component to sexuality.
That being said, I do think there is a higher chance that a child of same-sex parents will be out and proud. This is partially because children of gay families grow up with less stigma surrounding their sexuality whereas kids with straight (or closeted) parents are more likely to face pressure to be straight. I also think there is a genetic component to sexuality.
I pray to God that I never end up getting the "VICTIM" chyron for anything.
"I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go 'round and 'round..."
He also has a series of reality show audition reels-- including one for Jersey Shore, that he scrubbed from the internet earlier this week.
NOOOOOO! I cannot escape her!
@magnets: Not a nom de plume.
@WebsterTall: I think everyone, in any society, is entitled to a living wage. I didn't get into this profession expecting to get incredibly rich, but I don't expect to be barely scraping by either. There's a lot of middle ground between $27,000 and what engineers make.
You seem to suggest that the industry is screwed up, so people should just give up on trying to be journalists. The problem is that people will and I don't think anyone in this society will be happy when they're gone. It's easy to paint a picture of j-schoolers as kids who just want to have fun writing, but journalism fills an important function in society. You seem to think of j-schoolers as entitled tools demanding to be paid out by a dying industry, but do you really want to lose the access to accurate information and transparency in government that comes with good journalism?
@Kakapo: I selected jobs that require little experience/education. I'm not saying anything else on the list isn't valuable, just that journalism is too.
The industry may be in trouble, but information exchange is far from obsolete. Media keeps the society informed and we need to keep attracting new talent to these jobs. We're already feeling the effects of the dysfunctional track the industry is on.
@Adam Weinstein: Partnering with organizations like Huffpo to provide free labor and directing us to unpaid/underpaid gigs at companies that are laying off reporters contributes to the worsening of the journalism job market.
Before I came to j-school, I was well aware of the dire conditions out there. I didn't realize the school was becoming a source of free labor for companies that aren't creating real journalism jobs.
I'm not trying to piss anyone off. I am very glad I went to j-school. They're doing some very good stuff here. The new computer science degree sounds amazing, they've incorporated a strong primer in the media business landscape into the curriculum, and many of the classes are moving towards a live online news model. Without a doubt, I've learned a lot being here. I have also met and worked with some amazing people.
More and more people say that j-schools are irrelevant and need to be closed entirely. I'm a strong believer in journalism education, but I think this aspect of today's programs needs to change for the good of the schools and their students.
@PeligrosoEsperanza: Actually, I think the opposite will happen. The vast number of supposed career paths that don't come with a living wage lock out anyone who doesn't have someone bankrolling them.
Getting linked to in this letter has got to be the most dubious honor I have ever received. Thanks for the pageviews Eli!
@miss_msry: I did eight years (pre-k through sixth grade) at the same place in Brooklyn.
Throughout my time at the school, they had this grafitti in the yard that said, "Never forget Anthony G." It was all painted over a year or two ago. I guess they forgot him.
