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more about #reporting more comments → bytememehard: I wish he'd do a story on the city's biggest dick. more » Conchie Birdie: Doesn't being really really ridiculously good-looking count for anything anymore? more » drunkexpatwriter: Or they will be promoted because they didn't give him any stories that he could fuck up and that would haunt him for years to come. more » RomeoGanjiro: Meth will do crazy things to your. Trust. A couple of days with no sleep + dehydration + Drano carving holes in your brain & all of a sudden flinging ... more » SultanaEleusis: I live in West Virginia. Why should I care? more » shag_carpet_bomb: I'm sorry, nothing compares to the SFPD shutting down the Bay Bridge for 11 hours because of a jumper, on a Friday, at mid-day. That so totally fucked... more » evaning: yeah, who is lucky enough to be on their way to work at 10:44a? more » afterabe: How in the heck is the L train the most cool line in town? It doesn't go anywhere interesting. It's what, an 8 minute ride under the East River? At... more » Trai_Dep: ...And thus, the first shot is fired in the Manhattanites vs The Morlock Zombies war. more » El_Gato: Wow, I'm glad I wasted 2 minutes watching these worthless videos. When a video is raunchy, it's tagged with NSFW. I propose that when videos are this ... more » glengarryleads: I heard it was suicide: apparently the soul of the hipster movement hurled itself in front of the train to escape the pain of self awareness. more » drewtopianism: We got sort of a journalistic ethics problem here. Given that: A) A train evacuation situation and a spectacular transit foul-up is definitely of ne... more » Spirit Fingers: Wow, I feel like such a jaded New Yorker when I say, the copious delays I suffered through at the hands of the MTA (flooding, sick passengers, frozen ... more » emmismarvis: America needs hover-bikes now more than ever. more » Airvault: Compelling video. Did you see the shot of the girl's elbow just before the shot of the cameraman's finger? Was Tarkovsky riding the L? more » -
#sulzbergheir
The Prince of Sulzbergers Must Not Waste His Time Covering Crapola
Intrepid heir to the New York Times throne A.G. Sulzberger The Younger hath ventured forth in search of the city's oldest tree! Not to speak out of place, Sulzjunior, but are you sure the editors aren't screwing you? More » -
#death
The Gruesome L Train Incident: Solved
What exactly happened on the L train—NYC's most cool subway line—today? Earlier we heard rumors of a suicide. We got a bunch of tips. And just before we went to put up this post, we saw this. More » -
#journalismism
Mysterious 'Cougar' Woman Discovered in Middle America
The 'Cougar' phenomenon—which never grows old, or loses its journalistic depth—is trickling down to the more...average precincts of American trendwatching. The Wilkes-Barre (PA) Times Leader went "on the prowl" for local cougars, get it? They found one! More » -
#divorce
Are Sarah and Todd Palin Getting A Divorce?
Rumors are spreading that former Alaska Governess and failed Vice-Presidental candidate Sarah Palin and husband Todd are getting a divorce. Is it true? And if it is, was this why Palin resigned from office? Updated: Palin's camp denies it. More » -
#creaturecomforts
Raccoon Infiltrates John Varvatos' SoHo Flagship
SoHo's full of all kinds of interesting creatures going shopping on a Saturday afternoon: celebrities, locals, foreign tourists. Competition for their patronage is stiff. But now, John Varvatos can lay claim to the awesome, hot new clientele in town: raccoons! More » -
#dramainthehamptons
Guest of a Guest's Rachelle Hruska's Wild Hamptons Night
Uh oh. Guest of a Guest blogger Rachelle Hruska just Twittered that she spent the end of her July 4th celebration filing a police report in the Hamptons this morning. So: what happened? The mysterious Twitter and answer, here! More » -
#polls
Where Is the Great American News City?
Gambling, gangsters, celebrities, creeps—Las Vegas is "journalism heaven," says this guy. OH? We know a few cities that would dispute that. Newspapers may be dying, but news is alive and well. Where are America's Best Stories? Candidates below! More » -
#media
The Internet Screws(?) Foreign Reporting
Current TV freelancers Laura Ling and Euna Lee are locked in a North Korean prison. Do you know whose fault this is? That's right, the internet's! It's true. More » -
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#callingbullshit
New Media Landscape Is Political Hack Wonderland
So the fact that nothing is ever "edited" or "fact-checked" anymore because of "the internet" is so great because of citizen journalism and no gatekeepers etc! But the down side is all the bullshit. More » -
#journalismism
Whither The Sources?
We already know the recession sucks for journalists because—to generalize slightly—they have been laid off. But it sucks for working journalists, too. Guess who else got laid off: all their sources! More » -
#journalismism
AP Lawsuit Laughably Says Media Shouldn't Steal
Something called "All Headline News" was ripping off AP news stories with nary a change or credit. So the AP sued them! Yesterday a judge let the AP's copyright suit go forward. One problem: More » -
#journalismism
Dumbstruck Young Buck's Tough Luck: Dry Teat on Crime Beat
Lo: Remember the Good Old Days of journalism, when NYC precinct houses were full of dozens of grizzled, worldly reporters covering gritty city crime? Now it's just one 23 year-old from the Brooklyn Paper. More » -
#mediacrack
Is There Still Money in International Reporting?
Monday is a great day for a media column! Today: The good news is more international reporting; the bad news is black people (and bloggers!) are still fighting the power, in the US of A: More »
