Thoughts on Media

The rise of the Journalist Product Manager

The word is out — product management is the new journalism. After some years of…

7 “Bad” Writing Habits To Keep, According to Author Mary Roach

How-to guides for journalism can often…

How a Simple, Silly Blog Turned into Every Writer’s Dream Career

Behind the Scenes with 1000 Awesome Things

The following is a reflection on Episode 2 of the podcast Unthinkable, a show about craft-driven creators. The theme was…

Dear Media: Radovan Karadžić is a European Christian

Radovan Karadžić has been found guilty of…

Five “Truths” about the US Political Circus Non-Americans Should Question

As an American academic…

What Does Data Sound Like?

Acoustic infographics and how audio can help makes sense of complex…

Beyond the ‘Valleys and Alleys’ to find media innovation

History reminds us that often, some of the most impactful ideas in the media industry were inspired and developed not in valleys or alleys, but in…

Media Failure: How Bad Journalism Created the “English Only” Chant

The media screwed up again.

You probably saw it: headline after headline proclaiming that supporters of Bernie Sanders shouted down civil rights activist Dolores Huerta with chants of…