Posts Tagged ‘news’
I've always been a little weepy, but…for a newspaper?
Today is the last day the Christian Science Monitor publishes a daily paper. To make obvious why, I will tell you that I read the editor’s Note of Metamorphosis online, and that I found note in a Mediabistro.com email, which I read even before I hit the site this morning.
But it still makes me [...]
A note on Zimbabwean notes
Saw this on the BBC headlined, “No paper for Zimbabwean money.”
It’s wrong, I know, but that’s kind of funny: The Germans supply the country with paper to print bank notes on, but because of the election, they’ve said, “No more.” So now, Zimbabwe can’t print any more money.
Which may be the best thing to [...]
News from the south
South of the U.S., that is. Check out this incredible story about immigration that my friend Megan Feldman reported for the Dallas Observer: El Train de la Muerte
Anyone who’s ever tried their hand at reporting will see the ridiculous amounts of work that went into making this story possible. It’s a feat, [...]
Decoding the news
Here’s an article from Agence France Press, which is like the A.P. or Reuters–those big news organizations that cover the world in “traditional journalism style.” You’ll recognize it; it’s that thing Jon Stewart mocks so brilliantly. The article is short, but I made it shorter, so I can get to the point:
BUJUMBURA (AFP) [...]
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