May 03 2012
“Josh Benton, meanwhile, suggested that the pre-web days were not as romantic as some like to think. “It’s really easy to overestimate how awesome we were,” he said, adding that “even in the good old days … a really small portion of the sources that were dedicated to news companies went into the production of journalism.””
– It’s the year 1472 in journalism, a fact some people like and some don’t | Capital New York
“Josh Benton, meanwhile, suggested that the pre-web days were not as romantic as some like to think. “It’s really easy to overestimate how awesome we were,” he said, adding that “even in the good old days … a really small portion of the sources that were dedicated to news companies went into the production of journalism.””
– It’s the year 1472 in journalism, a fact some people like and some don’t | Capital New York
“Jonathan Gottschall, author of The Storytelling Animal, says science backs up the long-held belief that story is the most powerful means of communicating a message.”
– Why Storytelling Is The Ultimate Weapon | Co.Create: Creativity \ Culture \ Commerce
“The irony here is that Ornstein and Mann are explicitly arguing that reporters and pundits should drop the “both sides are responsible” pose and call a spade a spade. But even they feel the need to hedge a little. Nevertheless, the truth is that both sides haven’t moved away from the center. Only Republicans have, and Democrats have spent the past 20 years chasing them in hopes that eventually they could reach some kind of reconciliation. But it never did any good. The Democratic move rightward was interpreted not as a bid for compromise somewhere in the middle, but as a victory for a resurgent conservative movement that merely inspired them to move the goalposts even further out.”
– Democrats Have Moved to the Right, Not the Left | Mother Jones
“People who tend to feel guilty make some of the best business leaders, according to a new study. Conducted by researchers at Stanford University, the study revealed that guilt-prone people tend to carry a strong sense of responsibility to others, which in turn makes others see them as leaders.”
– Good Boss Study Suggests Guilt Is Key Ingredient
“The Audit Bureau of Circulations issued its biannual report of newspaper circulation yesterday. The news was generally pretty good: At many papers average Sunday circulation was up and average daily circulation was up or flat. The figures, which allow publishers to roll in digital subscriptions and branded editions, offer the first apples-to-apples comparison of newspaper circulation figures since the ABC changed its reporting rules in September 2010. The ABC offered charts from the Top 25 newspapers in the United States; this roundup collects examples of how the numbers played around the country. || Related: Several big circulation gainers charge for online access, almost none of the big losers do | Paper-by-paper circulation figures (Gannett blog)”
– How newspapers covered their own circulation numbers (and their competitors’) | Poynter.
“Recognizing the common thinking strategies of creative geniuses and applying them will make you more creative in your work and personal life. Creative geniuses are geniuses because they know “how” to think, instead of “what” to think.”
– How Geniuses Think | Psychology Today
