These are the faces of the human beings who have been led by those who failed to see the vast chasm as they drove straight at it. WARNING: This slide show of the faces of the people of the newsroom of The Rocky Mountain News as they got word that they were being shut-down for [...]
Archive for February, 2009
My Personal Crime Map From APD
Posted in crime, tagged Ansley Mall Bank of America, APD, assault, Atlanta, crime, robbery on February 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Here’s how my jack-up at Ansley Mall looks on file with APD:
Seems I was a Robbery and an Aggrevated Assault. What are you? You can map your own personal Atlanta crime here. Although I tried to do so myself and it crashed my browser. Thanks to @sarawara for sending this picture above.
Digital Bootcamp At Georgia Tech February 28
Posted in Atlanta Media, Events, Journalism on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
UPDATE: this Digital Bootcamp was postponed to… sometime in April ‘09. I’ll update when new info becomes available.
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Hey Atlanta, Show Us Your Crime Case Number,
Posted in City of Atlanta, crime, tagged Ansley Mall, APD, atlanta crime, Atlanta Police Department, ATM, Bank of America, Chief Pennington, Mayor Franklin, statistics, thugs on February 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s my Atlanta Police Department (APD) case number (080011828) for that particular moment in time when some thug tried to jack me up at gunpoint. It was New Year’s Day, 2008, at the Ansley Mall Bank of America drive-up ATM on Monroe Drive, right in the heart of the quite lovely 30324 Ansley Park neighborhood, [...]
The Anatomy of Yet Another Unnecessary Murder: How the Justice System Failed Eugenia Calle and Is Failing Us All
Posted in Atlanta Media, Georgia Media, Misc, citizen journalism, crime, tagged crime, criminal justice system, criminal record, DeKalb County Superior Court, Eugenia Calle, Fulton County court, Georgia, Judge Cynthia J. Becker, midtown Atlanta, murder, Shamal Thompson, victim, WSB on February 21, 2009 | 8 Comments »
From Tina Trent’s Crime Victims Media Report. Background: Eugenia Calle was murdered in her midtown Atlanta condo on Tuesday, February 17, 2009. Shamal Thompson is charged with her murder. This is Trent’s research on the criminal record of Thompson.
The Anatomy of Yet Another Unnecessary Murder: How the Justice System Failed Eugenia Calle and Is Failing [...]
Guitar Store In London
Posted in Misc on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Click on photo for full size and clearer res. It goes to 11!
Find Media-Related Jobs On Twitter
Posted in Misc, tagged hiring, media jobs, Twitter on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Finally! Some good news for laid-off writers and journos and such… there are two places/people you can follow on Twitter that are posting media-related jobs all day long!
Jobs In Media
The Media Is Hirin
You can post your resume and credentials and circulate them via Twitter here:
The Media Is Huntn
Would You Buy A “Media Solution” From The AJC?
Posted in Atlanta Media, tagged AJC, Atlanta Media, media solutions on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From the institution that’s downsized itself into oblivion… how about a nice streaming bowl of “media solutions!” All the while the AJC, (aka “Panda Press”) has managed to set absolutely NO standard for online anything, other than to issue bleating memoranda via Julia Wallace (who doesn’t even blog last time I checked) that end-up all [...]
Wasted Multimedia Opportunity For S.C. Newspaper
Posted in Dead Tree Items, Journalism, Multimedia, tagged Good Morning America, John Lewis, newspapers, racist, Rock Hill Herald, South Carolina on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Let’s put this one in the why-newspapers-are-dying cat: so the Rock Hill (South Carolina) Herald gets a line on a truly amazing story… that the white racist who beat John Lewis at a bus station back in 1961 was seeking John Lewis’ forgiveness for his (white racist dude’s) ugly past actions. Amazing, eh?! You better [...]
Scenes From My Hometown: Kershaw, South Carolina
Posted in Misc, tagged bad economy, hometown, Kershaw, mill town, SC, South Carolina, trains on February 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A few scenes shot in my hometown of Kershaw, South Carolina on 1-19-08. Song used to set the appropriate mood is “Useless Desires” from the 2004 Patty Griffin LP, Impossible Dream.
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