Being a journalist on the Internet means caring about your community and communicating openly about what you see and hear.
Jerome ironically presented news-seeking in the Life of Paul the First Hermit. The Life of Mary of Egypt moved that game to a higher spiritual level. … Read the post news-seeking in Jerome's Life of Paul the First Hermit
With the development of new media, dogs should no longer be asked to fetch newspapers. … Read the post young dog stuck with old media
The U.S. had a highly complex currency system early in the nineteenth century. Can a modern, high-income economy survive with such a currency system? … Read the post complex-currency economies
Public data is key infrastructure for informed democracy and a vibrant economy in the twenty-first century. … Read the post disinvesting in public data is bad economics
The Internet now provides unlimited, unnoticed public space. Graffiti on an out-of-the-way wall is as strange today as a print newspaper. … Read the post graffiti out of the time stream
Endorsing violence against men for not privileging women is a modern form of chivalry so widely accepted that it passes almost without notice. … Read the post deadly sex discrimination in Titanic chivalry myth reporting
Public discourse’s commanding heights support the sexism of “women and children first.” Popular opinion is better informed, more rational, and less sexist. … Read the post Costa Concordia disaster's sexist barrage from commanding heights
About 14 times more mothers than fathers have received physical custody of their children. That’s a huge, legally supported, gender inequality. … Read the post sexism and gender inequality in family courts
Peer-reviewed publications are currently the main currency for academic advancement. Like fiat currencies in general economic use, the value of editorial peer review appears to be largely in its value for economic transactions. Consider, for example, a scholarly study published in 1982. The authors created fictitious authors for twelve articles published in twelve highly regarded … Continue reading social reality of scholarly peer review
Motherhood’s sentimental power on display in respondents’ brief for Turner v. Rogers. It celebrates child support system’s stereotype-based beliefs about allocation of family responsibilities. … Read the post motherhood and sexism in Turner v. Rogers