Month: February 2015

Here’s a roundup of 10 or so links to catch you up this Monday — here too soon! Continue reading “Reading roundup: ISTEP update, ‘SNL’ special, Cindy Crawford photo”

Heartbroken: New York Times media critic David Carr, 58, is dead.  He collapsed in the newsroom, the paper reported, after moderating a panel discussion involving Edward Snowden and his chief chroniclers, documentarian Laura Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald.

Anyone who read Carr’s columns or his memoir of crack cocaine addiction, “Night of the Gun,” couldn’t help but be impressed by his willingness to look at unpleasant facts and not blink. He was also fiercely loyal to his chosen tribe of journalists in general and the Times in particular. Collectively, we are crushed.

Here’s a roundup of 10 or so links to end this sad week for newspeople: Continue reading “Reading roundup: RIP David Carr, ISTEP turmoil, Friday the 13th, Valentine’s Day links”

Good morning! Did you wake up a millionaire thanks to last night’s Powerball drawing? Here’s a roundup of 10 or so links to catch you up this morning: Continue reading “Reading roundup: Powerball, RIP Bob Simon, ‘House of Cards’ leak”