BOSTON — When I was an editorial assistant at the Boston Globe while in college in the summer and fall of 2000, the newspaper went through a major redesign. The “Metro” section was renamed “City & Region” (to improve branding in suburban areas). The newsprint, font, and type size were changed (to make the print […]
Entries Tagged as 'Massachusetts'
Improving Journalism Worldwide Despite Political Bias
August 31st, 2010 · No Comments · Boston, Business, Culture, Education, Journalism, Marketing, Massachusetts, Personal, Politics, The Boston Globe
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Journalism Career: Register with Government?
June 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Boston, Business, Civil Liberties, Education, Journalism, Law, Massachusetts, Personal, Politics
A state legislator in Michigan has proposed a bill that would encourage journalists to register with a “Board of Michigan Registered Reporters” list to help the public know which ones are legitimate: State Sen. Bruce Patterson is introducing legislation that will regulate reporters much as the state regulates hairdressers, auto mechanics and plumbers. Patterson, who […]
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Definition of Journalism: Public Journalism for Online Reporters
June 2nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Boston, Business, Education, Journalism, Law, Marketing, Massachusetts, Media, Personal, Politics, SEO, Technology, The Middle East
JERUSALEM — Ha’aretz, an Israeli newspaper, asks the important question of how the Internet has changed journalism in light of a local conference on “Democracy and its Challenges”: Having a laptop and cell phone with a camera built into it doesn’t necessarily make you a journalist, the journalist and writer Pierre Asselin said on Monday… […]
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Birthright Israel: Footage of (Pre-State) Israel
May 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Boston, Britain, Civil Liberties, Culture, Europe, Immigration, Israel, Journalism, Judaism, Massachusetts, Media, Palestine, Politics, Religion, The Middle East, War
Every wonder what Israel and the region of Palestine looked like before the Jewish state declared independence in 1948? Here is some recently-unearthed footage — in color! — from that time. (Hebrew with English subtitles.) I am completely amazed at how much the country as changed — especially Tel Aviv and the Center region. The […]
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Benefits of Internships
May 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Boston, Business, Culture, Education, Journalism, Law, Massachusetts, Media, Personal
In a recent post on teenage workers, I wondered whether the decline in part-time and summer jobs for teens might hamper their professional development. Now, this news from New York makes me worried for college students working at internships: With job openings scarce for young people, the number of unpaid internships has climbed in recent […]
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Globalization and Sports
April 18th, 2010 · 9 Comments · Baseball, Boston, Britain, Culture, Egypt, Europe, Globalization, Immigration, Israel, Massachusetts, Personal, Red Sox, Sports, The Middle East, Traveling
JERUSALEM — Joe Queenan seemingly dislikes foreign fans of sports teams (those who who are not from the cities of those teams): I do not object to Yankees fans in principle, so long as they are homegrown, preferably natives of the Bronx or Yonkers. (Yankees fans born in Queens or Brooklyn, it goes without saying, […]
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Red Sox Opening Day
April 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Baseball, Boston, Israel, Judaism, Massachusetts, Personal, Red Sox, Religion, Sports, The Middle East
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts — When I was editor and publisher of Spare Change News in Boston, I took the newspaper’s staff out to the Grafton Street Pub & Grill in 2006 for Red Sox Opening Day. I had been wanting to treat them to some burgers and beers since everyone had been working so hard to […]
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NCAA Picks">NCAA Picks
March 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Baseball, Boston, Israel, Journalism, Judaism, Massachusetts, Personal, Red Sox, Religion, The Middle East
JERUSALEM — I didn’t study the teams in the NCAA tournament this year since I’m in Israel, so I don’t know anything about the teams right now. But for what it’s worth, here are my favorites in the regional semifinals: UNI over Michigan — I just never really liked Michigan. Too cold Ohio State over Tennessee […]
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