The twenty interns for the Cambridge University Press Summer 2010 Internship Program began our first week with an orientation meeting with Benjamin Jeremiah, the Employment Manager. He gave us an overview...
Happy Bloomsday 2010! For the uninitiated, Bloomsday is a celebration of James Joyce’s magnum opus Ulysses, a novel in which the events all take place over the course of one day: June 16th. From Dublin...
The fourth President of the United States, James Madison is known for being the “Father of the Constitution,” author of over a third of the Federalist Papers, and a true believer in the idea and ideal...
This week, Democratic and Republican women won some major primary elections here in the States. [Insert ‘go team’ comment here – without sounding flippant or bringing back the feminist movement...
Word nerd alert! The New York Times announces the 50 Most Frequently Looked-up Words of 2010. Check out Philip Corbett’s observations on 50 Fancy Words… Read More ?
It is a truism in the news bizz that you have succeeded in writing a “balanced” story if all your sources take issue with and are unhappy with it. I never bought that (nor do others follow the precept)....
Fair, balanced, unbiased, impartial. Journalism, in theory and by definition, hinges on an ideal of neutrality, an expectation of the direct presentation of facts and findings. Yet the process of news-making...
In 1973, Congress passed the Endangered Species Act, a program designed to provide for the conservation of plants and animals on the endangered species list. The law made it illegal to harm any of the...
My Orientation to The Press and BookExpo America As I’m completely new to both the Press and BookExpo America (aka BEA), I really had no idea what to expect when I found out on my first day that I would...
A Colleague of Laura’s in Pompeii Once upon a time, I was an archaeologist. That’s right, I, Laura Evans, once dug up the pre-eruption layers of ancient Pompeii, sifted through soil and muck in...
Reminder! Monday, May 24, Marci Hamilton LIVE on Twitter from 8:00pm-9:00pm @AbuseStoppers – talking about the Stop Abuse Campaign, Statute of Limitations reform, and Justice Denied: What America...
“I’m strictly a journalist.” – Martin Gardner Martin Gardner had no formal mathematical training. A newspaper reporter, publicist, freelancer for Esquire, caseworker, magician, skeptic, Navy sailor,...