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Dear Superman, about that blogging thing... Paid Members Public
An open letter to Superman [http://www.bigfashionista.co.uk/2012/10/an-open-letter-to-superman.html]: > Firstly, let’s talk money. I assume you are being paid at The Daily Planet? You are? Well being a blogger is slightly different. As a blogger, you are expected to eat your “raised profile”
Clark Kent quits newspapers to become a blogger... Paid Members Public
Tomorrow, newspaper journalism loses another icon. Clark Kent, well-known reporter on that famous Metropolis organ The Daily Planetquits, to go into online journalism [http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2012/10/22/clark-kent-superman-comic-book-series/1648921/] . That’s right, Superman is getting out of print journalism, and he’s not the only
The Mighty Marvel Pinterest Paid Members Public
Marvel Comics launches Pinterest and Tumblr accounts [http://marvel.com/news/story/19181/marvel_unveils_pinterest_and_tumblr_accounts] . A visual content publisher promotes itself on visual aggregation and sharing sites. Utterly simply, perfect match. I could do without the “begging for engagement” comments under every image, though: “What do
Beyond the inverted pyramid Paid Members Public
The tyranny of the inverted pyramid in most journalists’ minds right now is one of my recurring bugbears. It’s a product of print, and of the working techniques needed to get words onto paper in a timely fashion. But people can’t seem to move beyond it in the
The Future of Newspapers (via Spider-Man) Paid Members Public
When I was growing up, my understanding of who and what journalists actually were was largely defined by the staff of the Daily Bugle [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Bugle], employer of Peter Parker, better known as the Amazing Spider-Man [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man]. In particular, they
Weapons Illustrated Paid Members Public
It appears that the arms tradedefence industry publishes comic books [http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2007/09/northrop-grummans-unveils-new.html] . Not good ones, mind…
Comic reaction Paid Members Public
John Allison of Scary-go-round [http://scarygoround.com/] fame comments on the day in cartoon form [http://sgrblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/fantastic.html].
Reviews: Alias: Come Home & X-Force: Famous, Mutant & Mortal Paid Members Public
Over in LiveJournal Land [http://adders.livejournal.com], several [http://bruceb.livejournal.com] of us [http://ladyjestyr.livejournal.com] are keeping journals of what we read through 2003. I’m going to push that a little bit further here by shoving up media reviews as I go. I used to
