Sherwin Arnott: media, design & epistemology
I’m interested in media and public relations, journalism and strategic communications, philosophy, science. Politics.
I have been experimenting with microblogging lately.
Interrobang online
You can find me writing stuff mostly over at Interrobang.
At work
Professionally, I do brand development, graphic design, illustration, document layout, and communications at Pink Sheep Media.
dispatches from my personal blog
Question and answer on journalism and other forms of writing
I was contacted recently by a student of journalism at Wilfrid Laurier University. She asked me the following questions…
The state of hyperlinking in news reports
I’m happy to report that the state of hyperlinking in news in Canada appears to be improving. It’s a…
Can we have infinite, exponential growth with finite resources? Andrew Leach says Yes.
The thing about economics is that it’s a real scientific discipline. Like many sciences, there’s some more theoretical branches…
Design a better calendar: new zero year needed
It’s two thousand years since the birth of Christ; the zero year. I think it’s time to free ourselves…
Petrostatehood is not a zero or one
Some time ago Nikiforuk published an article at Foreign Policy declaring Canada a petrostate. It caused a big splash…
The best journalism is a kind of advocacy
I’ve been interested in hearing more about a case of a Prince Edward Island writer and journalist who was…
Social norming, agenda setting and discourse about climate change
I am fascinated by what constitutes the limits of “respectable” public discourse. This phenomenon is related, in part, to…
Grappling with climate change, politics and the Alberta floods
It’s no small chore trying to understand climate change. We live in a society that is lacking in scientific…
The context is climate change
Journalists claim that it’s their duty to give context to important events. The floods in Alberta are important. The…
“Digital journalism” and the absence of hyperlinks
In which I reflect on the behaviour of major news organizations in Canada who stubbornly refuse to link out…
Andrew Coyne: instance of racism #3
This is my third exploration of racism in the writings of Andrew Coyne, while writing for Postmedia News. Today’s…
Andrew Coyne: instance of racism #2
This is my second exploration of racism in the writings of Andrew Coyne with Postmedia News. This argument will…
Andrew Coyne: instance of racism #1
This is my first argument toward the conclusion that journalist Andrew Coyne made claims that were racist. The remarks…
Andrew Coyne dismisses multiple allegations of racist writing
A little while ago I posted a review of several journalists’ positions on the Idle No Moremovement. With the…
The social relevance of journalism
There is an old idea that journalism has an important role in democracy. I kind of believe this. But…
Dinosaur journalists and Idle No More
I challenge white journalists to tell us how much they think they know about about the history and relationship…