Happy Halloween
Halloween in Vicwest is quiet but nice. Some great costumes on the street last night and trick or treaters were swell.
Pumpkin carving by Becky Cory.
Here’s the my pineapple pip-o-lantern.
The stickiness of so-called “reverse racism”
When an idea is “intuitive” but also steeped in a culture war we have a heightened…
Journalism is the business of influence
Good journalists do what they do because they care. They have interests. The organizations that employ…
Design inspiration from the desk of @makingculture
Design inspiration from the desk of @makingculture aka @beckycory! #pinksheepmedia #illustration #yyjdesign
Journalism’s allergy to substantive regulation
Misinformation is a big deal. Hate online is a big deal. And as the public catches…
The dominant press is a giant inertia machine
But here’s an old idea: what if dominant journalism, by and large and in the long…
Archiving and curation
When we stare at paradoxes long enough, they can sometimes lose their mystery. When this happens…
White supremacy, doing journalism, and the explanatory comma
This particular Code Switch episode on the explanatory comma is itself a kind of extended explanatory…
Headlines, cognitive processing, and problematic information
Headlines matter. Publishers know it. Good headlines help with the understanding, reach, and impact of a…