by The Wordyeti | Oct 13, 2006 | journalism
It’s one of the dirty little secrets of market research that the time-honored audience questionnaires are about as accurate as sitting down and playing "let’s pretend." Especially here in L.A. – as exemplified by some of my friends...
by The Wordyeti | Oct 12, 2006 | journalism
When you see Doc Searls gush something like this: Last night Jon Lund told me about something that blew my mind. Newspapers are a Happening Thing here in Denmark. There are very creative "wars" going on between rival papers. Read Danish media revolution: New...
by The Wordyeti | Oct 11, 2006 | journalism
It is a sad fact that those who are potentially most liable to be affected by the rents and tears that are being inflicted upon the Constitution are those who understand what is at stake here least. This failure to comprehend is equal parts denial, racism and...
by The Wordyeti | Sep 28, 2006 | journalism
My sister Linda sent this to me today – it’s an article that appeared in the Pioneer Press, about a little slice of the fast-vanishing lifestyle in smalltown America. It’s about the Hamm’s Beer brewery in St. Paul, Minn. Besides the...
by The Wordyeti | Sep 13, 2006 | journalism
The latest in a series of nasty little revelations that perhaps there are people (nefarious characters, I tell you!) lurking online whose general ethical demeanor is not exactly that of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, is the kerfuffle over the story ratings over at...
by The Wordyeti | Aug 25, 2006 | journalism, television
The third day of shooting dawned with me already running behind. I was supposed to be using a borrowed Range Rover for the picture car. That had fallen through at the last moment. So at 10 p.m. the night before, I was calling around to rental car agencies, trying to...