Owlspotting

My latest story in the Christian Science Monitor is about a group of kids in a special needs class that are fighting to make the cherry the official fruit of Washington, DC. The kids are guided in this effort by their teacher, Terry Bunton. Making a fruit — or any other symbol — official is […]

A very good friend of mine wrote an awesome story for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. It’s a story of an orphaned rooster who made a home outside the city hall of small town Punta Gorda (of hurricane season 2004 fame). Although some of her editors din not consider this “animal story” worthy enough for the front […]

Malcolm Gladwell, the New Yorker writer and author (he wrote “The Tippint Point” and “Blink“) has started blogging. I guess this is great news for all of us who had questions to ask him after reading his pieces. For those who don’t know Gladwell: he writes about cultural phenomena through a very unique lense — […]

Deocamdata, domeniul dbrom.ro e inaccesibil. Speram sa-l reabilitam in curand. “am vrut odata sa scriu o povestire care sa se numeasca ‘omul care s-a insurat cu cainele lui’. era cu siguranta influenta lui marquez in acest titlu. aveam doar tilul si imaginea unui om trecut de 45 de ani pe plaja de la 2 mai. […]

We’ve been going out a little more than six month and it’s time I looked back on our relationship. I still don’t know if IT is a SHE or a HE, but it’s not important in the long run — that is if we’re going to be in it for the long run. In August […]

A great story in New York Magazine by Clive Thompson proves that blogs, which at heart seem to be the ultimate meritocracy, are plagued by the same inequalities as any other media (or whatever other industry you can think of). The story talks about how a blogging elite has already been established and, in turn, […]

Razvan Amariei, a correspondent for Transitions Online in Romania, offers a wonderful and blunt portrait of the Romanian reaction to the news that the American soldier who killed a Romanian singer will go unpunished. The story, “Friendship and Immunity” tackles the fine line the US must walk when dealing with an ally in times of […]

E dificil sa scrii un articol comprehensiv despre bloguri — fie el rezumat la o arie geografica — pentru ca nu stii niciodata ce risti sa uiti pe dinafara. Nu poti scrie despre toate blogurile, nu poti scrie despre toti bloggeri, si chiar apuci sa vorbesti cu o duzina, tot va fi greu sa generalizezi. […]

The Tim Russert issue bothered me enough to try and say more about it than I did on this blog. So I wrote a commentary piece which was published on Poynter, that Florida-based haven of journalistic debates and tools. The Poynter piece is here. UPDATE: It’s ironic, but here’s an article published today in the […]

Another “fine” moment in journalism took place Sunday. On NBC’s Meet the Press Tim Russert pretended to be unaware of a new talk show strategist James Carville was going to do on XM Satellite radio. He even tried to “scoop” other media by getting Carville to give some details of the show and maybe it’s […]