journalism – James daSilva

What I wrote (and didn’t write) in 2015

I didn’t write as much as I hoped to this year. Part of this was being on a federal grand jury, part of it was having the flu twice (yes, really). But part of it was just not setting aside the mental space. I will be working on the latter in 2016. What do IContinue reading “What I wrote (and didn’t write) in 2015”

Truth and lies and faulty memories and Brian Williams

Brian Williams isn’t just in a journalism crisis; he’s demonstrating how leaders can be corrupted by their own hubris.

Society’s quality-control problem with editing

Depleted newsrooms are every day illustrating what a lack of copy editing does — a slow sapping of quality and quality control. It doesn’t mean no news is gathered or that the language is destroyed, but the effect might be more insidious. Only the most able-eyed and loudest notice, and their noise is often dismissedContinue reading “Society’s quality-control problem with editing”