You can be right and wrong (and crazy) in the same breath. Just check out BART spokesman Linton Johnson's quote to KRON-TV about the transit agency shutting off cell phone service to prevent messy protesting: "Outside the fare gates, that's the public forum area. Inside the public fare... read more...

I have been expecting some sort of change for the American Press Institute for more than a year. But today’s news that API is merging with the Newspaper Association of America Foundation still hit me with a wave of fondness and nostalgia. I won’t speculate on the future, except to express my hope that the [...]

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Reuters reporting that the Susan G. Komen for a Cure Foundation has reversed its decision to pull funding from Planned Parenthood. This breaking news story is short on details, though there will be plenty to come.

There are so many things I want to share with you about Pakistan and the wonderful people I have me...

Here's a belated plug for one of the more heartwarming annual events in the heart of Bradenton: the national anthem tryouts at McKechnie Field.Photographer/videographer Paul Videla and Columnist Vin Mannix were there last weekend, and their story and video are great. The results certainly warrant the accompanying headline: National anthem tryouts fill McKechnie

Every morning as I pull my old bones out of bed I grab my Kindle Fire and my iPhone from their chargers. First, I read some 150 overnight Twitter messages to get a handle on the big news developments. A well-put-together Twitter feed is a great news stream to begin a day. Then I grab [...]

Perhaps you heard about the flap over public editor Arthur Brisbane's question, "Should the Times Be a Truth Vigilante?" He was asking whether the Times should correct 'facts' that newsmakers throw out and reporters quote widely such as a Supreme Court spokeswoman who said Clarence Thomas had "misunderstood" a financial disclosure form and candidate Mitt Romney saying President Obama has made speeches "apologizing for America." Readers responded with an aghast and outraged "yes." 

Ever since the Romenesko dustup, I have been thinking about how the digital frontier’s lack of rules has changed or is changing or is going to change long-cherished rules of journalism.read more

As afternoon turned to evening on a warm Saturday last April, a bunch of teenagers and younger kids gathered in Hoffman Park in Albany’s South End. Some were hanging out, others playing basketball. What happened next is plain for anybody to see, because one of the kids captured it on a cellphone video. There was [...]

There were two kinds of bags at the Salvation Army’s Christmas Bureau when it opened 10 days ago. Those that bulged with gifts for needy children and those still creased…Click to Continue »