journalismism

The A-Pee

Hamilton Nolan · 06/12/09 09:33AM

Journo-nerd Bible the AP Stylebook—which last year unconscionably got rid of "riffraff" and "malarkey"—has been updated again. Things the AP just learned about in 2008: baba ghanoush, Twitter, and water sports.

Media Jobs '09: Craigslist Serfdom

Hamilton Nolan · 06/11/09 02:15PM

The media job market is tough. But there are always freelancing opportunities on Craigslist! Right? Right! Terrible, degrading freelance opportunities. Follow these onerous submission guidelines and you too could one day earn literally dozens of dollars, by writing!

Reporters Hired, Fired, Mired, Tired

Hamilton Nolan · 06/09/09 01:01PM

In your torrential Tuesday media column: No rock-breaking for Current reporters, a new job for Jesse Oxfeld, more Observer layoff victims, ad spending plunges (more), and one more unnecessary Obama book TK:

Bob Woodward, Nixon Man

Hamilton Nolan · 06/09/09 12:05PM

Thirty-seven years after Watergate, Bob Woodward is still America's most famous print reporter. But did you know he's one of those "I'm so impartial that I don't vote" reporters? Maybe because of how his last vote worked out: