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Posts Tagged ‘Amy Gahran’

See no AP, speak no AP, link no AP

Posted in bloggers, ethics, journalism, online news business, true stories, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 19, 2008 | 4 Comments »

I kept telling myself I was way too busy to compose a long, thoughtful piece about AP’s supremely boneheaded, wrongheaded, counterproductive and just plain stupid move to threaten to sue bloggers who quote and link to AP stories but don’t pay AP.
But I am never, ever too busy to vote.
So please count my vote in [...]

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Raising hell and having fun

Posted in bloggers, journalism, news business, texas media, tagged , , , on April 28, 2008 | 9 Comments »

So keep fightin’ for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don’t you forget to have fun doin’ it.
Lord, let your laughter ring forth.
-Molly Ivins
I am one lucky journo.
So many times in the past 30 years I paused, looked up to the heavens, and thanked the stars that someone was actually paying me to do this fabulous [...]

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