Category Archives: Journalism

Los Angeles Times Book Festival Sunday

Posted on April 26, 2009 by Luke Ford

I walk around the UCLA campus feeling not quite in control, that at any minute I might take my pen and stab someone. I’m a dangerous man. My first panel is at 10:30 am — "Laugh Track — moderator Amy … Continue reading →

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Tabloid Baby Shut Out Of Pulitzers

Posted on April 21, 2009 by Luke Ford

Burt Kearns and company write: "We’d say old Sig Gissler and his Pulitzer cronies are simply elitist, liberal j-school snobs who turn up their noses at a news organization that contains the word "tabloid"– until we take another look and … Continue reading →

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JTA Vs The Blogosphere

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Luke Ford

Jewlicious reports: To summarize, the JTA sent out a fundraising letter that insulted bloggers and tweeters. The JBloggers got pissed and the JTA backtracked. That should have been the end of it right? But then the Forward picked up the … Continue reading →

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JTA Struggles To Survive

Posted on April 4, 2009 by Luke Ford

Steven Ira Weiss blogs: In a new twist on what’s become the near-constant pleading for donations from JTA, President Elisa Spungen Bildner insults producers of new media explicitly: Without a strong JTA, the storytelling will be left to bloggers, twitterers, … Continue reading →

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Ohmigod, He Was Nominated For A Pulitzer Prize

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Luke Ford

I love reading how writers describe themselves in short bios on their books or columns or websites. It’s usually a profound window into how they view themselves and how they want you to see them.  (Here’s my self-description.) A good … Continue reading →

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