Category Archives: Blogging

Jewish News Roundup

Posted on October 14, 2007 by Luke Ford

Rabbi Gil Student writes: Non-Orthodox synagogues merge (Jewish Week). An editorial asks whether Israelis would be better off without a Chief Rabbinate (Jewish Week). More letter to The Jewish Press for and against R. Natan Slifkin (Jewish Press). His response … Continue reading →

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Gawker and the rage of the creative underclass

Posted on October 14, 2007 by Luke Ford

This is the best article I’ve read on blogging. From Vanessa G. in New York magazine: Like most journalists, I tend to have a defeatist attitude about Gawker, dismissing it as the Mystery Science Theater 3000 of journalism, or accepting … Continue reading →

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Pay the Talent? Sorry, Suckas, That’s Not the HuffPo Financial Model

Posted on October 8, 2007 by Luke Ford

Simon Dumenco writes: It wouldn’t have cost Lerer anything to make some vague utterances about "eventual" profit sharing or stock options or page-view bonuses or some such. Instead, in a moment of delusional grandeur, he chose to announce that his … Continue reading →

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I’ll Be On The New ABC TV Show ‘I-Caught’ Sept. 11 9 p.m. (8 p.m. Central)

Posted on September 10, 2007 by Luke Ford

Video Audio of ABC’s I-Caught Profile of Bloggers Such As MySelf and Perez Hilton Samantha Wender writes for ABC News: It’s the modern day diary, online personal journals or blogs attracting millions of viewers to the Internet. But it’s the … Continue reading →

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Is Matt Drudge America’s Most Important Journalist?

Posted on September 5, 2007 by Luke Ford

I can’t think of anyone who comes close. Drudge breaks more stories than anybody and has more influence on the news cycle. It does not matter that much that he may be a bad journalist. The merit of his work … Continue reading →

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