Trump’s No Candidate
For the last two weeks Americans have been treated to a series of bigoted, classist and plain stupid bloviations from Donald Trump. Either calculated to attract attention or just the ravings of a...
View ArticleInto The Breech
Some personal news: Starting today I am a full-time employee of Aldertrack. I’ve tied off my various consulting gigs and committed myself completely to making this wonderful company grow. Although it’s...
View ArticleThe Other Legacy of Gapers Block
Gapers Block on the left (founders Naz Hamdid in black and Andrew Huff in purple) and Chicagoist on the right (the author in orange and Chicagoist Prime editor Rachelle Bowden in black). When I first...
View ArticleOur Responsibility
People close to me know that I recoil from the word Journalism. I prefer to talk about “news” or the “news business”. To me, journalism is overloaded with misty-eyed retroverts who want to imagine...
View ArticleAdvice For Starting Out That You Never Asked For
I must have attained enough gray hair in order to seem like someone who knows something, because in the last few months I’ve been asked for advice by more than a few people preparing for or starting...
View ArticleMedium’s Memberships and Subscriptions Don’t Make The Grade
Earlier this week Medium announced “New custom tools for publishers“, a list heavy on ways to more easily share your content for free with a global audience. As content is increasingly forced down the...
View ArticleI’m Not Worried About This Election, And You Shouldn’t Be Either
This last week I heard from a few friends and family about their genuine stress and fears about the upcoming presidential election. Their choices, they feel, are so bad that no matter which...
View ArticleI Was Wrong
I’m just going to come out and admit it: I was wrong about Donald Trump. I had dismissed him as a non-serious bloviator who would never become president of the United States. I completely missed how...
View ArticleThe New Divide: News For Decision-Making vs. News For Entertainment
Last November’s election revealed a growing divide among news consumers: Those who seek facts for decision-making, and those who seek ratification and entertainment. And then a second alarming truth...
View ArticleIt’s All About The Subscribers, Medium
Ev Williams’ announcement, “Renewing Medium’s Focus”, has taken media-Twitter by storm. Most everyone agrees with the truth of Williams’ pronouncement, “it’s clear that the broken system is ad-driven...
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