CROSSPOSTED from my column at CCJ: http://www.concernedjournalists.org/bad-war-bad-science-bad-reporting-take-your-pick War is bad. We can agree on this. As both a practitioner and historian of war, I feel no compunctions about saying that and no reason to pretend otherwise. Some wars are Just, and some may be Unjust. Some wars may even be necessary, but they are all bad. The idea of a Good War is a myth. It is base propaganda, and nothing more. War should be the absolute last resort. As a… Continue

The reporter sat down at his desk and placed his fingers on the worn, circular keys. It was the same typewriter he sat at night after night. The melodious clicking of each letter was his adrenaline. The black smell of fresh ink was a drug in his veins. The deadline rush addicted him to his job; it was the reason he woke up every morning. On the wall across from him was a flat, black clock. He didn't need to look at it; all he needed was to hear the slow and steady tick, tick, tick. He knew what… Continue

You'll see by my station blog that I'm a not-so-closet Survivor fan! Any more out there? The finale is Sunday night, and I'm wondering who you're rooting for. For CBS stations, do you do the tie-ins? Our morning crew does the satellite talkbacks with those voted out - makes for an interesting feature, although I see the Early Show doesn't have them on anymore.

I found this column by The Seattle Times' Jerry Large pretty interesting. For those who don't feel like following the link, here's the gist: An ad agency in Orting, Wash. has created an online newspaper to fill the void of the recently folded weekly, the Orting Gazette. The stories are written by community members and edited by employees at Carr Knowledge, the ad agency in question. Any reader complaints, quest… Continue

Big shot in the arm today! Beatblogging.org -- leading the charge for Web 2.0 reporting -- gives a shout out to my work at the GT. I've learned a lot by following their experiments on blogging the beat. Recommended reading.