Posts tagged as The More You Know
Website Targets Hazy, Perhaps Jittery Demographic
Former Radar editor Maer Roshan—along with his partners, Allison Floam (who built Microdialogue, which does consumer analysis, and also sells SunSak, which is "a round towel that transforms into a tote bag") and Joe Schrank (who runs a for-profit addiction recovery program)—have launched a website called The Fix, which covers the wild world of addiction in general and also has rehab reviews. In other new publication news, there is The Atavist, which (more slowly) publishes tablet and reader long-form nonfiction "singles" (that are not necessarily related to atavism).
The More You Know: Always Be Fighting Panthers
"If attacked by an endangered Florida panther, stand tall and fight back—that's the advice wildlife officials are giving after a series of recent panther attacks on domestic animals in the southeast U.S. state." READ MORE
How to Email NPR
NPR is afraid to make its people's email addresses accessible to the public. So, here you go! It's almost always in the form of first initial and last name—like FLast@npr.org.—at NPR dot org. Easy!
GTA: Vice City, Duke Nukem 3D Certified Totally Rape-Free
"An editorial on Friday about the Supreme Court’s review of a California law barring the sale or rental of violent video games to minors incorrectly described the content of three games. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Postal 2, and Duke Nukem 3D graphically depict many repellent acts. They do not depict rape." READ MORE
For the Contemporary Media Glossary: "Story Torture"
Let us add to our modern vocabulary of new concepts (both serious and silly) of "the outrage economy" "the currency of attention" and "metafilm" and "mansplaining" and "metaenabling" and the like yet one more: "story torture": "Story torture is the media strategy of taking a news item and torturing every possible angle out of it. Like real torture, the key is not letting the story die, instead slowly beating it from every last possible angle."
Yesterday's Run: Like Fleet Week at High Speed but Sweatier
Did you know there were 1100 sweaty West Point cadets running through New York City yesterday? Also the Naval Academy. Just FYI. (Photo by West Point Public Affairs via Flickr.)
Pet Tigers Totally Legal, Totally Awesome in 44% of America
Great news for all my cat-loving friends! "It is perfectly legal for a private individual to own a tiger-no license required-in nine U.S. states, including Idaho, Ohio, Alabama and North Carolina. (An additional thirteen states require private owners to obtain a permit to keep a wild animal.)"
Is Your TV News Broadcast An Infomercial In Sheep's Clothing?
Los Angeles Times columnist James Rainey sheds a little bit of light on people who appear on many of this country's local newscasts pitching toys — yes, toys! is nothing sacred? — and who are paid by the companies that produce the products being touted. Unfortunately, the people in the newsrooms that chase these stories don't exactly subscribe to the old journalistic maxim of "If your source says she really really really loves a toy and mysteriously is able to travel around the country with nothing but this particular message in mind, check her income stream out": READ MORE
In Queens, To Find Locations Best
We recently lamented getting around in Queens, but little did we know, somehow, about this. READ MORE
