The Daily Mac: 01.15.12
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Sunday was my first full day at home after a week in Aruba, where I photographed the iguana above.
I haven’t been blogging much lately but I resolved to try again in the new year; so, here we go.
I had every intention of catching up with the national news by watching the Sunday shows, but found myself immediately distracted by Stephen Colbert‘s appearance on This Week. I also read a recent article in Forbes explaining why the media might be so far out of touch.
I read a local blog post from last week reminding us that “Photographers are Probably Not Terrorists” and caught up with “10 reasons the U.S. is no longer the land of the free” in the Washington Post.
A peek at the @warnewsradio tweets lead me to Sebastian Junger‘s opinion peace, suggesting that “We’re all guilty of dehumanizing the enemy” and arguing that “A 19-year-old Marine has a very hard time reconciling the fact that it’s okay to waterboard a live Taliban fighter but not okay to urinate on a dead one.” On Monday, the Brandywine Peace Community will hold their annual Martin Luther King Day of Nonviolent Resistance at defense contractor Lockheed Martin.
We learned this weekend that “Murdoch doesn’t understand links” but if you do, the new Nieman-Berkman Fellowship in Journalism Innovation looks like an exciting opportunity.
I had a good laugh catching up with SNL’s smack-down of “The YouTube Generation,” but I’m hoping to make plans soon to attend the upcoming Social Media Weekend at the Columbia School of Journalism. (Ticket info: http://socmediaweekend2012.eventbrite.com)
While polishing up my resume for the new year, I realized that it has been just about three years since I lead this urban photojournalism workshop in Boston. This Wednesday, The Philadelphia Conference of photojournalists will celebrate the 10th Annual Year in Pictures at the Pen and Pencil Club. (Let me know if you need more info.)
Crossword Kathy made up for her absence last week by posting her take on the last two NYT puzzles, both last night and today.
“The Fifth Estate” mopped up at johnnygoodtimes.com Quizzo just before we went away but I’m not yet sure if this spring’s schedule will permit me to join the team very often.
This week, I start a new semester with my Peace and Conflict Journalism course and War News Radio at Swarthmore College.
Finally, I read every email that piled up while I was away.
