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You’ve probably seen them on Facebook, X, BlueSky, or your favorite social network. The posts usually start with something like this: I will never read a book where the author used AI in any form or fashion!!! I don’t often wade into these debates, but if I did, I’d point out that many—perhaps most—authors already […]
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Weblogs, community news, self-publishing and more Following is a partial transcript of the panel on “Journalism’s New Life Forms,” held Oct. 27, 2001, on the campus of the University of
The boy who was bought for a silver coin and other Armenian stories of survival The following article appeared in The Sacramento Bee Sunday Magazine. By J.D. Lasica In the
Despite a lapse related to the terrorist attack, online media deserve high marks This column appeared Sept. 20, 2001, in the Online Journalism Review. Here’s the version on the OJR
Nonprofit launches journalism operation to cover women’s issues This column appeared Sept. 4, 2001, in the Online Journalism Review. Here’s the version on the OJR site. Rita Henley Jensen, editor-in-chief
Online news media’s new mantra: building user loyalty This column appeared Aug. 2, 2001, in the Online Journalism Review. Here’s the version on the OJR site. For an in-depth backgrounder
From My News to digital butlers: An in-depth look at the different flavors of personalization This in-depth report appeared Aug. 2, 2001, in the Online Journalism Review. Here’s the version
Is the jig up for honest search results? This column appeared July 23, 2001, in the Online Journalism Review. Here’s the version on the OJR site. Many of us in
Publishers and database vendors consider their next steps This article appeared July 15, 2001, in the Newspaper Association of America’s Digital Edge publication. The original article is below. Here’s the
AlterNet leads a resurgence of progressive news sites This column appeared July 12, 2001, in the Online Journalism Review. Here’s the version on the OJR site. Will a handful of
A look at the current state of online news’ credibility When the Web first blasted onto the public’s radar screen back in 1994, the grand pooh-bahs of journalism wondered what
Former LA Times newsman takes on role as reader representative at MSNBC This column appeared July 1, 2001, in the Online Journalism Review. Here’s the version on the OJR site.
But are they undermining free speech on the Net in the process? This column appeared June 14, 2001, in the Online Journalism Review. Here’s the version on the OJR site.
Blogs will supplement, not supplant, traditional forms of media This column appeared May 31, 2001, in the Online Journalism Review. Here’s the version on the OJR site. See Part 1:
ABC news site straddles line with its Pearl Harbor package This column appeared May 31, 2001, in the Online Journalism Review. Here’s the version on the OJR site. Bisitors to
Weblogs offer a vital, creative outlet for alternative voices This column appeared May 24, 2001, in the Online Journalism Review. Here’s the version on the OJR site. Also see Part
Following is Disney chairman and CEO Michael Eisner’s internal memo to employees of Walt Disney Co. early in the week of May 21, 2001: Dear Fellow Cast Members: This Friday,
New technologies target theft of online intellectual property This column appeared May 1, 2001, in the Newspaper Association of America’s Digital Edge. Here’s the version on the NAA site. Spooked
We revisit 14 content sites to take the pulse of today’s freelance market This column appeared April 27, 2001, in the Online Journalism Review. Here’s the version on the OJR
Ivy and Gregory Ivazian ‘To spite them, I decided I gotta stay alive’ By J.D. Lasica Aghasi “Ivy” Ivazian invites a visitor into his North Sacramento home with a sweep
Where do historians come down on the Armenian Genocide? Irving Horowitz, an expert in the study of genocide at Rutgers University, says scholars agree on this much: In 1915 the
‘We were so happy we were going to live, we showered the officer with kisses. We showered his horse with kisses.’ By J.D. Lasica ‘Emmy” has never before told her
Mesrop Boyajian recounts his experience in the Armenian Genocide By J.D. Lasica Joyce Poirot is the only offspring of Mesrop Boyajian, the boy who was sold into slavery for a
As the 20th century’s first mass slaughter of civilians slips from the memory of a world grown accustomed to atrocity, the Armenians’ resolve to remember grows stronger. This article originally
Pulitzer takes a two-tiered approach in St. Louis with STLtoday.com This column appeared March 22, 2001, in the Online Journalism Review. Here’s the version on the OJR site. Pulitzer Inc.
