Why It Took So Long To Build The Pyramids - November 15, 2018
Scale is important to innovation. Anybody in the digital realm knows this, those fighting for digital transition in particular. Big publishers looking for digital traction very often look to work with competitors for scalable solutions. The problem is anti-trust law is a firewall to protect consumers from such collusion.

News Gathering Boils, Not Simmers - November 19, 2018
The news conference, as reportorial tool, has certainly evolved. Power and celebrity have an undiminished capacity for attracting public interest; hence, they are interesting. Their relative importance is in the eye of the beholder.

Falling Into The News Hole And Finding Nothing - November 9, 2018
Once upon a time, news was about reporting who, where, what, when and why. Actually, that has not changed, post-modernisms notwithstanding. Some, though, are confused, perhaps by all speech sounding about the same, except when it’s louder. Or crazier. There is a point when viewers turn it off.

Fake News Is Destabilizing But A Lot Of People Find It Just Part Of Life - September 10, 2018
Lest we forget, fake news is still with us. It and its purveyors have more than nine lives. And public opinion experts continue to explore each and every one. Fake news has overloaded people’s ability to sort out reality. Complexity is its friend.

Powder In The Ointment: The Nose Knows - August 27, 2018
Temperament varies considerably among media folks. Most, understandably, just try to get through the day. Some like the money and status. Others find challenges rewarding. A notable few, particularly on the news side, are motivated by the dictum of Finley Peter Dunne: comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. This can raise tempers.

Fake News Is Good News At Election Time - July 10, 2018
Autocrats and dictators surprise no one these days by bleating about fake news, very often twisting a complaint about real news that happens to be critical or, at the very least, uncomfortable. These noises seem to rise with the approach of an election. Psychologists have studied this; something to do with brain loops.

Eavesdropping On Reporters At Industrial Scale - June 13, 2018
Mobile phones are genius devices. No longer just status symbols - except, perhaps, that $1000 iPhone - very smart, smart phones are a treasure trove of convenience, necessity and fun. Piling all those cool features into one handy interactive gizmo is the genius of 21st century technology. It’s also a security nightmare.