Monthly Archives: May 2009

More Editor Ability Acknowledged

John Ward has good news: (Seems we’re in a run of it.): I’m really, truly on the payroll this fall two days a week at Middlesex Community College, as a supplemental instructor (in-class assistant) in three developmental English classes, working with some really terrific people who campaigned tirelessly to get me the opportunity and from [...]

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Kodas Wins Prestigious Fellowship

Mike Kodas mentioned this to me at the party for Cliff Teutsch and Bobbie Roessner, but modestly didn’t explain that it was a big deal and extremely rare opportunity for him. He is among five journalists selected as Ted Scripps Fellows in Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Congrats, Mike and please [...]

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Beijing Bound

Good news from our friend Jone Fulkerson, all-around terrific copy editor and a member of the Courant Class of 2008. We’ll let Jone pick up the story: I will be a senior copy editor at China Daily, which is run by the government. The newspaper is trying to improve its journalism, and has been recruiting [...]

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Here and Now

As you might have seen, the people at Tribune have launched ChicagoNow. Well, sort of. It’s still in beta, and it doesn’t have a real home page yet. But it does have about 30 blogs, everything from “Bulls Confidential” to “Garage Sale Warrior.” A promotional video promises at least 80 blogs by year’s end and [...]

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