- Jan 2021
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www.washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com
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In light of that reality, the Times should consider junking its language about journalists being “perceived as biased.” Thanks to the work of unprincipled folks in American politics, the mere expression of an opinion, or an emotion, is now viewed as evidence of ingrained bias. Opinion and bias are not the same.
Bericht über die Kündigung Lauren Wolfes durch die New York Times. Ist doppelt interessant—wegen der Problematik des Social Media Engagements von Journalistinnen und wegen der Aussagen zum Meinungsklima in den USA.
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- Feb 2017
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“Far from resembling a modern interstate,” he predicted, it “will more likely approach a roadway in India: chaotic, crowded, and swarming with cows.”
What an image. I can totally see this.
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our weeks after the election, Times chief executive Mark Thompson told an industry conference that subscriptions had surged at 10 times their usual rate.
Good for them!
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inspired by the strategies of Netflix, Spotify, and HBO: invest heavily in a core offering (which, for the Times, is journalism) while continuously adding new online services and features (from personalized fitness advice and interactive newsbots to virtual reality films) so that a subscription becomes indispensable to the lives of its existing subscribers and more attractive to future ones.
Not sure I really see this happening...
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It’s to transform the Times’ digital subscriptions into the main engine of a billion-dollar business, one that could pay to put reporters on the ground in 174 countries even if (OK, when) the printing presses stop forever
Cool plan.
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- Apr 2016
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www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
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Let’s say you are a young person beginning to write about politics and policy
Even if we're not writing about politics and policy - -although some of you are! -- some of his distinctions, and how he thinks about you as writers, will be helpful to us.
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- Oct 2015
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www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
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I’m hot and sweaty
The writer suggests that because she “hot and sweaty” after giving a vigorous lecture, she has somehow been an active teacher. We often associate “active learning” with activity on the student’s part, but the important flip side is that the teacher must be an active participant too, evaluating whether in fact students are actually learning what we expect them to be, and changing strategies accordingly. Not only does lecturing promote passive learning on the students’ part; it promotes passive teaching too.
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But if we abandon the lecture format because students may find it difficult
I don't know any professor who's given up on lectures because they're too difficult for students. On the contrary, students love lectures because they're so easy. No prep required, just sit back and let the professor's "argument" wash over you! And if difficulty is what makes a pedagogy sound, why not start lecturing in Latin? (h/t to Ted Underwood for that idea!)
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“It is not a recitation of facts, but the building of an argument.”
There are many ways to build an argument—and even better ways to teach students how to build an argument than a lecture.
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It keeps students’ minds in energetic and simultaneous action.
Let's say this is true? How do you know? One of the problems with lectures is that we don’t know what’s going on in students’ heads during the exposition. So, yes, there’s an opportunity for students to be in an "energetic" state, but we don’t know if that’s what’s going on.
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Lectures are essential for teaching the humanities’ most basic skills: comprehension and reasoning
Logical fallacy here: there are many ways to teach comprehension and reasoning. Lectures are not "essential," they are one approach, and not necessarily the best.
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