- ARCHIVE / January, 2008
- the decline and fall of journalism
What ever happened to the art and craft of the newspaper?
As the final season of The Wire rips into a fictional version of the Baltimore Sun, series creator David Simon has penned a scathing editorial asking: Does the News Matter to Anyone Anymore?
Anyone who has followed Simon’s work over the years is no doubt aware [...] - new work: pressbox
A dispatch from the Slant Six-osphere…
I wrote the cover story for this week’s edition of PressBox, a local all-sports weekly. It’s a profile of Coppin State women’s basketball player Rashida Suber, one of the finest women’s players this area has ever seen.
Click here to read it. - trends for 2008, post three: bob powers
This is the third in a series wherein I solicit thoughts from some of my favorite creative thinkers about what they think 2008 (and beyond) might look like.
This installment comes courtesy of Bob Powers. Bob is the brilliance behind the Girls Are Pretty website and its companion book, Happy Cruelty Day. I recommend both [...] - killer at large
News from just outside the SlantSix-o-sphere…
The This Divided State guys have launched the website for their new film, Killer at Large. Check it out here.
I had a nice lunch with Bryan and Steve while they were working on this, and the discussion was lively and enlightening. My money’s on this one being well worth [...] - “I did it for the money. Why do you think I did it?”
Playwright and director David Mamet shares a few thoughts on elections, drama, and selling out.
New York magazine has a quick but pithy Q&A with Mamet, and I highly recommend it. Not the least of the reasons being for this exchange:
You also directed a Ford commercial. Why?
I did it for the money. Why do you think [...] - trends for 2008, post two: armin vit
This is the second post in a series wherein I solicit thoughts from some of my favorite creative thinkers about what they think 2008 (and beyond) might look like.
This installment comes courtesy of Armin Vit. Armin is a true force in the creative world and the brains (with his wife Bryony) behind must-read sites [...] - trends for 2008, post one: me
This is the first post in a series wherein I solicit thoughts from some of my favorite creative thinkers about what they think 2008 (and beyond) might look like.
I’m kicking things off myself. Stay tuned for more throughout the month of January.
2007 was the year of Green. Environmental issues went fully mainstream, starting with [...]