The way we have gained information has apparently changed in the past 200 years, according to a really interesting and insightful graphical analysis of those trends by online magazine Baekdal.com. The graphic analysis, as depicted above, aims to give some sense of the how the sources of information developed in common society. It suggests that [...]

Philadelphia was long a breeding ground for some of the most meaningful metro columnists in the country. Some say the newspaper columnist is dying, but it isn’t dead. So who’s the next columnist of record in one of the oldest newspaper cities in the world?

The history of the Philadelphia Inquirer mirrors the path of all the big gray ladies in the United States. While putting together suggestions for the Inquirer months ago, I came across some interesting reading on the third oldest newspaper in the country, which is nearing its 180th birthday. Follow it and the path of your [...]

I am going to the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington D.C. tonight, to get settled and look around town, where I will be covering the inauguration of Barack Obama on Tuesday. More on that to come. Obama left yesterday from Philadelphia to head to D.C., also making a stop in Delaware. Leaving from Philadelphia is a [...]

Two hundred twenty-two years ago today, famed Apache chief Geronimo surrendered to U.S. and Mexican forces after 25 years of fighting. Now in mainstream culture his legend is reduced to jumping into pools or otherwise inanely leaping. Do you want to make up for the brutal repression of a people and hundreds of years of [...]

Enjoying your day off and the end of summer but have no idea why? Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, [...]

What a quick and tumultuous rise to power. Twenty-nine years ago today in 1979, Saddam Hussein replaced the resigning president of Iraq and went on to further consolidate his power. It was the beginning of nearly three decades of tickle fights with the international community. In April 2003 he was dislodged from power and on [...]

Everything I ever learned and didn’t want to know about menstruation came from an educational video from 1953. Part 1 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZA1ZaL6gnA&feature=related] Part 2 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFm68Rt94wU&feature=related] “What about dancing, Miss Jensen, can I do that while menstruating?”

Okay, we get it, newspaper circulation is down. Everyone is ditching print for online. But, I get the feeling it is a bit exaggerated. I’ve already posted here that we’re simply living through what we’ll someday call the newspaper bubble, the market swinging the industry nearer to a healthy environment. I would love to really [...]

I have mentioned that I am currently serving one of the great internships that still remain in the newspaper industry these days. For 12-weeks, I am getting $500 every Friday to cover the largest full-time State Legislature in the country in the Capitol of Harrisburg, Pa. When I am done at the end of August, [...]