I think one of the critical distinctions between the competitive world of journalists and the interlinking collaborative and collegial world of bloggers is obvious from this very sentence. I need say no more, but you may want to read Jon Lebkowsky’s thoughts, and Jay Rosen’s. I imagine Nick was kind of wedging his way in here because after five years or so of watching us work, he thought he needed to articulate a competitive postion. If you’re a dean at Columbia, you get space to betray your ignorance and narrow views in The New Yorker.
Amateur Hour, my ass. Imagine writing a column on journalism and blogging and choosing to mention Glen Reynolds rather than Tom Matrullo. I’d give the Dean a big D+ for this effort, and I threw in the plus out of professional courtesy.
Read Matrullo’s post on these matters here, a post that incidentally precedes NYU J-school guru Jay Rosen’s response by three days. And don’t miss this link he stuffs in the comments… helps to clear the head.
Egad, another one!?!??!!?!?!?!?!
First there was Howard Dean. Now there’s this guy, a titled not named Dean, and you have him biting rectum of rhesus.
I thought that was the domain of another of my namefellows, Jimmy Dean (sausage mogul & singer of Big John).
That’s all this Dean has to say.
Aren’t you the guy who recently blogged “Hello Dali,” and if so, has anyone told you that the pun is an extremely lowbrow form of humor?
“after five years or so of watching us work”
I think the problem is that he wasn’t watching us closely enough!
If you’re a dean at Columbia, you get space to betray your ignorance and narrow views in The New Yorker.Definitely. Lemann analyzes the blogosphere and falls on his face when all he needed to do, really, was some reading.“Amateur Hour.” (Yes, the “authoritative” MSM journalists are doing such a great job. Not.)