A Troubled Marriage: Journalism and Blogging
Posted by Fredric Mitchell
The crux of professional journalism is the first amendment of the constitution, enabling the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press. As with most interpretations, the definition of this fact is slanted with the ubiquity of perspective the internet provides. Blogging and its popularity is the quintessential example, and most bloggers just want [...]
Read MoreCommon Launches ThinkCommon.com
Posted by Fredric Mitchell
Mr. Electric Circus has jumped on the bandwagon of internet presence and officially launched his site. Soulbounce has echoed, per one of his own vlog posts, that Common now adds ‘blogger’ to his resumé.
A heavy dose of flash greets you over at ThinkCommon.com, but it’s not obnoxious. The opening menu is a little weird as [...]
?uesto’s Bus Crashes, Blogs / Twitters It
Posted by Fredric Mitchell
If you follow ?uestlove, the eccentric and completely awesome drummer of the Roots, on Twitter, you get the feeling that dude is constantly on his mobile device, in front of his computer, or doing something electronic-y when not DESTROYING a set.
Such as the case, recently, when their tour bus crashed last night in Paris.
Thankfully, again, [...]
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Help a Black Science Blogger Win Scholarship
Posted by Fredric Mitchell
We’ve all been our soap boxes. Unabashedly pointing our fingers and accusatory voices at our counterparts espousing how we don’t support each other, how we need to do better, and how nice it would be if we had a Black President.
Well, we have one out of the three. Can we get another one?
One of our [...]
BWB Conference June 19 -20, 2009 – Chicago, IL
Posted by Fredric Mitchell
I managed to catch Gina’s tweet this morning about the 2nd Blogging While Brown Conference coming up in June. I am delighted to find that the conference will indeed be in my hometown of Chicago, IL and will take place at the University Center from June 19th to June 20th.
For those that are unfamiliar or [...]
