Category Archives: Journalism

Are you sure about that?

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Rufus Dogg
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Years ago, I was hired in from a field management job to a corporate training job. My job — or so I was told when they transferred me — was to take the training I had developed that produced rapid … Continue reading →

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There is no right or left, only power. The real debt ceiling crisis

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Rufus Dogg
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Before I begin, I would like to disclaim that I am not a Constitutional lawyer nor do I pretend to be. But I am an avid reader, one who has read a lot of literature surrounding the pre-Civil War through … Continue reading →

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Why Sarah Palin also needs a lesson in basic photojournalism in addition to history

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Rufus Dogg
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I was going to let this one go, but the more I thought about it, the more I thought I just needed to say something. This is a photo of US Park rangers posing at the Washington Monument. It appeared … Continue reading →

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The definitive difference between a real journalist and your sorry blogger butt

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Rufus Dogg
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Maybe I’ve read one too many rants from know-it-all bloggers about how nobody really needs journalists and how journalism is a dead dying industry, but it really hit home today about the real difference between journalists and blogger know-it-alls. Above … Continue reading →

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#TwitterMakesYouStupid – a New York Times challenge

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Rufus Dogg
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Last night, Bill Keller, Executive Editor, The New York Times tweeted out: “#TwitterMakesYouStupid. discuss” And of course, this started up a firestorm among the twits, many of whom were not particularly skilled with using the grammar of the English language … Continue reading →

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Make it work; why newspaper artists make the best designers

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Rufus Dogg
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“Just set your resolution high on your monitor, scale it up, take a screenshot and slap it in there,” I said to the panicked marketing artist who was stressing over the jpg of a 1X3 benevolent ad she was given … Continue reading →

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She’s back! Karina Stenquist

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Rufus Dogg
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Karina is one of the reasons why I think the future of journalism is in pretty good hands. Short story long, I became a fan of Karina’s when she was hosting an Internet vlog called MobuzzTV. She had that combination … Continue reading →

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