Stuff I like by Benita
I'm awesome.
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New York Times, Houston Chronicle tell different stories of 11-year-old’s rape | Poynter.
Wow. This is interesting.
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A Letter to Our Readers About Digital Subscriptions - NYTimes.com
20 articles a month? I read 20 articles a day!
On NYTimes.com, you can view 20 articles each month at no charge (including slide shows, videos and other features). After 20 articles, we will ask you to become a digital subscriber, with full access to our site.
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When the worst earthquake in Japan’s history and the subsequent tsunami knocked out all power in the city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, editors at the Ishinomaki Hibi Shimbun, the city’s daily newspaper, printed news of the disaster the only way they could: by pen and paper.
Newseum Acquires Hand-Written Newspapers Chronicling Japan Earthquake : NPR
Badass. I wish I could read it.
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Osama bin Laden Front Page Newspaper - Photos - WSJ.com
Check out what newspapers did last night.
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(via Details: Rings & Things | Free People Blog)
DIY Newspaper Nails
- paint your nails with base coat of choice (a light color will work best)
- once dry, soak nails in alcohol
- press piece of newspaper to nails one at a time, and remove
- paint with clear top coat
Voila!
These are super subtle, a word I prefer not to utilize when it comes to my nails, but I love the concept. I wonder if I can somehow make them bolder. -
Newsweek: Gaddafi's Forgotten Victims: News Copy Editors
In which we pause for a delicate rant by our own Andy Cohen, Newsweek/Daily Beast copy editor. Since this tumblr’s wee years as an intern at Newsweek.com, when she sat next to Andy Cohen, she has been hearing occasional bursts of Gaddafi versus Kaddafi versus Qaddafi outrage from his cube. Finally, an outlet:
With the death of Muammar Gaddafi, there’s one group of forgotten victims that may finally find closure: news copy editors.
In the 42 years of his reign, getting the correct (or a reasonable) spelling of his name has been the bane of fact-checkers and usage gurus throughout the English-speaking world.
Newsweek and the Daily Beast use Muammar GADDAFI, as does Wikipedia, though we used to prefer KADDAFI, as SNL pointed out in 1981. The New York Times uses QADDAFI. The U.S. government goes with QADHAFI. ABC News once collected 112 possible variations.
Why no agreement? It’s a problem of transliteration—rendering non-Latin names and words into a romanized alphabet. It’s why Mao Tse-tung is now Mao Zedong and why Benjamin Netanyahu is sometimes Binyamin. But for Arabic speakers, there’s no question. The name of the top man is Tripoli was مُعَمَّر القَذَّافِي.
Gaddafi could have dictated how he wanted his name officially rendered in English, like, say, Egypt’s Mohamed ElBaradei (Newsweek would normally render the “El” as “al-”), but he never did. Though rumored to be fluent in English and Italian, he never used either in public.
However, this August evidence emerged that may finally put the issue to rest once and for all. The Atlantic reported that a passport belonging to the dictator’s son finally solved the surname mystery. Raiders at a Tripoli compound found the passport, which spells the last name GATHAFI.
At least now we know what to put on the headstone.We’ve always used Gadhafi and I have to “say” it phonetically in my head every time I type it out. Yes, like that kid on “The Middle,” except I don’t whisper it. At least I hope I don’t.
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(via When Newspapers Mattered - Photo Gallery - LIFE)
The imminent “death of newspapers” has been predicted, bemoaned, hailed, rumored, and reported for decades. Only recently, however — with major dailies folding or scaling back to a point where they’re mere shadows of their former vibrant, ink-stained selves — have the obituaries felt both warranted and timely, rather than premature and exaggerated. Here, a celebration of newspapers when they mattered. Above: Commuters read about President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, Nov. 22, 1963.
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I mysteriously started getting the Wall Street Journal every day. I haven’t paid for a subscription, but I’m not complaining. It’s always on my doorstep by the time I wake up, which I admit isn’t until 11 a.m. these days (I get home from work at 1 am so I have an excuse).
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(via Married To The Sea - 2,000 comics by Drew & Natalie Dee - Updates daily at midnight)
The Internet loves to make fun of my chosen profession.
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(via Boner sexual harassment case ‘a gift to journalists’ | JIMROMENESKO.COM)
When a county property assessor named Bill Boner was accused of sexual harassment, Murfreesboro Post managing editor Michelle Willard knew her staff had to “get all of the cheesy headlines out of their system” before getting serious about the story.
She had them distribute their best, unprintable headlines, including:
BONER SAYS WOMEN FAKING IT
FEMALE WORKERS SAY BONER INTIMIDATED THEM
BONER TAKING IT HARD
I like a lot of stuff, including but not limited to words, sarcasm, news, pop culture, bright colors, music, design, baking, books, Detroit, DIY.
