Month: July 2009

  • 140 characters to twittering success

    IN THE CHANGING MEDIA LANDSCAPE, we must change or die. I ain’t ready to die. So, I guess I have to learn how to twitter. So, I’ll start *** I…

  • The incredible shrinking newspaper

    I HATE TO WRITE AN OBITUARY for something that isn’t quite dead yet — but the American newspaper is in a death spiral. I hate to write its obit in…

  • A very third-personal column

    GARY GADDY is going to miss Roland Burris. In case you missed it, Roland Burris is the Illinois politician who took Barack Obama’s senate seat after being appointed by another…

  • My wife and my life: An Internet investigation

    THE INTERNET IS GREAT! You can find out all kinds of things with it — without even getting out of your pajamas. (Traditional journalists are often derisive of bloggers “blogging…

  • Very Briefly: The News in Briefs

    This week’s local, state, national and international news pre-digested for your consumptive pleasure. Carrboro to star in network TV series. CARRBORO, N.C. — The mid-season replacement television show The Goode…