Posts Tagged ‘newspapers’

Chronicle of a Death Foretold?

This little news piece from 1981 is making the rounds. As the reporter notes, “this is only the first step in newspapers by computer”: So many things to love here: the “estimated two to three thousand home computer owners in the Bay Area” the newspaper guy saying “and we’re not in it to make money. [...]

29th January 2009 | Tags: , , ,
Posted in anticipation, irony, journalism, San Francisco | 1 Comment »



Matthews calls it.

Not the primary. Chris Matthews on why San Francisco isn’t a newspaper town: “It looks like an Eastern city,” he says. “But it’s pretty hard for people to read newspapers when they’re riding a bike.” From last Sunday’s Times Magazine profile of Matthews. One of the funnier pieces of reporting I’ve read in any magazine. [...]

21st April 2008 | Tags: , ,
Posted in journalism, San Francisco | 1 Comment »