Revolutionary Romanticism: 'The Raft of the Medusa' brought energy to French art

Seeded on Mon Aug 17, 2009 1:41 PM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

A wonderful exploration of the Gericault painting depicting the 1816 wreck of the naval frigate Medusa. Meticulous, poetic, and with plenty of context (historical and otherwise), this is a wonderful read, especially for those of us who can't get to view the painting itself.

art, disaster, ship, arts, french, painting, caravaggio, delacroix, medusa, impasto

Kids Photograph Nigerian Slum

Seeded on Mon Apr 13, 2009 6:43 PM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

Kids in Lagos are given cameras with which to document their lives. Great video.

nigeria, children, nigerian, cameras, world-news, experience, slum, documentation, lagos

Online Video is "Friend, Not Foe"

Seeded on Thu Apr 2, 2009 11:57 AM EDT (multichannel.com)

Washington — Comcast chairman and CEO Brian Roberts said that cable programming online could be a boon for distributors who are smart enough to figure out how to monetize it. "I think it's a friend, not a foe," Roberts said of online cable programming at the opening general se …

technology, advertising, internet, time-warner, comcast, brian-roberts, online-content, suddenlink, jerry-kent

Recession Reporting Hits Home

Seeded on Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:49 PM EDT (broadcastingcable.com)

Television stations offer job fairs, budget tips, and a pat on the back for cash-strapped viewers.

journalism, cbs, reporting, recession, job-searching, job-fairs, budget-tips, kcnc-denver

Power Shift grows into a socially inclusive climate protest

Seeded on Mon Mar 2, 2009 10:20 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)

A mass act of civil disobedience takes place in Washington, DC, today, with up to 2500 people willing to be arrested over the issue of climate change.

civil, coal, environment, climate-change, obama, us-news, washington-dc, clean-air, disobedience, environmental-change

TV Must Embrace New Medium

Seeded on Fri Feb 27, 2009 1:00 PM EST (MiamiHerald.com)

With the recent spate of layoffs and ad revenues down across traditional media outlets, television is struggling to re-define itself while staying afloat in the highly competitive world of local news delivery.

technology, internet, journalism, television, news, reporting, obama, broadcasting, cnn, online-news

Play It Again, Joaquin

Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:46 PM EST

Weeks ago, I curled up with a cup of tea to watch The Late Show With David Letterman. Not a regular viewer, I was lured by the prospect of seeing a favourite actor give what I heard might be a bizarre interview.

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entertainment, drugs, oscars, hoax, david-letterman, late-show, joaquin-phoenix, phoenix, actor, letterman

Saint Laurent sale brings in $932.8m

Seeded on Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:25 PM EST (New Zealand Herald)

The estate of fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Berge brought in a total of more than 373 million euros (NZ$932.8 million), breaking a world record. Recession? What recession?

fashion, money, estate, wealth, recession, yves-saint-laurent, pierre-berge, laurent-estate

I Was An Art School Model

Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:47 PM EST

Reading journalist Lizzie Stark's recent column at a news site about Live Nude Girl: My Life As An Object, by Kathleen Rooney, I was struck by the feelings, reasonings, and perceptions around being an art school model. I was one myself.

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art, paint, modeling, dublin, mothers, art-school, painters, sketching, art-modeling, lizzie-stark

Basic principles of online journalism

Seeded on Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:35 PM EST (Online Journalism Blog)

British online journalist Paul Bradshaw offers some helpful tips on writing and producing content for the web. What with the advent of online news sourcing, and further declines in newspaper revenues, it's a lesson well worth heeding.

technology, online, internet, journalism, writing, web, journalists, content, online-culture, online-journalism

India To Catalogue Yoga Poses

Seeded on Mon Feb 23, 2009 3:35 PM EST (Telegraph)

India has hired a team of Hindu yoga experts to patent yoga poses. Interesting stuff, especially in light of recent news of a World Yoga Competition last week.

india, health, patent, ownership, yoga, indian-culture, yoga-poses