Tag: news

Drone in the snow! – Depth of Field Productions

If you’ve watched the NBC Nightly News this week, you may have noticed that they used footage from the Knoxville area during the past two evenings. On Wednesday night,…

What happened when a college newspaper abandoned its website for Medium and Twitter » Nieman Journalism Lab

I always love a good story about how new technologies allow for disrupting the traditional ways of doing things. Such is the case with the student newspaper at Mt….

Astronomers Watch a Supernova and See Reruns – NYTimes.com

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope say they have been watching the same star blow itself to smithereens in a supernova explosion over and over again, thanks to…

VSCO Cam: Filtered Photos, No Emojis Allowed – NYTimes.com

NYTimes piece on the Visual Supply Company (VSCO). You may have seen or use their app on iOS and Android. “Instagram is more about that instant gratification, ‘Who…

Serial: The Syed family – The Guardian

A look inside the lives of the Syed family: Serial: The Syed family on their pain and the ‘five million detectives trying to work out if Adnan is a…

Re/code Drops Comments | Re/code

The Re/code blog has decided to drop comments in favor of discussions happening elsewhere: The biggest change for some of you, however, will be that we have decided…

NFL player Benjamin Watson’s Ferguson post on Facebook goes viral – KHQ.com

Benjamin Watson plays for the New Orleans Saints. After the Ferguson Decision, he posted his thoughts on his Facebook page. I appreciate what he had to say.

Bill Cosby – Commedian, Rapist

By now you’ve heard the allegations, and you may have even had time to reconcile that one of America’s most beloved commedians also appears to be one of…

‘Serial’ Podcast Catches Fire – WSJ.com

In the normally low-profile world of podcasting, “Serial” is a certified sensation—a testament to the power of great storytelling. It’s quickly become the most popular podcast in the…

Pentagon Studies Reveal Major Nuclear Problems – NYTimes.com

The crews that maintain the nation’s 450 intercontinental ballistic missiles had only a single wrench that could attach the nuclear warheads. “They started FedExing the one tool” to…