Monthly Archives: January 2010

Why my new year’s resolution is to learn about programming

Posted on January 30, 2010 by Erik Gable

I’ve found myself quoting Steve Buttry a lot lately, particularly his posts about innovation in the news business. In an August 2009 post titled “Newspapers’ original sin: Not failing to charge but failing to innovate,” he wrote: The disastrous error … Continue reading →

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Notes on Pew’s “where news comes from” study

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Erik Gable

A “where news comes from” study by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism found that the vast majority of original reporting on six major news stories in Baltimore, Md., came from newspapers. A nice little ego boost, … Continue reading →

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My first journalism job

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Erik Gable

From 1989 to 1992, Pamela Hughes’ class at the Waldorf School of Cape Cod published a class newspaper called The Waldorf Weekly. We published 11 editions in all: six in third grade, four in fourth grade and one in fifth … Continue reading →

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