Archive for July 24th, 2007

Computer-assisted reporting jobs for everyone! »

By William M. Hartnett on Jul 24, 2007 in CAR, featured, jobs, newspapers | 8 Comments

It seems like there is an uncommonly high number of computer-assisted job openings at newspapers these days. (And by “uncommonly high” I mean “more than one.” It is a relatively small field, after all.)
Gannett’s The Journal News of White Plains, New York, is looking for a full-time CAR specialist to “work as part of a [...]

Harry Potter vs. the bedrock of our republic »

By William M. Hartnett on Jul 24, 2007 in oddities | 0 Comments

Should Americans be at all concerned that the Wikipedia entry for Harry Potter is longer than the Wikipedia entry for the United States Constitution? Mind you, the Harry Potter series does run quite a bit longer than the document that is the supreme law of the United States. Also, having read the Constitution carefully, I [...]