excellent (and big) photo blog from the boston globe.
pat walters
lately, i've been thinking about ...
Pat is a freelance journalist whose writing has appeared in newspapers and magazines, including The St. Petersburg Times and The New York Times Magazine.
He also writes for grist.org, produces radio stories for WKNO-FM and does reporting for national magazines like Rolling Stone, AARP The Magazine, Fast Company, On Earth and CJR.
Pat recently spent a year on a fellowship at The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, writing, editing and planning a redesign for Poynter Online. This summer he co-directed the reporting and writing component of the Institute's nationally recognized "boot camp" for recent college journalism graduates.
He now lives in Memphis, where he's working on an MFA in creative nonfiction writing. You can read a few of his stories here, and download a PDF of his resume here.
If you have a question, or you just want to chat, you can e-mail him via google mail.
estee nation t-shirt company. they make vintage tees for real businesses. very cool idea. i’m behind the curve on this one. found it in the nyt mag this week.
i have an interview with brendan koerner up on the nbcc blog. he’s an excellent magazine journalist who writes for slate and wired. we talked about his new book, now the hell will start. check it out.
check out hulu.com.
the atlantic: this story is a little depressing, especially if you live in memphis - which i do - or if you’re from any of the other hyper-violent, mid-sized cities it mentions - which i am; see reading, p.a.
here are some numbers. the world’s obese eat $20 billion too much food each year. the world’s hungry need $30 billion worth of food each year. if you’re overweight, stop eating so much and close the gap. also: in 2006 the world spent about $1.2 trillion on arms. let’s cut back on that, too.
the new iphone is coming, and according to slate, it’s going to take out the gps industry. this is going to be huge. i can’t wait until my verizon contract ends …
current tv: christof putzel went to russia to document “a growing movement where neo-nazi groups are brutally attacking immigrants and spreading their hate by posting violent videos online.” watch it.
if you want a hot job at a newspaper, move to india.
via journerdism
woman in the airport: life is short, eat more ice cream.
costco mini-laptop for $200?
in 1996 bill gates made $30 million a day.
reading wired at the airport: check out megaphone. live social online gaming by cell phone.