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11/17/2009 9:56:15 AM
An artist in New York City is converting empty newspaper boxes into tiny dance parties....
11/11/2009 10:58:18 AM
Writer, blogger, activist, and Utne visionary Cory Doctorow talks about his penchant for giving digital editions of his books away and his passionate critique
of any person or entity that attempts to quash creativity with
copyright laws....
11/9/2009 3:06:05 PM
The world is moving toward universal literacy, and possibly toward universal authorship. But will any of the writing be any good?
11/5/2009 4:04:38 PM
The Fort Hood shootings forced the PTSD conversation back into the headlines. What about the journalists who cover the wars?...
11/4/2009 3:41:36 PM
Writer and artist Ken Habarta has been scanning for information on bank robberies for nearly a decade. He's
especially drawn to robberies that involved a note....
11/4/2009 1:23:58 PM
Far from the cozy classrooms of American journalism schools, students are venturing to remote and often dangerous parts of the world to learn how to dig up a scoop....
11/3/2009 4:12:56 PM
It may be a shock, but today alone you may well view more words than Tolstoy put in War and Peace....
10/22/2009 3:50:33 PM
We've created a list of every Utne visionary with a Twitter account and with one click, they'll show up in your feed....
10/21/2009 5:12:33 PM
The deals are being called a “stunning one-two punch”: Microsoft has struck paid agreements to integrate status updates from Twitter and Facebook into Bing….
10/21/2009 2:08:23 PM
How much money did your favorite writer make off that last book? You have no idea, right? With his next book, Cory Doctorow is publishing every dime he earns. And that's just the beginning of his ambitious experiment in publishing....
10/20/2009 10:44:02 AM
Those incredible pictures of your parents you've got squirreled away somewhere? Send them to the fabulous new blog My Parents Were Awesome....
10/16/2009 1:36:49 PM
Imagine if advertisers could convince men that they looked terrible without make-up. A recession buster?...
10/15/2009 5:10:35 PM
Leave the e-readers to Madison Avenue and their computer geeks. It’s time to start playing with the prose.
10/15/2009 3:03:26 PM
While children are impressionable, adult programmers don’t know their own strength (or weaknesses).
10/14/2009 5:29:45 PM
The child-and-adult-designed community of Coriandoline features homes bedecked with jewels and painted flowers. Whimsical garages with yawning mouths, and lampposts adorned with cast-metal birds.
10/14/2009 3:22:55 PM
Target has partnered with digital content provider Zinio, launching a digital magazine rack with the promise of publications readable on just about any device....
10/13/2009 2:46:29 PM
Brian Conley Founder, Alive in BaghdadUtne Reader visionaryNovember December 2009by Staff, Utne Reader
10/13/2009 2:24:31 PM
This South Asian American entrepreneur created an online media company responsible for five weekly e-magazines that spotlight young professionals of color making their mark.
10/13/2009 2:22:29 PM
A digital pioneer who introduced the CD-ROM, Stein is now turning his attention to the ways social networking can turn publishing into an interactive give-and-take between readers and authors.
10/13/2009 2:05:34 PM
Alexis Pauline Gumbs Media ActivistUtne Reader visionaryNovember December 2009by Staff, Utne Reader
10/13/2009 11:50:44 AM
Cory Doctorow is a figurehead for “copyfighters” everywhere, he’s on a crusade against a corporate monopoly on patent law.
10/13/2009 10:18:48 AM
Cursor, scheduled to launch in early 2010, is Richard Nash’s vision for making social networking and crowd sourcing integral to book publishing.
10/12/2009 3:59:09 PM
This social critic’s “Target Women” segments on Current TV do the nearly impossible: They make feminist critiques informative and darkly funny.
10/12/2009 3:50:02 PM
In Ties That Bind, this lesbian social critic urges progressives to confront homophobia within their families. Only then will we be as gay-friendly as we think we are.
10/9/2009 6:12:53 PM
Simpsons fans, brace yourselves. The Huffington Post reports that Marge Simpson will be on the cover of the November issue of Playboy….
10/9/2009 5:30:43 PM
If you’ve ever fantasized about running a private prison, check out this "surprisingly sociological" video game....
10/9/2009 4:41:55 PM
It happened again. Our humble magazine found its way into a Jon Stewart bit, this time about magazine mergers.
10/9/2009 12:59:26 PM
You don’t have to be a cross-country skier or a snowboarder to appreciate the Zen-like athleticism of the new sport of cross-country snowboarding…
10/9/2009 10:37:45 AM
The Washington Post plans to find the next great pundit, but perhaps it should try one of these reality TV inspired contests instead…
10/9/2009 9:00:44 AM
The website Kickstarter helps reporters, writers, and filmmakers fund projects. All they have to do is ask....
10/6/2009 3:22:31 PM
When everything but the news is stripped out of a newspaper, publications tend to look a lot thinner....
10/5/2009 2:54:13 PM
The New York Times has found a new source of funding for journalism: Isaac Mizrahi-designed raingear. And other media outlets are trying the same tack....
10/5/2009 2:43:10 PM
What do you think of Utne.com? The editorial staff over here at Utne Reader would love to know....
10/5/2009 12:50:06 PM
An online news guru suggests some new rules for news. What would you add?...
10/2/2009 1:30:27 PM
Celebrities have rushed to Roman Polanski's defense since his arrest in Switzerland last weekend. Chris Rock and Katha Pollitt have something to say about that....
9/25/2009 4:27:16 PM
A new online news venture is brewing in San Francisco…
9/25/2009 10:57:42 AM
Powerful photos taken during the country’s fighting season find its Pashtun people living their everyday lives on the fringes of battle.
9/25/2009 9:51:40 AM
Reporters in Iraq, Afghanistan, Russia, and other hostile places around the world face the daily threat of being kidnapped. Knowing how to be kidnapped can increase a person’s chances for survival....
9/24/2009 3:21:01 PM
Al Jazeera English broadcasts in over 100 countries—with the exception, until recently, of North America. The Walrus reports on what North America has been missing….
9/24/2009 12:25:32 PM
The economy is not an autonomous entity like the human body; it’s made up of people taking actions that have an effect on other people....
9/15/2009 4:27:14 PM
For some people, photos on Facebook of wheelchair users having fun, dating, and living a normal life is enough to dispel stereotypes of people with disability...
9/15/2009 10:47:03 AM
The slow death of a Wisconsin factory town reflects recent reports on increased poverty in the Midwest....
9/11/2009 3:42:58 PM
Subprime loans are often blamed as the basis of current financial crisis. In fact, we should call out the predatory lenders....
9/8/2009 10:34:29 AM
Cambridge, Massachusetts’ Papercut Zine Library lost its space in mid-August, and is still looking for a new home in the area….
9/4/2009 12:15:28 PM
Iranian bloggers who went online to protest the disputed election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad owe a debt of gratitude to the spiritual dissident group, the Falun Gong...
9/3/2009 4:22:18 PM
What would Buffy the Vampire Slayer do—if she were to meet the Twilight series’ Edward Cullen? A video remix artist has crafted an answer….
9/3/2009 3:34:12 PM
The editorial staff of the Baltic Times, an English-language newspaper that covers Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, quit en masse and started a rival publication, Baltic Reports…
8/27/2009 2:40:43 PM
With nothing more than a first and last name, the Personas web application creates a picture of how the internet sees you....
8/27/2009 12:01:39 PM
An action figure, a Hollywood blockbuster, and the long, slow death of American triumphalism....
8/26/2009 3:16:48 PM
Brett Favre returning to the NFL trumped the assault rifle toting, anti-health care reform advocates in the news....
8/24/2009 2:42:23 PM
The Progressive, an energetic voice of dissent and activism for 100 years, has issued an urgent appeal for funds....
8/24/2009 10:29:48 AM
Looking back over the past quarter century of Utne Reader, and looking forward to the next one.
8/21/2009 1:05:55 PM
Forget putting video in magazines, it's high time we start putting our magazines in videos....
8/20/2009 12:00:48 PM
China’s breakneck modernization is running roughshod over some of the most cherished parts of Chinese cities. So why isn't anyone talking about it anymore?...
8/20/2009 11:26:25 AM
The new, highly readable Journal of Music is busting out of this stale music magazine mold.
8/20/2009 11:21:01 AM
Readers step up to save their favorite independent magazines
8/20/2009 10:43:51 AM
The hunt for a U.S. professor accused of genocide in Rwanda unravels the complex political motivations that stand in the way of Rwanda’s reconciliation process....
8/18/2009 9:44:20 AM
Three efforts that cut through the hyperbole and lies of the health care reform debate....
8/17/2009 11:47:59 AM
How to find the post-pundit future of America
8/14/2009 2:41:15 PM
Why aren’t more Americans informed (and outraged) about the violent conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
8/14/2009 2:30:32 PM
What if, instead of plunking down hundreds of dollars for a jackhammer or a jigsaw at the nearest hardware conglomerate, a person could just borrow one from a knowledgeable tool librarian?
8/13/2009 12:45:55 PM
When pundits talk about “class warfare,” they almost exclusively refer to actions taken on behalf of non-rich people. Warfare, though, usually has two sides....
8/13/2009 10:16:16 AM
The standard, bare-bones, institutional voice of newspapers is dying a slow death. The convention has outlived its usefulness, and needs to be euthanized....
8/13/2009 9:14:02 AM
Enlightened human discourse is waiting for all of us in the comments field….
8/11/2009 5:37:48 PM
If you’ve seen one cooking show, you’ve seen them all, right? Ah, but you probably haven’t seen the Grill Sergeants on the government-sponsored Pentagon Channel.
8/11/2009 4:56:13 PM
Forget Fox News. Conservatives are launching a media-savvy revolution.
8/7/2009 4:51:43 PM
A literary hoax is raising uncomfortable questions about the state of academic journals....
8/6/2009 12:19:00 PM
A look at next steps for burned out or burned up journalists....
8/6/2009 11:38:11 AM
Liars beware: Intel is developing an application that can detect lies on the internet, and in every-day conversation....
8/5/2009 10:50:20 AM
Media criticism, journalism news, new media experiments, and photojournalism
7/31/2009 3:00:59 PM
Did you hear about Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper taking communion and then stashing the wafer in his pocket? Don’t get your hackles raised yet....
7/29/2009 7:36:04 PM
Giving things away for free could kill professional media jobs. Chris Anderson, of the magazine Wired, thinks that's just fine....
7/27/2009 6:27:11 PM
Opponents of health care reform say that the Democrats are trying to impose “Canadian-style health care” on the United States. The anti-reform message is compelling—and entirely misleading....
7/27/2009 12:24:38 PM
The host of the radio documentary program This American Life is hopeful about the future of journalism....
7/22/2009 1:29:02 PM
When a group of Palestinians tried to re-enact a controversial Israeli TV commercial, the harsh reality of occupation and fear was illuminated....
7/20/2009 4:18:58 PM
Twitter will not single-handedly save journalism. It’s also not silly and dumb....
7/17/2009 12:19:46 PM
Newspapers are being written off by scores of pundits, but author, McSweeney’s publisher, and Utne Visionary Dave Eggers is standing up for them...
7/17/2009 11:01:27 AM
The facts surrounding Guantanamo Bay detentions are quickly slipping down the memory hole....
7/10/2009 3:26:53 PM
Young, white boys no older than 5 years old pose with some of the most lethal killing machines now in play in Iraq and Afghanistan....
7/10/2009 11:59:23 AM
Do women's experiences in Gaza matter less than those of men? A Middle East analyst criticizes the BBC of marginalizing women in Gaza....
7/9/2009 4:53:54 PM
For less than the price of a cup of coffee per day, you can feed and clothe a newspaper professional....
7/9/2009 2:51:50 PM
If you've ever thumbed through a copy of Dwell magazine, you'll probably get a giggle out of this....
7/8/2009 4:59:35 PM
The focus on beautiful, young, fashionable protesters in Iran distracts from the issues at play in the protests....
7/8/2009 1:41:01 PM
The entire production of The New Anonymous, including the articles printed, is anonymous, prompting one reviewer to call the journal the embodiment of democracy....
7/8/2009 9:53:02 AM
Pictures of the Year International opens its 2009 exhibit this weekend in Los Angeles. Preview the riveting work online....
7/8/2009 9:42:09 AM
Despite Al-Jazeera’s international reputation for serious investigative reporting, Al-Jazeera English-language station has yet to find a cable provider in either the U.S. or Canada....
7/7/2009 1:30:28 PM
Could the future of investigative journalism be in the hands of public relations firms?...
6/26/2009 5:18:37 PM
If you read just one thing about Michael Jackson in the wake of his untimely death, make it this beautiful rumination by Adrienne Maree Brown....
6/26/2009 9:55:58 AM
Joss Whedon explains, powerfully and awesomely, why he writes such strong female characters….
6/24/2009 2:54:26 PM
the economic downturn as a much needed kick in the teeth for the design world....
6/24/2009 2:07:05 PM
A rundown of a few depressing statistics about the state of media you may not have heard yet....
6/24/2009 11:19:06 AM
An online magazine investigates what is lost when the printed word goes digital....
6/19/2009 10:12:40 AM
The fact-checking website PolitiFact.com is taking on the truth-distorting pundits of TV and talk radio—with your help….
6/18/2009 5:37:39 PM
The line between editorial and advertising, once referred to as a wall, is now more like a fence. And that fence has a front door, and some holes in it....
6/18/2009 2:55:35 PM
The Porno Plague. The Occult Revival! The Columbine Effect!! Cyberporn!!! Crack Kids!!!! Step right up and see the Top 10 most Absurd Time Covers of the Past 40 years. . . .
6/17/2009 4:57:46 PM
Journalism in Colombia can be a dangerous job....
6/12/2009 3:29:09 PM
Tired of all the confusion over the big digital conversion? The funny folks at McSweeney’s have just what you need....
6/12/2009 1:26:22 PM
“Can we please stop talking about feminism as if it is mothers and daughters fighting about clothes?” Katha Pollitt writes in The Nation....
6/9/2009 6:14:42 PM
There’s been enough written on the slow and painful decline of print—finally, some fun! Check out Paste’s top 10 list of songs about newspapers and journalism….
6/9/2009 4:29:30 PM
In the Google Age, media literacy is crucial—and in short supply
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