Michael Phelps's London start emphasizes blatant U.S. and media attitude that anything short of gold makes you a failure, a loser, a disgrace.
Continue ReadingWe’ve all heard of a pregnant pause, but for some women, childbearing no longer means pausing one’s professional life. Enter, the “supernewmom.”
Continue ReadingWimp: a weak, cowardly, or ineffectual person — Websters Wimp: a weak, ineffectual, timid person. — Dictionary.com If you’re going to take as large and as low a shot as Newsweek does, you’d better be sure that your personality description counts for as much or more as your audacity....
Continue ReadingUpon her death and the one line “coming out” in her obituary, Andrew Sullivan takes issue with Sally Ride for not revealing her sexual orientation years ago, while she was alive. Beyond the necessary footnote that she didn’t hide her sexual preference or her 27 year relationship with Tam...
Continue ReadingJust how populist or, dare I say, socialist England or, certainly, the Nike Visa games truly are is highly debatable. But last night was a people's show.
Continue ReadingWith eyeballs turning to the Olympics for the next two weeks effectively knocking the Dark Knight massacre out of the news cycle, this cover and photo-illustration serves as a last word on Aurora.
Continue ReadingEven if a situation is awkward or uncomfortable, an effective politician knows how to fake it. That's just Politics 101. Instead, Romney's day -- by his own incompetence -- went from bad to much worse.
Continue ReadingDemocrats going hard on Romney but soft on the Olympics. Not a surprise.
Continue ReadingI had a couple thoughts on the meager group of Assad family photos that just happened to show up in the media this week.
Continue ReadingWATCH the replay of the BagNewsSalon - The War on Women.
Continue ReadingTell me whether it isn't time that the news photo blog, the news photo gallery and the news photo slideshow receive more critical attention with a thoughtful eye to the viewer experience, editorial rigor and a set of best practices?
Continue ReadingDistinctive for depicting America's female Olympic athletes as strong, powerful and individual, TIME's Olympic covers are notable just for portraying the women as athletes.
Continue ReadingNot to jade the comforting role of the President in a tragedy like this, but Obama's gestures today dealt exclusively with the heart and the personal story at the expense of any teachable moment.
Continue ReadingBecause the public in general isn't sure what to make of this kind of data released and pumped by the media, I wanted to note some of the significant and not-necessarily-significant elements I saw in the video.
Continue ReadingThis "long read" is an online version of a talk presented June 23, 2012 at the Photoville photo festival in Brooklyn, NY about the growing prominence and editorial capabilities of the news photo.
Continue ReadingOf course, the finger in the air while "he's being hauled off" reads like an act of pride -- and defiance. ...Still number one!
Continue ReadingIn the mundanity of Holmes' "uniform" in the theater parking lot, however, scattered on the pavement in the stark light of day, these sad, meager and scattered scraps of visual evidence speak just as much to the miles-wide gap between Hollywood and the theater inside Holmes' mind
Continue ReadingThis poignant scene from the aftermath of the shooting in Colorado is about tragedy and grief ... but, also, about our culture.
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