Daily Archives: November 17, 2004

ANOTHER UPDATE ON CASSIE STROMER

I‘ve written a couple of times about Cassie Stromer, the Virginia woman profiled in a New Yorker article by Susan Sheehan. Cassie, after years of working until her health gave out, is no longer able to pay her $58/month Medicare … Continue reading

Posted in Our Culture / Ourselves | 2 Comments

REINVENTING THE NEWS, PUTTING BLOGGERS TO WORK

A few years ago I gave a speech to a conference of Canadian media executives at which I told them that within a decade no one would pay for ‘factual’ news anymore. The audience was not impressed. They were rubbing … Continue reading

Posted in Using Weblogs and Technology | 12 Comments