Quote, unquote: Reading and thinking and wondering about the world

One thing I’ve learned here is that, despite the various narcotics of the web and text messaging and BlackBerries and iPhones, you can still get students to read long pieces—especially if some of those pieces are undeniably compelling. You can get them to think. You can get them to understand that it’s important to step back and wonder at the world, to question what’s happening in the world, to

Three primary roles in serving your audience

Although he's principally talking about local websites, dailies and community newspapers, Steve Yelvington has put up a thought-provoking post on his blog illustrating three roles that he says every successful publication, local or otherwise, needs to fill: Town Crier (which most are good at), Town Square and Town Expert (the latter two, not so good).What he is talking about relates just as well