by Bach Polakowski | Feb 12, 2013 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
The Associated Press (AP) style is still what many of us media types use as a benchmark for standards. More importantly to me, however, is what I believe is the high regard the public has for AP style (at least among those who are aware of such a thing as “AP...
by Bach Polakowski | Feb 4, 2013 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
Ed Koch Ed Koch, the former mayor of New York City, has died. He was 88. The only time I ever met him was at a press conference in the late 1980s. I was an undergrad at New York University studying journalism. He was there to answer questions from the student press. I...
by Bach Polakowski | Jan 2, 2013 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
“Present and Future Business Models for Monetizing the Newspaper Industry” is a jingle from NPR’s On the Media that trumpets a recurring theme on the show (and a theme for anyone interested in making a living in the media). Well, that’s the...
by Bach Polakowski | Dec 7, 2012 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
The recent decision by The Associated Press (AP) to discourage the use of the terms “homophobia” and “Islamaphobia” has prompted much discussion. NLGJA president Michael Triplett emailed the following to Andrew Beaujon at Poynter: The general...
by Bach Polakowski | Oct 9, 2012 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
Almost at the end of an October 5th New York Times article on the wedding of openly gay MSNBC anchor Thom Roberts was a hidden gem: Among the 170 or so guests at the reception was Sam Champion, the weather anchor at ABC’s “Good Morning America.” He took a turn on the...
by Bach Polakowski | Sep 5, 2012 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
In a Rolling Stone interview rapper Nicki Minaj says she’s not bisexual, despite her own words to the contrary: Early in her career Minaj claimed to be bisexual, but now says she just did that to get attention. “I think girls are sexy,” she says....
