The Phoenix Network:
 
 
 
About  |  Advertise
Moonsigns  |  BandGuide  |  Blogs
 
 

Browse by Tags

All Tags » blogs (RSS)

My last post (as Not for Nothing)

My last post (as Not for Nothing)
[Spring training, 2005] UPDATE: WHAT'S NEXT FOR N4N? My lucky yet-to-be determined successor will resume this blog in the near future (and Scott MacKay and myself will soon be blogging over at 'RNI ). ----- Thanks for checking in, everyone. It...
by Ian Donnis | Feb 12, 2009 | with 6 comment(s)

Good things with Greater City: PVD

Good things with Greater City: PVD
Kudos to Jef and his crew at GC: PVD for a marked increase in posts on their blog, which focuses on, well, making Providence a greater city. Jef is always all over lax snow and ice removal and other topics of note, like this : If you had a difficult time...
by Ian Donnis | Jan 29, 2009 | with 2 comment(s)

Taricani has a new blog

Taricani has a new blog
With apologies to Lewis Carroll , WJAR-TV newsman Jim Taricani has a new arts-related blog, Arts Through the Looking Glass , on the Channel 10 Web site. It debuts today with a positive review of the new movie Defiance . Besides being an investigative...
by Ian Donnis | Jan 16, 2009 | with 1 comment(s)

Soxaholix rule

Soxaholix rule
One of the best Sox-related blogs , and not just because of today's excellent Teixeira takedown .
by Ian Donnis | Jan 07, 2009 | with no comments

Perils of a depleted State House press

Perils of a depleted State House press
As I've written before , it's great that blogs such as Hard Deadlines and Rhode Island's 12th have sprung up to cover areas that tend to get short-shrift from the Prov-centric RI media. And last Sunday, during his appearance on Newsmakers...
by Ian Donnis | Jan 07, 2009 | with 3 comment(s)

Crowley's fast start

Crowley's fast start
The ubiquitous Mr. Crowley is off to an energetic start at RI's Future, offering a new weekly feature -- a synapsis of the Sunday morning shows -- as well as the scoop, via Environmental Journal, on some changes at Clean Water Action (and as predicted...
by Ian Donnis | Jan 05, 2009 | with no comments

Pithy remark of the day

Pithy remark of the day
Asked how he sees his role as a blogger, Justin Katz, administrator of Anchor Rising , described a general feeling of treading the line between intellectual and comedian. He made the remark -- to which I can relate -- during a taping this morning of WPRI...
by Ian Donnis | Jan 02, 2009 | with no comments

What's next for RI's Future

What's next for RI's Future
As we now know, Pat Crowley is taking on the reins at RI's Future from Matt Jerzyk. I talked with these two for a Q+A in this week's Phoenix : Jerzyk's choice of a successor (for undisclosed terms) makes good sense, on a number of levels....
by Ian Donnis | Dec 24, 2008 | with no comments

What's happening with RI's Future?

What's happening with RI's Future?
Come and find out tonight (6-9) at the Wild Colonial, to celebrate Matt Jerzyk and to learn who will be the new owner * of RI's Future . Matt, who's planning to focus on his legal career, deserves a lot of credit for building the blogosphere and...
by Ian Donnis | Dec 23, 2008 | with no comments

Web-based news organizations on the rise

Web-based news organizations on the rise
Could it be a matter of time before Rhode Island becomes home to a solely Web-based news organization that carries on the mission of print newspapers? Blogs such as RI's Future and Anchor Rising (and your humble blogger) cover some of this territory...
by Ian Donnis | Nov 19, 2008 | with 2 comment(s)

Jerzyk has an agreement to sell his blog

Jerzyk has an agreement to sell his blog
Earlier this year, in a story on the RI blogosphere , I broke the news that my friend Matt Jerzyk plans to sell his groundbreaking blog, Rhode Island's Future . The details remain to be revealed, but Matt now says he has an agreement in place . What...
by Ian Donnis | Nov 18, 2008 | with 2 comment(s)

Students take up case of imprisoned Egyptian blogger

Students take up case of imprisoned Egyptian blogger
Last week, as many Americans were celebrating the victory of Barack Obama, Heather Klink and a group of her classmates at Roger Williams University staged a vigil to protest the continued imprisonment of the Egyptian blogger known as Kareem Amer . Klink...
by Ian Donnis | Nov 12, 2008 | with no comments

Kos: give it up for Howard Dean

Kos: give it up for Howard Dean
Kos today takes some justifiable pride in the accuracy of his own presidential forecast : R2K Actual Presidential vote: 51-46 52.6-46.1 Congressional vote: D+9 D+8.38 As much as people complained that R2K was too Obama-friendly, turned out it wasn't...
by Ian Donnis | Nov 11, 2008 | with 1 comment(s)

FiveThirtyEight's time in the sun

FiveThirtyEight's time in the sun
I was going to include Nate Silver's name in the headline for this post, but he's better known by his Web site, FiveThirtyEight.com , which -- with good reason -- has become a sensation this campaign season. Here (h/t Romenesko ) is part of the...
by Ian Donnis | Nov 03, 2008 | with 1 comment(s)

Can bloggers save journalism?

Can bloggers save journalism?
This question was the subject of a discussion yesterday (h/t Romenesko ) between Andrew Sullivan , Tina Brown , and Nicholas Lemann on WBUR's On Point . I haven't yet had a chance to give it a listen, but the show consistently hits a high mark...
by Ian Donnis | Oct 30, 2008 | with 1 comment(s)
1 2 3 4 5 Next > ... Last »

Filter further:

ABOUT THIS BLOG
SUBSCRIBE




Thursday, June 18, 2009  |  Sign In  |  Register
 
thePhoenix.com:
Phoenix Media/Communications Group:
TODAY'S FEATURED ADVERTISERS
Copyright © 2009 The Phoenix Media/Communications Group