Bill Keller

Why Ron Rosenbaum Really Resents Jeff Jarvis

By his own admission, journalist Ron Rosenbaum "used to like Jeff Jarvis." But on November 11th, in a scathing piece on Slate, Rosenbaum shows he has clearly soured on the new media guru. Accusing Jarvis of "acting like a...

Tomes that make fine gifts for a bibliophile's home

These aren't books; these are slabs. The kind of books you don't simply "pick up" or tuck under your arm carelessly. The DVD-ROMs contain all 54,267 front pages of the Times from 1851 to this year. Wildlands Philanthropy...

Two monthly warning siren tests canceled for C-U, Savoy, UI

Due to work on the outdoor warning sirens in Champaign, Urbana, Savoy and on the University of Illinois campus, there will be no monthly testing of the sirens for December or January. The regular tests, which are scheduled for...

Foreign press issues plea to reopen Gaza crossing

The Israeli government has offered no plausible explanation for its unprecedented ban on international journalists entering the Gaza Strip, representatives of the foreign media said at a news conference Thursday.

Queen's University biologists find new environmental threat in North American lakes

Boreal forest lakes suffer from 'aquatic osteoporosis,' Queen's-York research team suggests IMAGE: Water flea, Daphnia, is known to be a key component of many aquatic foodwebs. Kingston, ON – A new and insidious environmental...

Tomes that make fine gifts for a bibliophile's home

These aren't books; these are slabs. Slabs of words and images. The kind of books you don't simply "pick up" or tuck under your arm carelessly. You lug these books home from the store in the hope they'll please someone close to...

New York Times Employment Columnist Now Unemployed (at AllThingsD)

Posted at 6:28 AM PT on November 26, 2008 For the last year and a half, New York Times columnist Marci Alboher wrote about other people’s jobs. Yesterday, she wrote about her own — the one she no longer has at the paper. The...

New York Times Employment Columnist Now Unemployed [MediaMemo]

For the last year and a half, New York Times columnist Marci Alboher wrote about other people's jobs. Yesterday, she wrote about her own--the one she no longer has at the paper. Since she was a contractor, this doesn't count as...

The Making of the Minimalist

Mark Bittman, the New York Times food columnist and best-selling cookbook author, was ambling unnoticed through the tight aisles of the Fairway at 74th Street and Broadway on a mild Friday evening earlier this month, shopping...

The Web Guru

If you wanted to wipe out the American media establishment in one blow, you might have targeted the Grand Ballroom on the third floor of the Plaza hotel at around 9 a.m. on Nov. 12. The Foursquare Conference was organized by...

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