Media Briefs (4#) -

Emily Bell from The Guardian will head the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University in NYC starting in July - an outstanding choice, in my opinion.

Having said that, I still have serious reservations about a proposed degree which would combine engineering with reportage.

# Predatory ghouls are gouging people in
their most vulnerable moments for Obituaries.

# Too much emphasis on SEO is
producing too much very bad writing!

# A jaded blogger tracking down a terrorist figures in
David Goodwillie's debut novel: American Subversive.

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