Author Archive
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Second Read
The Auteurs’ Caretaker
March 22, 2012 06:00 AMIn 1968, New Yorker editor William Shawn decided to start taking the movies seriously. Up to that point, the magazine’s film critics, men like Brendan Gill and John McNulty, had always thought themselves better than their... Continue reading
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The News Frontier
Two Weeks after Launch, New Worries Take Hold
December 16, 2011 12:23 PMCJR’s Launch Pad feature invites new media publishers to blog about their experiences on the news frontier. Past Launch Pad columns from Bethlehem Shoals and others can be found here. I have a confession to make: up until this... Continue reading
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The News Frontier
A DIY Version of a Large-Scale Project
December 5, 2011 11:43 AMCJR’s Launch Pad feature invites new media publishers to blog about their experiences on the news frontier. Past Launch Pad columns from Bethlehem Shoals and others can be found here. The Classical launched right when everyone was... Continue reading
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The News Frontier
The Merits of the Two-Speed Model
November 21, 2011 01:11 PMCJR’s Launch Pad feature invites new media publishers to blog about their experiences on the news frontier. Past Launch Pad columns from Bethlehem Shoals and others can be found here. As it turned out, no one much cared that... Continue reading
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The News Frontier
A Post-Punk Sportswriting Site Gets Started
November 10, 2011 01:55 PMCJR’s Launch Pad feature invites new media publishers to blog about their experiences on the news frontier. Past Launch Pad columns can be found here. Back in August, Eric Freeman—one of the writers involved in The Classical, the... Continue reading
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