The Changing Face of Discrimination

Back in the old days, discrimination was pretty clear.  Racial epithets.  Horrible, boorish sexual harassment.  Firings because you were “old” or “disabled.”

Today, most businesses and many workers are far too smart to call someone the N-word or continually touch someone in places they have no business touching.  Our society has made some advancements–fortunately.

Breaking: Another Longtime KSFY Journalist Leaves

Lisa May, executive producer at KSFY-TV, has left.

I had the pleasure of working with Lisa when I was executive producer at KSFY.  She is a woman of great integrity, hard work, and outstanding news judgment.  She’s also been at KSFY for over 20 years.  Many a young journalist has learned how to be a good journalist from Lisa’s mentorship through the years.

A Shout Out to Newspaper Death Watch

If you aren’t following Newspaper Death Watch and you care about newspapers and journalism, you should be.

SD Watch Now Kindle-ized for Your Reading Pleasure!

I’m not sure what a Kindle is but you can now get SD Watch on it if you subscribe to Newstex.  Newstex syndicates this blog.  Here’s a blurb from Newstex about Kindle:

“Amazon – Kindle: Amazon’s New Wireless Reading Device <http://tinyurl.com/5gtog6> – Newstex is pleased to announce that Amazon has chosen Newstex’s Blogs On Demand for distribution of Newstex blogs for purchase on the Kindle.  We will be rolling this out over the next few months.

How do Blogs work on the Kindle? Unlike reading blogs on your PC, Kindle blogs are downloaded onto Kindle so you can read them even when you’re not wirelessly connected. And unlike RSS readers which often only provide headlines, blogs on Kindle give you full text content and images.

Sorry, Cory: Madison and Lake Herman Not Listed in Forbes Top 20 Small Towns with Advanced Degrees

Forbes has an interesting article on the small towns with the highest concentrations of advanced degrees in the U.S.A.

Some will surprise you–and some will not.