http://textpattern.com/?v=4.2.0 WeissWrite http://www.weisswrite.com/ writing, training, editing Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:56:32 GMT Copyright WeissWritewriting,reporting,journalism,writing,coach,non,fiction,interviewing,television,commentary,narrative,story,telling,newspaper,newspapers,internet,podcast,photojournalism,video,magazinesNews & PoliticsTV & FilmEducation/TrainingBusiness/CareersArts/Literatureweisswrite@gmail.comDick WeissDick Weissnowriting,reporting,journalism,writing,coach,non,fiction,interviewing,television,commentary,narrative,story,telling,newspaper,newspapers,internet,podcast,photojournalism,video,magazinesInterviews and commentary on the world of journalism and non-fiction writing from veteran journalist and writing coach Dick Weiss.Interviews and commentary on the world of journalism and non-fiction writing from veteran journalist and writing coach Dick Weiss.The Best Stories You've nEver Read #107 Your brain on GPS -- The Week

In this magazine excerpt from The Walrus, journalist Alex Hutchinson advances the theory that the GPS may be harming our cognitive abilities. 

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-- Dick Weiss

]]> http://www.weisswrite.com/beststories/the-best-stories-you-ve-never-read-107 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:56:32 GMT weisswrite@gmail.com (Dick Weiss) tag:www.weisswrite.com,2009-11-08:45b61251c11ad2082885948c6f4412ce/ace949a550b20496c2f52f0fea640ebb The Best Stories You've nEver Read #106 "Open" by Andre Agassi -- Sports Illustrated

The retired tennis star invites us to share his demons. Raw and authentic. Agassi collaborated  with Pulitzer Prize winner  and former LA Times reporter J.R. Moehringer on the book.Sports Illustrated provides an excerpt.

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-- Dick Weiss

]]> http://www.weisswrite.com/beststories/the-best-stories-you-ve-never-read-106 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:39:34 GMT weisswrite@gmail.com (Dick Weiss) tag:www.weisswrite.com,2009-11-01:45b61251c11ad2082885948c6f4412ce/e4514a870170c4c478f98cd45cfa8f59 The Best Stories You've nEver Read #105 The reconstruction of American journalism -- Columbia Journalism Review

Former Washington Post executive editor Len Downie and Michael Schudson of the Columbia University School of Journalism provide an illuminating and comprehensive report on the current state of journalism. They find reasons for both optimism and pessmism.

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]]> http://www.weisswrite.com/beststories/the-best-stories-you-ve-never-read-105 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:03:15 GMT weisswrite@gmail.com (Dick Weiss) tag:www.weisswrite.com,2009-10-25:45b61251c11ad2082885948c6f4412ce/b50bc7a3462ffd233b8fe54005d2ce29 The Best Stories You've nEver Read #104 How different are football and dogfighting -- The New Yorker

Malcolm Gladwell says football may be as bad as dogfighting. He makes a strong case.

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]]> http://www.weisswrite.com/beststories/the-best-stories-you-ve-never-read-104 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:33:02 GMT weisswrite@gmail.com (Dick Weiss) tag:www.weisswrite.com,2009-10-18:45b61251c11ad2082885948c6f4412ce/bdea49e345372eaedf5cae039cb65272 The Best Stories You've nEver Read #103 Technology adds to raucous tradition -- Washington Post

Hate mongering predates talk radio and cable television, but it is perhaps more vicious with the megaphone that is the internet.

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]]> http://www.weisswrite.com/beststories/the-best-stories-youve-never-read-102 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:17:14 GMT weisswrite@gmail.com (Dick Weiss) tag:www.weisswrite.com,2009-09-20:45b61251c11ad2082885948c6f4412ce/ee4695b29562fbfc2d4d4df5094412f3 en-usCopyright WeissWriteDick Weissnonadult