Another stupid article on “the dating scene” in college
Some of the clues that the latest article on the “dating scence” in colleges with 60% female enrollment was written by a reporter with an axe to grind and a preset angle at which to grind: The featured photograph from a university with 60% female enrollment (a) is of college seniors (or I hope they’re seniors) […]
Sloppy journo skewered; readers await fix
Reporting is a hard job. These days, reporters are being asked to cover more subjects in less time with an even smaller news hole for newspapers that are losing money, laying off colleagues, and may be out of business within a matter of months. Even in good times, reporters knew that errors were going to […]
Grading the “Grades” reports
I’m back from Toronto today–had a great time talking with Canadian faculty, had my head chewed off in a thoroughly polite, Canadian way for one bone-headed error I made in discussion, survived subzero temperatures for a few mornings, and completely failed to enter the Hockey Hall of Fame building–and back in Florida the temperatures are a bit […]