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I love how Jeff Sullivan writes.
npr:
The deadline for applications to the summer internship on the NPR Social Media Desk is February 15. If you’re interested in applying for this, or any other internship at NPR, check out the “Internships” page on NPR.org. —Wright
People who have asked: “How do I get a job at NPR?” Here you go. (Many of my friends have stayed on for — at this point — five years past their internships.)
This is effing brilliant.
When I talked with Will Leitch about coming over to Deadspin from my column at CBS, he said, “It’s a great place, don’t worry about the page views, they take care of themselves.”
The first week with A.J., he told me, “If less than 3k people click on what you write, you fucked up. You might have fucked up the title. You might have fucked up the picture. You might have picked a story that no one cares about, but you fucked up.”
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Interesting look inside the Gawker network embedded in this “roast” of A.J. Daulerio. Do most news sites have a guy like Daulerio or a guy like Leitch calling the shots? And which would you prefer?
“‘I never did drugs and never worked for a pimp for protection,’ she said. ‘What protection? If I’m in someone’s car, about to die, ain’t no pimp in there helping me.’”
At 52, Still Working the Streets in Hunts Point - NYTimes.com
Redskins coach George Allen talks to his players before a Dec. 1977 game against the Rams. The speech worked as the Redskins won, 17-14. (Nate Fine/Getty Images)
SI VAULT: Redskins are the talk of DC (12.12.77)
PHOTO GALLERY: Life Inside The Locker RoomReblogging this because please tell me the team still has this locker room carpet.
— Kelly Clarkson Endorses Ron Paul; Bon Jovi Death Hoaxer Speaks - Entertainment - The Atlantic Wire
This is the craziest thing you will see all day.
“Pilots need to maneuver between mountains, fly within feet of houses, and land on a narrow, 6,500 foot runway. Planes are only allowed to take off and land during the day, since any flying at night has been deemed far too dangerous.
“Strong winds can whip down from the mountains and easily send a plane off course. Because of the danger, only eight pilots in the world are qualified to fly in and out.”
Real Paro Bhutan Landing 15 A319 Cockpit (by LoungeLizard64)
Big in 2011:
Biblioteca Vasconcelos, the largest library in Latin America by Mexican architect Alberto Kalach
(via npr)
“It’s not hard to see why I was into ESPN, nor is it hard to see why, 15 years later, that ship has sailed. The anchor banter that made it seem as if the guys at the desk were genuinely good friends. The slang, the attitude, the catchphrases. The slick graphics and cranked-up metal over highlight reels that condensed a day in sports into a neat little ADHD package. It was the perfect product for an over-caffeinated 12-year-old boy, and it still is, which is part of the problem. ESPN continues to do many of the things that made us fall in love with it, but I think we’ve just grown up.”
—Barry Petchesky 15 Years Ago, I Wrote A Fan Letter To ESPN. Here’s Who Wrote Back.
This is a little embarrassing, but I can’t be the only person who does this: Does the Washington Post’s Facebook Social Reader make you a little more… selective with what you click…
Source: sudden inspiration / Flickr
I’ve read a lot of theories about why people say, frankly, dumb things online, but I’ve decided for myself that what causes things like that to…
“Remember that messing with your friends on Facebook is not, actually, “funny,” nor is it intended to provoke laughter; it’s merely a way to show your friends that you are thinking about them by being a dick.”
How to Mess With Your Friends, and Prevent Yourself from Being Messed With, on New Facebook
Sources of inspiration for (and resulting posts from) my future-of-journalism blog at paulbalcerak.com.
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