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Salon Media Group
''Salon'' is an American politically progressive and liberal news and opinion website created in 1995. It publishes articles on U.S. politics, culture, and current events. Content and coverage ''Salon'' covers a variety of topics, including reviews and articles about books, films, and music; articles about "modern life", including friendships, human sexual behavior, and relationships; and reviews and articles about technology, with a particular focus on the free and open-source software (FOSS) movement. According to the senior contributing writer for the '' American Journalism Review'', Paul Farhi, ''Salon'' offers "provocative (if predictably liberal) political commentary and lots of sex." In 2008, ''Salon'' launched the interactive initiative '' Open Salon'', a social content site/blog network for its readers. Originally a curated site with some of its content being featured on ''Salon'', it fell into editorial neglect and was closed in March 2015. Responding to the q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Online Newspaper
An online newspaper (or electronic news or electronic news publication) is the electronic publishing, online version of a newspaper, either as a stand-alone publication or as the online version of a printed periodical literature, periodical. Going online created more opportunities for newspapers, such as competing with broadcast journalism in presenting breaking news in a more timely manner. The credibility and strong brand recognition of well established newspapers, and the close relationships they have with advertisers, are also seen by many in the newspaper industry as strengthening their chances of survival. The movement away from the printing process can also help decrease costs. Online newspapers, like printed newspapers, have legal restrictions regarding libel, privacy, and copyright, also apply to online publications in most countries as in the UK. Also, the UK Data Protection Act 1998, Data Protection Act applies to online newspapers and news pages. Up to 2014, the Pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Yates
Andrea Pia Yates ( Kennedy; born July 2, 1964) is an American woman from Houston, Texas, who confessed to drowning her five children in their bathtub on June 20, 2001. The case of Yateswho had exhibited severe postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis, and schizophrenia leading up to the murdersplaced the M'Naghten rules, along with the irresistible impulse test for sanity, under close public scrutiny in the United States. At Yates' 2002 trial, Chuck Rosenthal, the district attorney in Harris County, asked for the death penalty. Yates was convicted of capital murder, but the jury refused the death penalty option. She was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after forty years. The verdict was overturned on appeal, in light of false testimony by one of the supposed expert psychiatric witnesses. On July 26, 2006, a Texas jury in her retrial found that Yates was not guilty by reason of insanity. She was consequently committed by the court to the high-sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerry Lauerman
Kerry Lauerman is an American journalist. He has been the top editor at Mic and ''Salon'', a senior editor at ''The Washington Post'' and ''Mother Jones'' and co-founder of the animal-focused site The Dodo. He is executive editor at ''Forbes ''Forbes'' () is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917. It has been owned by the Hong Kong–based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014. Its chairman and editor-in-chief is Steve Forbes. The co ...''. References 21st-century American journalists American newspaper editors The Washington Post people Year of birth missing (living people) Living people {{US-journalist-20thC-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Walsh
Joan Maureen Walsh (born September 18, 1958) is a liberal American political pundit and journalist. Walsh is national affairs correspondent for ''The Nation,'' and was previously an on-air political analyst at CNN and MSNBC. She produced the 2020 documentary ''The Sit In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show.'' She is a former editor-in-chief of ''Salon'' and author of the book ''What's the Matter with White People?'' Early life and education Walsh was born in Brooklyn, New York to an Irish Catholic family. In 1960, her family moved to Oceanside, Long Island. She has one brother and one sister. At the age of 13, her family moved to a northern suburb of Milwaukee where she attended high school and was editor of the school's newspaper. Her mother died when she was 17. Walsh is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, where she was the Campus Editor for ''The Daily Cardinal''. Media career Print media After graduating from college, she joined a liberal weekly paper in C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Google
Google LLC (, ) is an American multinational corporation and technology company focusing on online advertising, search engine technology, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, consumer electronics, and artificial intelligence (AI). It has been referred to as "the most powerful company in the world" by the BBC and is one of the world's List of most valuable brands, most valuable brands. Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc., is one of the five Big Tech companies alongside Amazon (company), Amazon, Apple Inc., Apple, Meta Platforms, Meta, and Microsoft. Google was founded on September 4, 1998, by American computer scientists Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Together, they own about 14% of its publicly listed shares and control 56% of its stockholder voting power through super-voting stock. The company went public company, public via an initial public offering (IPO) in 2004. In 2015, Google was reorganized as a wholly owned subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Gingras
Richard Gingras is an American Internet executive and entrepreneur who has focused on emerging digital media since 1979, including efforts at Google, Apple Computer, Salon Media Group and the Public Broadcasting Service. He has been an outspoken proponent for journalistic innovation on the Internet. Career Gingras is currently vice president of news at Google. In May 2018 he warned against building the future of news based on a misunderstanding of the past. In his various roles at Google he has worked on how news is presented on Google search and Google News and also engaged around the world on matters of public policy effecting the open Internet. Gingras is a founding board member of the Center for News, Technology, and Innovation, a global policy research organization looking to develop a deeper understanding of how enabling policy and enabling technology can impact the evolution of journalism in a digital society. The center's board includes former Washington Post executi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Mary Elizabeth Williams is an American writer and commentator. She is a staff writer for the online magazine ''Salon''. She has also written for ''The New York Times'', ''The Nation'', and other publications. As a commentator, she has made appearances on MSNBC, ''Today'', and ''NBC Nightly News''. In 2009, Williams released a memoir titled ''Gimme Shelter''. Personal life Mary Elizabeth Williams grew up in Jersey City, New Jersey. She has described herself as a practicing Catholic. In August 2010, Williams was diagnosed with malignant melanoma and underwent surgery. In August 2011, she was rediagnosed with stage IV melanoma. Later that year, she entered a stage I clinical trial for an experimental immunotherapy Immunotherapy or biological therapy is the treatment of disease by activating or suppressing the immune system. Immunotherapies designed to elicit or amplify an immune response are classified as ''activation immunotherapies,'' while immunotherap ... cancer drug, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Illing
Sean Illing is an American journalist, author, philosopher, and public speaker, currently serving as a senior writer at Vox and the host of the podcast ''The Gray Area''. His work focuses on contemporary political philosophy, culture, and the intersection of ideas in modern society. Illing's career has spanned academia, journalism, and podcasting. Early life and education Illing was born and raised in Biloxi, Mississippi, though he has strong ties to Louisiana, which he considers a second home. His family history traces back to New Orleans, and he spent significant time in Baton Rouge during his formative years. Illing earned a Doctorate in political science and philosophy from Louisiana State University (LSU) in 2014. His academic work focused on political theory, exploring the philosophical underpinnings of ideologies and their impact on individual and collective identities. Career Before transitioning to journalism, Illing worked as an adjunct professor at LSU and Loyola U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digby (blogger)
Digby is the short name of American political blogger Heather Digby Parton from Santa Monica, California who founded the blog Hullabaloo. She has been called one of the "leading and most admired commentators" of the liberal/progressive blogosphere. Digby began as a commenter on the blogs of Bartcop and Atrios and launched her own blog on January 1, 2003, calling it Hullabaloo "because one function of blogs is to cause a ruckus" and decorating it with a picture of a screaming Howard Beale from the film ''Network''. She has been joined by other bloggers on Hullabaloo, including composer Richard Einhorn, who blogs under the name "Tristero". Digby graduated from Lathrop High School in Fairbanks, Alaska. She studied theater at San Jose State University (then known as San Jose State College) and worked on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System and for a number of film companies, including Island Pictures, PolyGram, and Artisan Entertainment. Digby won the 2005 Koufax award for blog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Marcotte
Amanda Marie Marcotte (born September 2, 1977) is an American blogger and journalist who writes on feminism and politics from a liberal perspective. She has written for several online publications, including ''Slate'', ''The Guardian'', and ''Salon'', where she is currently senior politics writer. Early life Born in El Paso, Texas, Marcotte (rhymes with ''far-caught'', according to her) was raised in the small town of Alpine, Texas. She has written that her parents divorced when she was nine years old. She graduated from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, with an BA degree in English literature. Around 2004, she began writing for the liberal blog ''Pandagon'', then later for ''Slate'' and ''The Guardian''. In 2004, Marcotte won a Koufax Award from ''Washington Monthly'' for her ''Mouse Words'' blog. Career ''Time'' magazine has called Marcotte "an outspoken voice of the left", writing, "there is a welcome wonkishness to Marcotte, who, unlike some star bloggers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Miller (writer)
Laura Miller is an American journalist and critic based in New York City. She is a co-founder of Salon.com. Early life Miller was raised as a Catholic and grew up in California. She has since said she deplores the Church's "guilt-mongering and tedious rituals." Career In 1995, Miller helped to co-found the news website Salon.com, and in 2000 she edited ''The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors'' with Adam Begley. In 2008 she authored ''The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia'', a book about C.S. Lewis's ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' fantasy series, her enchantment with it as a child, and her disenchantment with it as an adult after realizing its heavy use of religious themes. In 2016, Miller edited '' Literary Wonderlands'', a literary encyclopedia chronicling the history of fiction. She is Slate's Books and Culture columnist. Reception Gary L. Tandy in ''Christianity and Literature'' called ''The Magician's Book'' "Laura Miller's unique and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Rosenberg (journalist)
Scott Rosenberg (born 1959 in Queens, New York, is an American journalist, editor, blogger and non-fiction author. He was a co-founder of Salon Media Group and Salon.com and a relatively early participant in The WELL. Rosenberg's first book, '' Dreaming in Code'', appeared in 2007. It offers a detailed perspective on collaboration and massive software endeavors, particularly the open source calendar application Chandler (PIM). His writings at '' Salon.com'', '' The San Francisco Examiner'' and elsewhere have ranged from theatre and film criticism to technology reporting and political commentary. In 2009, he published a book on the history of blogging, ''Say Everything''. In 2010, Rosenberg foundeMediaBugs.org a "service for reporting specific, correctable errors and problems in media coverage". In an interview, he explains: "We'll try to alert the journalists or news organization involved about your report and bring them into a conversation," which may get the error correcte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
