Conor Friedersdorf grants that “journalism requires its practitioners to delve into unfamiliar subjects, communities, and subcultures. Mistakes happen often and can be difficult for the reporter or audience to discern.” But he goes on to explain, with detailed examples, why the recent “white reporter privilege” objections to Serial, notably in Jay Caspian Kang’s widely-read-critique, simply don’t hold up.
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Manchester To Get New £78M Arts Venue Named The Factory
The theatre, built on the site of the old Granada TV studios, will be “‘a large scale, ultra-flexible arts space’ that [will] hold 2,200 people when seated, or 5,000 standing … and provide a permanent home for the Manchester International Festival.”
The Human Brain Is Engineered For Kindness
“In a neat little animated video published yesterday by the University of California, Berkeley, psychologist Dacher Keltner explains that we were essentially built to be nice.”
Florida Caves To Satanic Temple, Will Allow Holiday Display Of Angel In Hellfire
In 2013, calling the idea “grossly offensive”, officials rejected the Temple’s request to put its seasonal display in the State Capitol Rotunda alongside those of Christians, Jews, secular humanists, atheists, and even Pastafarians. So why is this year different? …
Top Posts From AJBlogs 12.03.14
Lessons
AJBlog: Engaging Matters Published 2014-12-02
Barron’s Strange Report On Art Museums
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2014-12-03
Steinbeck And Condon
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2014-12-03
The War on Drugs and Mexico’s 43 Students
AJBlog: CultureCrash Published 2014-12-03
Anne Lamott on Forgiveness
AJBlog: CultureCrash Published 2014-12-03
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Miami’s Perez Museum Celebrates A Year Open. Great Attendance. But Funding?
“Miami finally has a flagship public museum capable of staging its own major shows and hosting important travelling exhibitions—above and beyond what the city’s numerous private museums are able to offer. But an ongoing debate about public funding for the institution has laid bare the single biggest challenge for museums and galleries in the city: fundraising in an increasingly competitive climate.”
Think Your Opinions Are Based on Facts? (Think Again)
“New research suggests that, if options such as relying on biased sources of information prove insufficient, many of us simply rely more heavily on “unfalsifiable” assertions—ones that cannot be definitely proven or disproven.”
Apple Defends Raising E-Book Prices
“I knew some prices were going to go up, but hell, the whole world knew it, because that’s what the publishers were saying: ‘We want to get retailers to raise prices, and if we’re not able to, we’re not going to make the books available digitally.’ You have to fight for your principles no matter what. Because it’s just not right.”
Who Inspires Today’s Artists? Justice Scalia (Here’s The Proliferating Evidence)
“Justice Scalias are appearing in a stage play, an opera and a puppet show, to name three. The actual Justice Scalia ascribes his proliferating stage presence to the media culture of the modern age.”
Jacksonville Mayor Says City Won’t Remove Art Or Rescind Museum Grant Over Controversy
In his letter to City Council President Clay Yarborough, the mayor wrote: “I am hopeful we can put this issue behind us so that the city can continue working with the arts and cultural community to revitalize downtown, enhance our quality of life, and make Jacksonville a vibrant destination.”