Supervertical?

David Herrera, 9:40 am 20 January 2010

PBS has confirmed its plans to create a stand-alone news website in partnership with its local New York affiliate, WNET. … The company describes the site as a “supervertical” that will allow PBS to aggregate all of its news and public affairs content along with content from other partners.

Can anybody explain the “supervertical” concept? Please do so in the comments.

All of the possible definitions I know for “vertical” lead me, I suspect, in the wrong direction: That the site will aggregate reports from its CEOs down to the janitors, for example, or that its home page will take a very long time to scroll down.

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Incoming!

David Herrera, 12:24 am 4 December 2009

The New York Times reports that the CIA plans to increase its use of pilotless drones over Pakistan.

I’ve found fascinating the ongoing use of these drones. If you’d like to learn more, I suggest starting with Jane Mayer’s recent New Yorker article, or Wired for War, by P.W. Singer (who’s quoted in the CIA and New Yorker articles).

Journalism: worth philosophy’s time?

David Herrera, 11:01 pm 26 November 2009

Should people study the philosophy of journalism? Take it away, Brian Leiter:

As to why “philosophy of journalism” is not a major topic of philosophical study, I would have thought the answer obvious: it’s not a central or substantial intellectual or cultural practice, unlike science, art, or law.

John Merrill or Clifford Christians et al. might disagree. But, I dunno. What do you say, journalists? Can you defend your profession?

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