This week I had two really fantastic emails. One today from a reader:

"Good Morning!

My Fiancé and I live above CdM, and we walk down to the beach every morning around 5:50am.
The sunsets are amazing, but there is just something so peaceful about the sunrise...

We normally come back, have some coffee, and read Corona Del Mar Today to see what's going on around town.

It's nice to have a little corner of the internet, which is tailored to exactly where we live.

I know you do have a 'reader's… Continue

* Can quantum mechanics help us develop better models for the changing news business? Or is complexity science a better approach. It's by no means an academic discussion -- weigh in on the fascinating give-and-take started by collab member Mark Poepsel in his blog post Quantum Mechanics, General Relativity and News Business Models. Mark also raises more dow… Continue

Here is a link to a legal service for online journalism that is to be announced tomorrow. It provides pro bono and reduced fee legal assistance on a broad range of legal issues, including business formation and governance, copyright licensing and fair use, mployment and freelancer agreements, access to government information, pre-publication review of content, and representation in litigation.

The announcement comes from David Ardia, director,… Continue

Here is a link to a legal service for online journalism that is to be announced tomorrow. It provides pro bono and reduced fee legal assistance on a broad range of legal issues, including business formation and governance, copyright licensing and fair use, mployment and freelancer agreements, access to government information, pre-publication review of content, and representation in litigation.

The announcement comes from David Ardia, director,… Continue

Things have been steady with not really big highs or lows.

I did join the local Chamber of Commerce and have attended a government affairs meeting that was really boring but also could have let me break a statewide story -- if I was the kind of reporter to break statewide stories. And today, I went to a chamber luncheon that was turkey. So now I'm sleepy and too full.

The luncheon was OK, I suppose. The president of the group did not say a word to me, and I ended up sitting next to and chattin… Continue