Criminal Law

Is a Serial Fabulist Fit to Practice Law
(Jonathan H. Adler) Stephen Glass, the disgraced writer for The New Republic who penned stories that were too good to be true (and whose exploits inspired the movie ?Shattered Glass?) wants to be a lawyer...

How journalists are using Facebook, Twitter to write mini serial narratives
Since the mid 1990s I?ve been experimenting with serial narratives, stories of more than one serving, in which parts or episodes often end in cliffhangers, driving the reader or viewer to the next installment...

THIS IS MY JOB: What its like to be a custom parts fabricator.
“THIS IS MY JOB:” What it’s like to be a custom parts fabricator.

MORE ON THE POYNTER/ROMENESKO SAGA, HERE AND HERE. Plus this: Turns out that just before Jim
MORE ON THE POYNTER/ROMENESKO SAGA, HERE AND HERE. Plus this: “Turns out that just before Jim Romenesko’s bosses at Poynter decided the way he attributed his sources for them for 12 years suddenly violated their rules, they tried to get him to agree not to take ads on his future website...

5 reasons Tom Brokaw & NBC News should stop whining about Romney ad
Not long ago, I had the opportunity to introduce Tom Brokaw to a group gathered at The Poynter Institute for a community conversation about politics and the news business. I have thought of him as one of the most… Read more

Data security in Government: a briefing on the Poynter report
Four reports were published yesterday that relate to the security of Government information systems. The recommendations in one of them, the Poynter report, may be familiar to anyone who knows international security standard ISO27001.

Serial Killer
Hospitals agree to confidential wrongful death settlement for employing former registered nurse Charles Cullen.