The future past
The things I have lost during this fellowship were constantly in my mind in the days heading to the end. I lost a piece of my universal plug. A cosmetic cream. A bath sponge. I lost and found my medicines, contact lenses and comb. I almost lost my iPhone. And now I am...Newspapers of the USA. #1: Old Gray Lady
She is smart, but she also needs the looks. Right?We have traveled around the USA for eight weeks and visited almost a dozen newspaper newsrooms, among other things. I’m going to write a couple of posts about U.S. newspapers, based on my observations. First two...Fifteen things that amaze me about America
1. You have money and you actually share it. 1. You have money and you actually share it. We have been to dozens of media houses and in most cases more than half of their funding...Outgunning the law
Four people, included the company’s owner, were killed about two weeks ago when a man opened fire at a Minneapolis workplace before turning the gun on himself. The fifth victim died later in one Minneapolis hospital. A couple of weeks earlier in August, a guy in...Consumer protection – how to avoid sandwich anxiety, coffee confusion and a coke overdose
I’ve stared to feel intimidated when I order a coffee or a sandwich in the United States. Let me share a recent example from a well known coffee franchise in Chicago. It went something like this. Me: “Could I have a coffee please?” Lady: “What size would you...Obama and Romney are courting Floridas Latinos
published 2nd of october, together with texas demographic story www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/welt/weltpolitik/491087_Heftig-umworben-Floridas-Latinos.htmlThe course of time works against Republicans in Texas
published 2nd of october – about demographic change and likely party affiliation in George W. Bush’s hometurf, Texas www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/welt/weltpolitik/491089_Zeit-arbeitet-gegen-Republikaner.htmlDamn liberal internet
so this was in the print paper 10/3 about agecies who do the digital campaigning.the titel “Teuflisch liberales Internet” would be tranlates as devilishly liberal...The Phantom Calls
Just a week in firang land, they tell me, “Stop talking on the phone all the time.”Piercing a poor reporter-starved of vegetarian food (and I am not even demanding warm, cooked vegetables and more than happy to say, ‘all good’ at the site of raw broccoli,...
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