Very short story in today’s paper.
More than 1,200 Zambian teachers have died of AIDS-related illnesses since the beginning of 2004. I hate to say it, but I told you so.
New Christmas song from The Walkmen.
“In an effort to win new readers, [Washington Post top boss Len] Downie said Post reporters will be required to write shorter stories.” Damn. Et tu, WaPo?
Did You Know?: Vincent Schiavelli, one of the most recognizable faces (if not names) in Hollywood, played the first regular gay character on American prime-time TV — Peter Panama on 1972’s The Corner Bar.
New Pernice Brothers live album coming out, now streaming half the tracks here.
Happy weekend, folks.
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Joshua Benton is the director of the Nieman Digital Journalism Project at Harvard University, among other things. Before that, he was a staff writer and columnist for The Dallas Morning News. (More.)
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