Author Archives: Dan Gillmor

The public service piece of journalism is not just huge series of articles aimed at changing things and winning prizes. It’s also the little things some of us do to make our readers’ lives better. One of the best of … Continue reading →

I’m at the London office of 20six, a new weblogging company. It’s based in Germany with operations in England, France and the Netherlands. Azeem Azhar, the U.K. managing director, is a veteran of technology journalism and several startups. More later… … Continue reading →

The ever-energetic Dave Sifry just put up Keyword Search on his Technorati site. It’s a little rough at the moment, but you can see the powerful potential. Comments

On a recent trip to Japan I was stunned to discover that more than 2 million people are making their phone calls over the Internet, not over their local phone company’s circuits. Voice over Internet Protocol is making inroads in … Continue reading →

Just starting a long road trip, so look for sporadic postings for a day or so. At least I got an upgrade… Comments

On my way home from Washington, where I went to speak on a security-versus-privacy panel last night at the annual Investigative Reporters and Editors conference. Only the panel got canceled when the Bush administration told its Transportation Security Administration honcho … Continue reading →

New York Times: Executive Editor of The Times and Top Deputy Step Down. Howell Raines and Gerald M. Boyd, the two top-ranking editors of The New York Times, resigned this morning, five weeks to the day after the resignation of … Continue reading →

Today’s Lloyd Grove column in the Washington Post has two great tidbits, as it were. In order of appearance: There are apparent conflicts in the time line of when Bill (Clinton) told his wife the truth about his affair with … Continue reading →

AP: Prime Ministers Make Strides in Furthering Mideast Peace. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pledged to dismantle illegal settlements in Palestinian areas, while the new Palestinian leader renounced all terrorism against Israel. Both steps were sought by President Bush as … Continue reading →

Adam Lashinsky (Fortune): What’s right about Microsoft. The thing is, it’s really hard to find things that are wrong with Microsoft. Even critics agree that paying AOL Time Warner (parent of this Web site) $750 million to settle antitrust litigation … Continue reading →