Peter, Bjorn and John birthday concert review
Bands like the Sounds, the Hives and I’m From Barcelona are harbingers of a Scandinavian invasion: Swedes have swarmed the “indie-pop-rock” genre in recent years, and for good reason. Finland might be great for strange death metal and Iceland for ambient trip-hop, but look no further than the other white Northern country for pitch-perfect pop...
Live Church LA
This is a broadcast package about Live Church LA, which hosts services in Club Nokia in Downtown Los Angeles. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzrpl2tKy5o&hl=en_US&fs=1&]
Politically Indirect
My editors-in-crime and I have been doing a weekly political podcast for NeonTommy.com. This week’s episode, about ‘Going Rogue,’ China and Guantanamo, is here. Previous ones are here and here. See you next week!
Get your Stupak hands off my uterus
This healthcare battle is about policymakers and millions of Americans working feverishly to fix a cruel, outdated system that continues to devastate lives and end them prematurely. Tough political maneuvers involve compromise, and in this case Pelosi made a big one. You won't die if you don't get an abortion, but you will if you...
Journalistech.org
I’ve been geeking up a storm over at Journalistech.org, a site offering technology tips for working journalists. It’s sponsored by the Annenberg school at USC and is spearheaded by two of our new media professors, Andrew Lih and Robert Hernandez. Check out my most recent posts on computer-assisted reporting, free multimedia tools and iPhone photo...
Neon Tommy unveils Swine Flu project
Today Neon Tommy launched the first installment of our investigative special project on H1N1. After repeated requests, LA county officials released the death certificates of all LA county Swine Flu victims to Neon Tommy reporters a few weeks ago. Since then, we’ve been calling LA county officials, talking to doctors and meeting with the victims’...