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Indeed, who would think of hiring Mark Twain or Stephen Crane? Absurd. Pandering to masses.

First, some very good news for my readers: I’m not gonna be posting here anymore! Not in the foreseeable future. Way too busy, but working on some exciting stuff. Announcements coming in a month or so (for the three of you who come to this blog and five of you who follow me on Twitter).

Which means I better make this post good. Less (…) Continue reading.

UPDATE: NOW WITH AUDIO “You couldn’t have dragged me to see THE THIN BLUE LINE if my life depended on it”

It’s time you start being a performer and understand the media – Harvey Weinstein, 1988

Miran has asked me some time ago if I would like to contribute to his blog. What a brilliant idea, I thought. But easier said than done. I was afraid that whatever I came up with for the blog was going to bore the hell out of everybody. And thankfully, Miran confirmed this suspicion. Until now. I bring (…) Continue reading.

Fwd: Digital Journalism: Project Proposal

A friend of mine, Drake Martinet, came up with a magnificent idea for a project, for our Digital Journalism (Comm 217) taught by Howard Rheingold.

Here it is:

Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Ning, email, digg, delicious….. Today the personal sharing options are endless. Using enough of thes services in concert most certainly connects you with more people than many “broadcasters” who have to be licensed by the FCC. That is it say, its powerful (…) Continue reading.

PHOTOS: The spectacular, sensational Hearst Castle in San Simeon (updated, now in full size)

I visited Hearst’s legendary Castle in San Simeon this weekend, apparently the third most visited museum in the States.

The construction of this monsterously big mansion – or rather, a conglomerate of mansions, joined together by amazing gardens, pools and foundatins – took forever, costed a fortune, and earned William Randolph an inglorious spot in Citizen Kane.

In fact, Hearst never spent (…) Continue reading.

Second day of classes @Stanford: 90 degrees, working rather hard

Taken by Vanessa Castañeda, a classmate. I’m horizontal on the grass, in a blue t-shirt.

A Bit About Me

I figure it makes sense to introduce myself. A bit of myself, at least. I’m a journalist, and an editor. Or something like it. I graduated from Harvard College in 2009, barely, and am currently enrolled inStanford’s M.A. Journalism program. It’s nice out here in California.

In college, I started a weekly newspaper called The Harvard Voice, together with Steven Duque (he just finished touring the country with his band, Big Time). (…) Continue reading.

Pop & Porn

Welcome to my Johnny The Rocket blog! (If you have absolutely no idea who or what JTR is, no worries. I just thought it sounded good.)

We’ll be covering a number of topics: pop culture phenomena, obituaries of the dying newspapers, developments of new media. Here, though, I have to warn you: my views on the whole ‘the newspaper is dead’ hysteria are perhaps a bit unorthodox. Firstly, I don’t buy it at all. The paper (…) Continue reading.

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