What is there to be done? The first and most important thing is to recognize how we came to this pass. Both sides did not do this. Both sides are not to blame. There is no compromise to be had here that will leave the current structure of the government intact. There can be no reward for this behavior. I am less sanguine than are many people that this whole thing will redound to the credit of the Democratic ...

By Tracie Powell David Steinberg is the copy desk chief and style book editor for The San Francisco Chronicle. He's also white, male and the new president of UNITY: Journalists of Color for Diversity. UNITY was founded in 1994 as a way to bring together the four associations representing journalists of color-- National Association of Black Journalists, National Association of Hispanic Journalists, Asian Ame ...

So you've probably already seen Marina Shifrin's interpretive dance video exit from her place of employment that went viral this week. Well, her former bosses at Next Media Animation respond with a dance video of their own in which they announce, "We're Hiring." Have resume, will travel! Enjoy the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ukGrwL4ky4 And just in case, by some miracle, you missed it, here's Mari ...

By Tracie Powell Columnist, author, lawyer, investigative journalist and activist Glenn Greenwald believes when it comes to individual privacy breaches in the name of national security editors may be suffering from "NSA fatigue." But at the same time, he said, the public is more engaged than ever when it comes to these issues. Greenwald and Janine Gibson, Editor-in-Chief of The Guardian, fielded questions o ...

The federal government shut down is affecting websites too — the Copyright Office site is down. ...

Fixers -- fictional ones at least -- are hard at work helping citizens navigate the new health care law at the center of the current government shutdown. In the parody video, Scandalous, singer/actress Jennifer Hudson parodies the hugely popular ABC prime time drama, Scandal, as she runs about town highlighting the benefits of the Affordable Care Act. The video is produced by comedy website Funny or Die.  L ...

And the walls come tumbling down... ...

10 tech tools journalists can start using as soon as they return to their newsrooms courtesy of Benet Wilson, Vice Chair of the NABJ Digital Journalism Task Force & social media/eNewsletter editor, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. ...

Journalism or free media attention? Peter Mwaura writes in Daily Nation that Al-Shabaab, the group taking responsibility for the mall attack in Nairobi, Kenya earlier this week, "stage managed a propaganda coup. Thanks to the worldwide web." The world media - newspapers, news agencies, and broadcasting organizations -- used information supplied by the Al-Shabaab as news, Mwaura writes. Separately, Al Jazeer ...

Moderating comments at websites that focus on the topics of race and culture can be time intensive and tough, but it's not as bad as some might think, according to at least two high-profile bloggers who specialize in writing on these issues. Latoya Peterson, owner and founder of Racialicious, a blog that focuses exclusively on race and pop culture, said negative comments on her site are no worse than those ...