Journalism By Numbers, Literally

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Slate's Michael Kinsley explains the ridiculous nature of publishers measuring journalists' productivity – by counting the number of column inches, or words, they produce – by using far too many words in his explanation. That Kinsley is writing for a web magazine, however, means he has to use even more words than normal to express his point, to increase the length of the browser scroll bar on his article, which is the only way to truly measure the physical length of his column, and thus, his column-inches. Also: asdfkjh asjdf ;l asdfl akda 399 f0 a0a0 a0sfd. [Slate]

Jun 9, 2008 · Link · Respond
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