In his homeland, the centennial of the French existentialist philosopher's birth is being met with a certain amount of sangfroid.

The maverick auteur behind a 1970s cult classic is set to rise again.

Steve Outing has written a primer on this topic. It's posted on the Poynter Institute's Web site.

Amy Gahran has launched  I, Reporter.

Gary Webb, the maligned author of the Dark Alliance series for the San Jose Mercury News, had his career ruined over the story. He committed suicide in December.

The editors who supervised him went on to have great careers.

This American Journalism Review story, however, suggests the series suffered from bad editing -- but even then, it was right about a lot of things.

This Washington Post story is about how Seattle University's law school is trying to convince its students not to plunk down $3 US of borrowed money on a moccafrappochino.

The NYT's John Burns examines the question of U.S. troop strength in Iraq.

No, not grilling -- barbecuing. And if you don't know the difference, well ... (imagine me shaking my head from side to side in a classic "what's the point of explaining further?" posture).

What is going to put butts in seats for midnight showings in theatres? One New York movie house, the IFC Center, is grappling with that issue.

As a follow to the earlier post on the wikitorial blow-up at the Los Angeles Times, this NYT explains just how much things went wrong.

I also talk about one possible solution.