Statistical analyst Nate Silver says humility is key to making accurate predictions. Silver, who writes the New York Times’ FiveThirtyEight blog, has just written a new book called The Signal and the Noise.
http://www.npr.org/2012/10/10/162594751/signal-and-noise-prediction-as-art-and-science?ft=1&f=13
David Carr, who writes the Media Equation column for The New York Times, says that despite cuts, the future of journalism has never looked brighter. "I look at my backpack that is sitting here and it contains more journalistic firepower than the entire newsroom that I walked into 30-40 years ago," he says.
http://www.npr.org/2011/12/28/144073696/david-carr-a-media-omnivore-discusses-his-diet
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David Carr, who writes the Media Equation column for The New York Times, says that despite cuts, the future of journalism has never looked brighter. "I look at my backpack that is sitting here and it contains more journalistic firepower than the entire newsroom that I walked into 30-40 years ago," he says.
http://www.npr.org/2011/10/27/141658047/david-carr-the-news-diet-of-a-media-omnivore
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A conversation with the New York Times' top editor Bill Keller on his paper and the radically changing news business.
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Composites literally take to the road, multitasking teens, and can the future really prevent the present?
What will the nation’s newspaper of record look like in the coming years? Learn about the continuing efforts of old media to reinvent its look, its feel and its mission.
A product relatively unchanged for two centuries is being tweaked to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide.
A crew of six people in Moscow will be isolated for 105 days on a simulated flight to another world.
From the New York Times science section. http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/
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