Matt Hampel | matth.org

I’m hoping for a resurgence in news editors, and it seems very possible. A local writer, editor, and commentator of some sophistication will publish what was, in the 1700s and before, a subscription broadsheet. She will allready be an engaged citizen, reading all the local media deemed relevant, especially from nontraditional sources (blogs, Youtube, Twitter, Craigslist, Facebook, mailing lists) as well as governmental reports and the remnants of the local newspaper. She will analyze the news, make some fact-checking calls, and send it out to her subscribers, who are willing to pay $1 or $0.50 per [unit of time] to not have to filter everything. This won’t replace the social process of surfacing news, and it won’t be a full-time job, but it’ll make coherent reports possible in small civic settings where even a mass of participants cannot volunteer the energy to keep the interested informed.

http://thinkdetroit.blogspot.com/

in front of every house in the summer you would find young people together singing the songs of the day, or the old songs.

Vaguery aka Notional Slurry aka Bill T. has posted some awesome public domain book illustrations on the Flickr.

Also found recently: a list of public domain image resources (surfaced via:mitten?).

WEMU host Michael G. Nastos retired from station this evening after nearly 30 years. An explanation will appear in Saturday’s Ann Arbor News, he says. No further explanation was printed, so either the News left out information or I misheard.

I grew up with Michael G. Nastos and WEMU Jazz, nearly every day since I was conscious. It makes his departure particularly saddening for me. If anyone knows more, I’d be interested to hear.