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January 30, 2005

Finding Common Ground in Translation

I'm reminded of that by a call this morning from António Granado, who writes about science for Publico, a major daily newspaper, and posts frequently to his own journalism blog. He's reviewing We the Media, which has just been published in Portuguese.

We Americans tend to take for granted the ascendency of English. While English has become the international language of commerce, science and aviation -- and it's becoming a common second language around the globe -- cultures are holding onto what makes them unique. As they should.

One of the reasons I like to travel is meeting people who aren't like me in their own lands. We all refract life through human lenses, but our cultures determine a lot about who we are beyond that.

Posted by Dan Gillmor at 08:58 PM | Comments (0)

January 15, 2005

USA Today Book Mention

Phil Meyer, journalism professor at the University of North Carolina, says the major media are being more "closely watched" -- in large part by bloggers -- and humbled in the process.

Posted by Dan Gillmor at 12:33 AM | Comments (0)

January 02, 2005

Dan's New Life

I've left the San Jose Mercury News to work on a grassroots journalism project. You can find out much more about it on my new blog.

Posted by Dan Gillmor at 02:06 AM | Comments (0)