When news broke that astronaut Lisa Marie Nowak had been arrested for attempted murder and kidnapping, Ladies' Home Journal magazine took full advantage of their website to publish a never-before-seen interview with Nowak.

Ahem, this is some news (HT:drudge):

In this day in age, it seems like handshakes and formal press conferences can only take you so far. When it comes to diplomacy and cultural understanding, the new generation seems to be taking a different approach: Reality TV.

Nintendo always seemed to make the most out of their games - now they're bringing video game interactivity to a whole new level.

You've just been outdone by a blogger...

This semester, I’m taking a class called Digitial Tools to learn Flash and Photoshop, because I thought these would be a good programs to know come May when I’ll be in need of a job. But what I didn’t realize until I got to the first day of class was just how important these skills could be.

It's been a pretty good week for Charles over at Little Green Footballs, a site devoted to covering the spread of Islam in the West and media complacency through a somewhat conservative lens.

Maybe if the Business editors of the New York Times were paying a little bit more attention to, say, business, New York Times wouldn't have posted $648 million dollars in losses last quarter.

It's simple, really. If you're going to make a documentary about blogs, you should call it Blogumentary .

The world's oldest newspaper, first published in 1645, is now available online only. The last print edition of this Swedish newspaper was on December 29th, 2006 and now it exists solely in digital form.

Tween girls are so much luckier than we were at that age. Sidekicks, iPods, PDAs ... that’s all expected at 13 years old these days. When I was 13, the coolest electronic I had was the newest Giga Pet.

Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani chose Fox’s “Hannity & Colmes” to announce his run for the White House in 2008, perhaps seeking to bolster his conservative credentials and mollify criticism he might receive from the Right.

VH1 has recently launched a new idea for a television show called HushHush that would showcase A-list entertainment bloggers talking about pop culture with the same attitude and tone found on their own individual websites.

This week's cover story from New York Magazine claims "the future belongs to the uninhibited." Not to mention we're learning techno creole.

Since when did hard tacos become hard news? In these days of instantaneous journalism, it looks like being first is always the best—even when it comes to food.

Here’s a handy reference list of frequently used blog and web terms, collected from a variety of online resources. Please suggest additions that you find useful. Also, the NYU Journalism Department maintains a glossary of web site jargon.

When Jonathan Landman walked into the room, I had him pegged for a New York Times guy. With his squared glasses and graying hair, he looks like a Times guy. With his composure and enunciation, he talks like a Times guy.

Last Thursday, Pamela Newkirk, author, media critic and professor of Journalism and Mass Communications at New York University, visited a class of mine to give us her thoughts on media, race and the newsroom.

Two of the biggest stories of the month landed on opposite ends of the spectrum: a national security issue that wrapped up the President and the Pulitzer, and a sensational sexual abuse scandal at one of the nation's top universities.