Several stories that will brighten or inform your Tuesday afternoon:
- After being criticized for inaccessibility to media, Romney agrees to appear on “Fox News Sunday.” (The Huffington Post)
- Another British journalist defends phone-hacking, but this one works for the Guardian, not News of the World. (Guardian)
- The Atlantic tweeted an ad. For a Kobo e-reader. (The Washington Post)
- Readers don’t buy the optimistic take on Lee Enterprise’s bankruptcy. (JimRomenesko.com)
- The end of the world “would be a great time for really good service journalism,” according to people at NewsFoo. (If you don’t know what that is, you weren’t invited.) (The New York Times)
- News from the first edition of The Washington Post, 134 years ago: “An old bachelor died of the combined effects of cat-bite with his own folly.” (The Washington Post)
- Jon Stewart learns about conflict photography from Ben Lowy. (The Daily Show)
Evening reading:
- Scott Klein describes how ProPublica reworked its site for smartphones (Key term: “Responsive design.”)
- Alexis Madrigal and Howard Owens weigh in on Clay Shirky’s latest essay on the news business.
