Comments on: Me: Joining the Nieman Journalism Lab

By: Joshua Benton

Joshua Benton — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:50:50 +0000

Ah. I guess my great-great-great-great-great-grandfather just never got that memo. :)

By: mathewi

mathewi — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:23:51 +0000

Now, now Josh — we prefer to call it a “negotiated resettlement program” :-)

By: Joshua Benton

Joshua Benton — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:24:17 +0000

That Benton guy is pretty awful. And he's still secretly angry at the Canadians for that whole 1755 minor-genocide-of-his-ancestors thing. :)

By: mathewi

mathewi — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:16:20 +0000

Just kidding, Shafqat — I totally agree :-)

By: Shafqat

Shafqat — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:11:50 +0000

OK, you got me on a technicality ;-) But the point is that all these challenges in journalism are worthwhile and rewarding. We have to dare to dream big and try different things, and the rest will ultimately fall into place.