PR Guys vs. Print Journalismos

Richie Escovedo blogs about a recent PRSA (the PR folk’s professional organization) lunch at which the Fort Worth Weekly and other local journals claimed that they want the real story, not the varnished variety, and that PR people just get in the way. Escovedo was offended, and you can understand why, although the problem is intractable … the real truth is harder to get at than it has ever been, though whether that’s because of corporate obfuscation, or because journalism no longer wants to do its homework, is open to speculation.

In another blog-jab at journalism, Austin at Fort Worth Real Estate takes the Dallas Morning News to task for conflicting stories on whether DFW real estate prices are lousy or not … and in the end, he asks “why don’t we just hire out the job of journalist to a bunch of middle schoolers? Shocking words, indeed.

Arts and Culture

Did Fort Forth blow it, asks the Fort Worth Weekly, when they lost the Wall of Sound festival? Or are other music genres, such as Texas Sound and New-Timey, the actual place where the action is happening in terms of Fort Worth bands?

Log Cabin Village Blog offers a short post and link to information about Juneteenth, the traditional African American celebration of emancipation day that originated in Texas.

Technology

Emily, who on the Balcom Ad Agency blog wrote a love letter to her blackberry before she gave it up, isn’t overwhelmingly thrilled with the i-phone ...Food and Fort Worth contemplates the mental processes, such as making change and anticipating a customer’s order, which no machine could handle, and admits to getting coffee from Dunkin Donuts every day … Matthew J Stevens blogs about not blogging … something a great number have faced, and also about getting FIOS cable hooked up…. and Kevin at Fortworthology links to news about how North Texas politicians may have damaged our chances to have high speed rail anytime soon.

Fort Worth Blogosphere

Fort Worth Hole in the Wall announces they have progressed to 100,000 hits. … Pete Wann rides again – just what I’d given up hope. He writes “On Making Art. … Eleiva considers the loss of Air France 447 and the search for meaning in life and literature … Dave of Dallas Photoworks does some family portraits in the Grapevine Botanic Garden …. We’ve added a link to our blogroll for local culinary student Callie and her blog, Linguine and Dirty Martinis; her latest post is on tortas and baklava.