Posts tagged with ‘Gonzo journalism’

Going to New York Without a Laptop

October 22nd, 2009

In about fifteen minutes I’m hopping on a plane to New York. Without a laptop. Yeah! Time for some REAL adventures. Edial Dekker and I didn’t book a hotel or anything, we’ll just see what happens. I’m blogging the whole experience in this post. Without a laptop, yet with an iPhone.

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Reinventing Gonzo Journalism in a digital age Part 1

May 8th, 2009

Hunter S Thompson is a hero of many. The writer of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and the most honest book about the Hell’s Angels appeals to thousands of young journalists. He invented Gonzo Journalism. A style in which the writer became the story. ,,Structure was thrown out of the window, replaced by a shambolic, yet magical, rollercoaster ride of artless hedonism,” as the BBC puts it. How can we reinvent this rocking genre in a digital age?

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