Q&A With Bob Schieffer: "Building A Bench" At CBS, Three Correspondents At A Time [TVNewser]
"One of the the things we've been doing over the last year, since I got here, well almost a year, is trying to identify the people who are going to play a major role at CBS News," CBS Evening News anchor Bob Schieffer told TVNewser this afternoon.

PEN: We're Looking into This Nasdijj Thing [Galleycat]
PEN has issued a statement concerning Tim Barrus a.k.a. Nasdijj—and apparently, in addition to the Beyond Margins award for "writers of color" he snagged for The Boy and the Dog Are Sleeping that I mentioned this morning, he was also a finalist for the Martha Albrand Award for his debut memoir, The Blood Runs Like a River Through My Dreams, a few years before that.

PressThinking with Jay Rosen: The Times of Our Times, and Other Media Preoccupations [FishbowlNY]
Jay Rosen: The Times is a great newspaper, but also a great institution. That's important because the day is coming when the newspaper form no longer defines The New York Times.

Toles, Post Respond To Joint Chiefs Letter [FishbowlDC]
The Post today publishes the "24 star" letter from all six of the Joint Chiefs blasting cartoonist Tom Toles for his cartoon depiction of a wounded soldier with Donald Rumsfeld.

With shows lip-synching to a new low, Brit musicians want out of the mime-field [FishbowlLA]
Now, here's a movement we'd like to see make the jump to the States: The BBC is reporting that the United Kingdom's Musicians Union has undertaken a campaign demanding that broadcasters make clear whether a band is "miming" or playing live.

Get Better Quotes [MBToolbox]
Have you been failing at eliciting spicy quotes from your subject? Do you feel like just making up what your editor wants to hear? (You shouldn't do that, by the way.)

(insert theme to The Karate Kid) [Unbeige]
No matter what profession you're in, be it some kind of design or writing farm reports, sometimes it's hard to get inspired and keep on track, or come up with something fresh and originally, or, at the very least, something just nearly functional.