Former colleague Adam Jadhav quit his job to become an international blogger. And now he’s rapping about it. (Includes some naughty words, but nothing you don’t regularly hear in the newsroom.) Adam’s blog really is fantastic. He’s in Kenya now; check out his reports.

TypePad is offering a bailout for journalists. Since more than 13,000 of you have been laid off this year, they should have plenty of takers. By signing up for the Journalist Bailout Program, you’ll get a free TypePad Pro account. (TypePad isn’t usually free, and I’m not sure how long the account will be free.) [...]

The other blog has been getting some attention lately. It’s one of those things that you want to happen, but it’s very strange when it does. Here’s a look at what people are saying. A tag cloud generated from posts written about the blog (I know — don’t judge): being (10) blog (41) buyouts (12) called (7) cuts (64) depressing (7) [...]

The Grand Island Independent found a clever way to use CoverItLive, a Flash-based liveblogging tool. They’re chatting with folks about the redesign of their Web site. It’s a genius use of the tool. The conversations are public (That whole transparency thing that we love, right?) and, as Grand Island learned, allowed them to immediately fix [...]

I’ve added two new blogs! Paper Cuts: Keeping track of layoffs and buyouts in the newspaper industry got more reader- (and subscription-) friendly. “Paper Cuts” has had its own page for more than a year now; as its own blog, it’s easier to keep track of what’s new and to update information. Plus, it allows [...]