Where do you go for news when you start your day?
If I’m home I read The New York Times on paper. If I’m away I read it on my iPad. I still prefer the paper, though. It takes less time to load.

What are your favorite websites?
Of course I’m a fan of oldjewstellingjokes.com. I also have to admit to an addiction to metsblog.com. If you have the unfortunate habit of being a dedicated Mets fan, it’s the best way to punish yourself a few times a day.

How much do you use Twitter and Facebook (or other social networking services)?
I don’t use Twitter. I’ll check in with Facebook occasionally. I think the novelty is fading, though, now that I know what all the children of my elementary school acquaintances look like.

Judge Sol Wachtler once held the highest judicial office in New York state—chief judge of the Court of Appeals. He was arrested in 1992, and sentenced to 13 months of imprisonment in a federal mental health prison unit. He’s spent the last two decades quietly rebuilding his life, writing a memoir about his time in prison, and getting his law license back.

On June 7 he’ll stop by 92YTribeca to share insight into his bout with mental illness, his rehabilitation and the steps he has taken to rebuild his life.

We sent him the Culture Klatsch Q&A to learn more about his culture and media consumption habits. He made quick work of it. His favorite websites? “None.”

Where do you go for news when you start your day?

The New York Times, MSNBC.

What are your favorite websites?

None.

How much do you use Twitter and Facebook (or other social networking services)?

Not at all.

What book are you currently reading (or the last one you read)? Print or digital?

The Dead Shall Rise (Oney), The Wizard of Lies (Henriques).

For New Yorkers, The New York Times‘ City section was once a favorite part of Sunday afternoons. Constance Rosenblum was editor of The New York Times‘ City section and is our latest subject of The (Tentatively Named) 92Y Culture Diet Q&A. That’s how we learned Constance does not use Twitter or Facebook and is “devastated that “Mad Men” hasn’t yet returned.” Read the full Q&A below.

Next Wednesday, May 18, she’ll join David Masello and Leslie Nipkow at 92YTribeca to share and discuss some of the best writing the City section inspired. 

What were you doing at 5:30 this morning? For the record, we were at the Ace Hotel for a Royal Wedding viewing party, as seen in the photo above.

Our friend Curt DiCamillo was home on the edge of his couch, eyes glued to the television, (or YouTube!) updating his talk for the Eat, Drink & Think Like… The House of Windsor event at 92YTribeca on June 12. Curt will compare this royal wedding to previous ones, with a focus on jewelry and oral history, or, as he puts it, “gossip and bling.”

He tells us that the tiara worn by Her Royal Highness Princess William Arthur Philip Louis, Duchess of Cambridge, Countess of Strathearn, Baroness Carrickfergus, Master of Arts (formerly known as Miss Catherine Middleton) was made in 1936 by Cartier, originally a gift from the Duke of York (who would later become the stuttering King George VI) to his wife Elizabeth (The Queen Mother, who, coincidentally, Curt DiCamillo was presented to in recognition of his work). King George VI gave his daughter, the now-Queen Elizabeth, the tiara as an 18th birthday present. Join Curt DiCamillo and historian Paul Monod, author of Imperial Island: A History of Britain and Its Empire, 1660-1837, for a full explanation, complete with appropriate fairy-tale romance, scandal, historically accurate treats and many, many shiny things. We will, of course, serve tea. If you need lessons in royal tea drinking, please review this video clip with Stephen Colbert.

Of course, via Vanity Fair magazine, we wouldn’t let you go without sharing a photo of the bride in the tiara. For the real tiara geeks, check out the links below for more photos of the tiara in action by other royal woman. 

Canadian author Douglas Coupland joined American essayist Chuck Klosterman (above, left to right) at 92YTribeca on Wednesday evening for the latest Upper North Side Canadian Author Series. In keeping with the subject of Coupland’s recent book, Marshall McLuhan: You Know Nothing of My Work!, the conversation centered on the evolving relevance of Canadian philosopher and communications theorist Marshall McLuhan, whose birth centenary is being celebrated this year.

See more photos from the event on 92YTribeca’s Flickr page and browse all upcoming 92YTribeca Talks.

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Friday, February 11, 2011

What Are the Skills of Tomorrow’s Journalist?

What are the skills of tomorrow’s journalist? That’s what Mashable set out to answer at their fifth NextUp NYC on Tuesday at 92YTribeca. Following on the heels of the fourth NextUp NYC discussion, 92YTribeca hosted the fifth NextUp NYC this week with a smart group of panelists who discussed the skills that news organizations will demand and the tools journalists will need to be successful as they redefine the way they report, produce and distribute their content. The panel was led by Mashable‘s Vadim Lavrusik and included Jay Rosen, journalism professor at New York University and blogger at PressThink.org, Jenna Wortham, technology reporter for The New York Times, Drake Martinet, associate editor for D: All Things Digital/The Wall Street Journal Digital and Laurie Segall, money and technology reporter for CNN.

If you missed the event, Mashable produced the fantastic highlights video above.

Related: With the revolution in Egypt front and center on social networks across the world, next Wednesday, February 16, catch Y+30: The Future of Activism at 92YTribeca, which will seek to answer the question: “What will activism look like in 30 years?”

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