And yet, it's always Sunni in Philadelphia

AP, whose editors are the worst in the whole wide world, issued this tweet at approximately 5:35 a.m. CST on Feb. 16, 2014, then deleted it and issued a correction around an hour later.

SF Gate proves plenty of David Crosby fans remain in the Bay Area (and beyond)

David Crosby. Picture courtesy Wikipedia

As of today at 11 a.m., this story has been on SF Gate's front door for four days:

David Crosby releases 1st solo album in 20 years

It's not because SF Gate has lazy editors (or, if SF Gate does have lazy editors, that's not the reason the story hasn't been removed).

As the CCSF Journalism 35 class learned from news director Vlae Kershner on Feb. 4, the site's editors maintain constant vigilance on every link that appears on the main page. Stories that continue to receive large numbers of clicks will stay up. Those that don't are removed and automatically archived. 

Evidently, large numbers of SF Gate's readers remain interested in Crosby, known for his work in Crosby, Stills, Nash (and sometimes Young), the Byrds and, ahem, Melissa Etheridge.

Get your SF Chronicle stories online for free!

Frustrated by the still-existing San Francisco Chronicle paywall? All you have to do to read Chronicle stories is switch nine letters in the url and you'll see any story you want for free.

Take this story:

Firefighters subpoenaed in drunk-crash probe

Unless you're a paid online subscriber, you won't be able to read it at this link:

http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/S-F-firefighters-subpoenaed-in-drunk-crash-probe-5226143.php

But if you change "sfchronicle" in the url to "sfgate" -- no problemo. The story displays in the SF Gate look and feel. For free!

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-F-firefighters-subpoenaed-in-drunk-crash-probe-5226143.php

And there's your handy-dandy skirt-the-firewall tip for today.

The start of a class blog

Tonight (Feb. 11, 2014), the CCSF Journalism 35 will be looking at how to set up a blog. We'll be discussing the talk that Vlae Kershner presented to our class on Feb. 4. He is the news director at SF Gate.