Computer-assisted reporting goes to the movies
Computer-assisted reporting figures in the plot of the Halle Berry/Bruce Willis journalism thriller Perfect Stranger, according to the Orlando Sentinel. Reviewer Roger Moore says the actor Giovanni Ribisi "plays Miles, the creepy computer-assisted-reporting nerd" who helps Berry's character Rowena "alter her online identity, crack into e-mail and instant message accounts and 'set up' the ad guy with the wandering eye." I've read elsewhere that this movie, which I haven't seen, paints a false picture of journalism. That's obviously the case in this instance, because everyone knows computer-assisted reporters aren't creepy nerds -- we're innately sexy and charismatic.
