I once heard the great Francis X. Clines of the New York Times tell a group of journalists never to apologize for writing about death.  “We tell the morbid truth,” he said.

I was scheduled to deliver a workshop on “How to Write Short: Word Craft for Fast Times” on St. Patrick’s Day at SXSW.  But on Friday the Thirteenth my mother, Shirley Clark, died at the age of 95.  I cancelled my trip to Austin and turned my writing skills to crafting her eulogy.

Radiolab, in conjunction with the mobile app startup Detour, roll out walking tour app.

According to Capital New York, Washington Post Executive Editor Martin Baron and Chief Information Officer Shailesh Prakash gave a presentation at the South by Southwest Interactive festival on how the technological innovations introduced by Jeff Bezos have changed the newspaper's fortunes.

None of the sessions journalists may enjoy at South by Southwest Interactive actually use the word journalism as a theme. Most of them are called "content and distribution." Whether you're going or just hoping to follow along virtually, SXSW has a lot for journalists.

But do its headlines too often oversell?

Editor’s Note: Poynter is at South by Southwest, the annual music, movie and interactive festival, March 7-16, in Austin, Texas. Look for our Poynter faculty members, Roy Peter Clark, Ellyn Angelotti and Kelly McBride, and digital media reporter Sam Kirkland. We combed through the interactive schedule to find the sessions journalists attending the conference won't want to miss.

Concerns include possibility of 'virtual PTSD'

Standing in line to see Brandon Stanton, the man behind the Humans of New York blog and book, was like discovering his blog for the first time.

Because Stanton was scheduled to speak at 11:15 a.m. on the stage inside in the SXSW trade show, which didn't open until 11 a.m., it seemed like something big was about to happen.

Editor’s Note: Poynter is at South by Southwest Interactive through Tuesday, in Austin, Texas.

Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight will relaunch March 17, ESPN President John Skipper announced Saturday at South by Southwest as he introduced Silver and Grantland's Bill Simmons for a panel on personal media brands.

News! Based on @NateSilver538's calculations, there's a 90.617854% chance we’re relaunching FiveThirtyEight on March 17.