Keeping an eye on blogs, citizen media,citizen journalism, citizen reporters and anything about technology that's news for the news business since 2002. Acting locally in Chicago, thinking globally.
Sunday, April 25, 2004
Friday, April 23, 2004
Virus alert Osama is not caught, but you might be if you mess with that email...'Osama Captured' e-Mail is Malicious Trojan
Wednesday, April 21, 2004
Media marches on Change may be painful but it is inexorable. AP moves to an "always-on media experience."
As my research suggested, whether media folks like it or not, the viewer/user (v/user) in this modern world does not consider print a priveleged medium. SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Business -- AP president says news cooperative reshaping itself for a wired, 24-hour news world
Thursday, April 15, 2004
Blogs and blogging goes mainstream, according to the CSM. Blogs: Here to stay - with changes | csmonitor.com
Mainstream media gatekeeping Who is paying attention to mainstream media?How old are its viewer/reader/users? If voices like Morford and Cox, that represent sound like the way many of us talk are marginalized by mainstream media, won't mainstream media just be marginalizing itself as younger audiences seek to hear voices who sound like they do? Poynter Online - E-Media Tidbits
Sunday, April 11, 2004
Mindy describes what online journalism should include, and happily, our class is right about where it should be. With new labs, we can do the workshops, too. OJR article: Teaching Online Journalism: How to Build the First College-Level Course
Thursday, April 08, 2004
Tuesday, April 06, 2004
Maps, mapping.News maps are going to become second nature to viewer/users. With a glut of facts and news from everywhere, all the time, maps will be one of the tools that we need to make sense of the world. Putting things in context and analysis will be a prized and probably money-making talent.Poynter Online - E-Media Tidbits
Monday, April 05, 2004
Tech is transforming campaign coverage though whether the result will be more analysis or collapse into a world of sound bites is still unknown. Read more from L.A. Times.Los Angeles Times: Technology Feeds a Diet of News Bites
Educating journalists in Afghanistan." A weeklong"diary of a journalism teacher in Afghanistan. By Vanessa Gezari
Sunday, April 04, 2004
Friday, April 02, 2004
Some items that came up while I was on vacation include:
What image should run?Poynter Online - You Be the Editor
Writing online stories with punch. Effective online stories from the Design Desk
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