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links for 2008-12-14
December 14, 2008 – 8:00 am
links for 2008-12-13
December 13, 2008 – 8:00 am
MediaShift . Pulitzers Open to Online-Only Entrants — But Who Qualifies? | PBS
"Earlier this week the Pulitzer Prize Board initiated another milestone when it announced that it would expand the prestigious prize to online-only news organizations for all 14 of its journalism categories.
"Though it has accepted online content for various categories for years, prior to [...]
Tipsheet Approach to News: The Launching Point IS the Point
December 12, 2008 – 9:28 am
Typically news is presented in narrative story format (text, audio, or video). Often, that works well enough. But what about when people want to dig into issues on their own? What if they want to learn more about how the news connects to their lives, communities, or interests? Generally, packaged news stories don’t support that [...]
links for 2008-12-12
December 12, 2008 – 8:00 am
UPDATE: We're Different Than Tribune, MediaNews Says After Moody's Downgrade
Denver Post's parent company now in serious financial trouble, just as the Rocky goes up for sale. Could Denver be a no-paper town soon?
"Moody's said it calculates Denver-based MediaNews Group's leverage ratio as more than 8 times debt to EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and [...]
Jon Stewart: What’s black and white and completely over?
December 11, 2008 – 8:10 am
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The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c
Clusterf#@k to the Poor House - Final Edition Edition
Barack Obama InterviewJohn McCain Interview
Sarah Palin VideoFunny Election Video
links for 2008-12-11
December 11, 2008 – 8:00 am
Widgetbox › Pictures from TwitPic Widget
Interesting — someone used Yahoo Pipes to generate a feed of Twitpic photos posted from a geographically defined region, and then widgetized it. Hmmm, I should try that… Wonder if this could be made to play nice with the iphone app Earthscape…
(tags: photos geotagging geography feeds widgets tools local)
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Windy Citizen Uses Cool Tools to Cover Blagojevich
December 10, 2008 – 12:04 pm
As the ripples spread from Chicago’s latest corruption drama, the community news site Windy Citizen is trying some innovative, fun approaches to online coverage and commentary. They did this using free online tools that anyone can use.
Here’s what one of these tools can create:
More about what Windy Citizen is doing on this front…
links for 2008-12-10
December 10, 2008 – 8:00 am
Bacon Flowchart
This is just too damn funny! My favorite part: "Do I have a clean pan? –> Dammit, if it's not one thing.."
(tags: visual+communication processes fun graphics)
Fun interactive visual tools: Why should journalists care?
December 9, 2008 – 12:10 pm
Last week I wrote a lot about various interactive visual tools that can help people connect differently or more deeply with news and information. This was for a session I led at a Knight Digital Media Center seminar for the leaders of the News21 project.
Yeah, so what? Why should journalists and news organizations care about [...]
Skype: Why you should at least learn to use it
December 9, 2008 – 10:17 am
Recently, like many people, I ditched my landline (which I rarely used, and the most basic service I could get still cost me about $35/month). Now my cell phone is my only telephone.
This is a better deal for me, since generally I don’t talk on the phone much — except last month. I was working [...]
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