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Posts from April 2008

Old media attitudes can’t translate online

Today my web journalism class was “treated” with a guest speaker — Morning Call columnist Bill White. White’s been a columnist for a long time, and it shows.
While he writes both columns and blogs for the paper, there’s a definite preference for the printed product. He talks about regretting the personal elements in the blog [...]


Worthy journalism skills to learn on your own

I’m interested in compiling a list of worthwhile skills I can teach myself, preferably over the summer. So far I’m crawling through Pat Thornton’s summer reading list, the Innovation in College Media blog’s multimedia course syllabus, and a few other “Top Ten” lists.
But I still want to know more. If you’re a professional, what are [...]


MTV and Time: How Suribachi and reality TV help and hurt journalism

Time magazine decided to run an image of the second flag raising at Mt. Suribachi with a tree instead of the flag to highlight it’s global warming story.
As NPR’s Talk of the Nation discussed today, not everyone was happy about the cover.

MTV added to the ever-expanding amount of “reality TV” last week with “The Paper”: [...]


Mobile journalism kit

I decided to rummage through the things I carry with me when I’m reporting (read: all the time). For those curious few who didn’t click the link I’ve got the image — untagged — below:
Basically if I’m inĀ  wireless hotspot I can publish anything either to my college’s newspaper site, this blog or anywhere else. [...]


CoverItLive reactions

As I posted earlier today, I used CoverItLive to post a liveblog of the presidential debate. I had some problems getting the thing to post in Wordpress and I found another key problem: preparation.
These blogs need a lot of prep: Photos, poll ideas, text links and invites. Invitations are possibly the greatest time consumer beforehand. [...]


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