Monthly Archives: April 2008
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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 in wireless hotspot I can publish anything either to my college’s newspaper site, this blog or anywhere [...]
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 [...]
Old media attitudes can’t translate online