Archives for “journalism”

It's no secret that newspapers are in trouble. In fact, the Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism's "State of the News Media" report said the ...

I've got a confession. I love the '95 remake of The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, the one with Kirk Cameron —not Kurt Russell. Having access ...

Today, like last week, is another historic day. Not as historic mind you, but pretty good nonetheless. That's right, Spot.us is live. The brainchild of Dave ...

Being election day, I felt the need to get out and do something since I voted absentee a few weeks ago. Since I couldn't vote ...

This post is part of this month's "Tomorrow's News, Tomorrow's Journalists." Each month a group of young journalists picks a topic to blog about, similar ...

Today I decided to work with Soundslides. The audio is not there yet, mostly because I haven't gotten it yet. Basically I'm taking baby steps ...

So last week I mentioned a new blog ring for young journalists (courtesy of Dave Lee) and after some name debate, we've got a label: ...

A few weeks ago Dave Lee posted an idea he was kicking around for a blog ring of young journalists. I read through some of ...

There's been a lot of talk on the blogs lately addressing the crusty old thinkers in the media. Ryan Sholin urged the new thinkers to ...

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 ...

Apparently Google Documents is becoming more impressive than it already is. Forms will add a new way for connectivity and reader responses. This new feature reinforces ...

Today in my Writing for the Information Age class (Web Journalism) we did another exercise where we take a story in print and re-write it ...

I've come into a bunch of travel pieces written for a Feature Writing class and since they fit my criteria for publication (decent writing and ...