Hyperlocal news is hot. As newspapers shrink, more people turn to the Internet for information and easy-to-use online content management tools flourish, hyperlocal news ventures are popping up everywhere. In advance of my presentation on hyperlocal news at Digital Journalism Camp tomorrow in Portland, I’m putting together a list of resources that might be helpful […]
Archives for July 2009
Learn the basics at my Digital Journalism Camp course
I need your help – what journalism basics should I cover in a talk at Digital Journalism Camp, Saturday, Aug. 1, here in Portland. Take this poll to weigh in with your views.
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Digital Journalism Camp Portland is about how we, as journalists, are innovating right now — what’s working, what’s not, and how we can get better at what we do.
Editors we love to hate
Some editors we love. Some editors we love to hate.
A Walter Cronkite remembrance
Cronkite had consummate TV news voice: gravel-y and low, yet smooth and reassuring. Like your gramps giving it to you straight, good or bad
WordCount Q&A: Helium.com CEO Mark Ranalli
Mark Ranalli makes no excuses for Helium.com. The website he helped start in 2006 isn’t the New York Times and never will be, and that’s OK with Ranalli, who describes the venture as a pro-am writing platform, where like cream, the best writing rises to the top and is compensated accordingly. One of a new […]