Ryan Sholin » CAR http://ryansholin.com The future of news. And more. No funny stuff. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:54:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 2006-2007 ryansholin@gmail.com (Ryan Sholin) ryansholin@gmail.com (Ryan Sholin) http://www.ryansholin.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Ryan Sholin http://ryansholin.com 144 144 Ryan Sholin on the future of newspapers, online news and journalism education. Ryan Sholin Ryan Sholin ryansholin@gmail.com no no Get Smart About Your Readers – Readership Institute http://ryansholin.com/2007/11/16/get-smart-about-your-readers-readership-institute/ http://ryansholin.com/2007/11/16/get-smart-about-your-readers-readership-institute/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:35:07 +0000 Ryan Sholin http://ryansholin.com/2007/11/16/get-smart-about-your-readers-readership-institute/ Rich Gordon’s hierarchy of database journalism: must-read for anyone trying to figure out where to start parsing. via Squared.

Get Smart About Your Readers – Readership Institute

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The Scoop » Blog Archive » Teaching Data on the Web

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]]> http://ryansholin.com/2007/09/30/the-scoop-%c2%bb-blog-archive-%c2%bb-teaching-data-on-the-web/feed/ 0 Dabble DB: A better web database to share, manage and explore your information http://ryansholin.com/2007/01/22/dabble-db-a-better-web-database-to-share-manage-and-explore-your-information/ http://ryansholin.com/2007/01/22/dabble-db-a-better-web-database-to-share-manage-and-explore-your-information/#comments Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:33:20 +0000 Ryan Sholin http://ryansholin.com/2007/01/22/dabble-db-a-better-web-database-to-share-manage-and-explore-your-information/ Via Jacob Kaplan-Moss on the Online News list.

Dabble DB: A better web database to share, manage and explore your information

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Reporting Cookbook

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]]> http://ryansholin.com/2006/11/27/reporting-cookbook/feed/ 0 J-schools, computer science and the bigger picture – Holovaty http://ryansholin.com/2006/10/02/j-schools-computer-science-and-the-bigger-picture-holovaty/ http://ryansholin.com/2006/10/02/j-schools-computer-science-and-the-bigger-picture-holovaty/#comments Tue, 03 Oct 2006 03:52:21 +0000 Ryan Sholin http://ryansholin.com/2006/10/02/j-schools-computer-science-and-the-bigger-picture-holovaty/ “…newspapers will need to change their attitudes, culture and resource allocation if they want these people to stick around. Otherwise, they’ll pack their bags after a couple of months and go work for Google.”

J-schools, computer science and the bigger picture – Holovaty

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]]> http://ryansholin.com/2006/10/02/j-schools-computer-science-and-the-bigger-picture-holovaty/feed/ 0 Tracking the bucks all the way to court – Institute for Analytic Journalism http://ryansholin.com/2006/10/02/tracking-the-bucks-all-the-way-to-court-institute-for-analytic-journalism/ http://ryansholin.com/2006/10/02/tracking-the-bucks-all-the-way-to-court-institute-for-analytic-journalism/#comments Mon, 02 Oct 2006 21:31:21 +0000 Ryan Sholin http://ryansholin.com/2006/10/02/tracking-the-bucks-all-the-way-to-court-institute-for-analytic-journalism/ Great rundown of an NYT database-based story that connects contributions to judge’s election campaigns with their verdicts. Duplicatable in other states.

Tracking the bucks all the way to court – Institute for Analytic Journalism

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]]> http://ryansholin.com/2006/10/02/tracking-the-bucks-all-the-way-to-court-institute-for-analytic-journalism/feed/ 0 Searching for online databases — News Reporting and Public Records http://ryansholin.com/2006/09/20/searching-for-online-databases-news-reporting-and-public-records/ http://ryansholin.com/2006/09/20/searching-for-online-databases-news-reporting-and-public-records/#comments Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:07:05 +0000 Ryan Sholin http://ryansholin.com/2006/09/20/searching-for-online-databases-news-reporting-and-public-records/ Some quick tips on searching for useful databases, including the Occam’s Razor approach of googling .xls files.

Searching for online databases — News Reporting and Public Records

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Campaign 2006: Contributions to the Massachusetts gubernatorial candidates

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Numbers: Our Data Library | Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ)

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]]> http://ryansholin.com/2006/09/05/numbers-our-data-library-project-for-excellence-in-journalism-pej/feed/ 0 PressThink: The Era of Networked Journalism Begins http://ryansholin.com/2006/08/15/pressthink-the-era-of-networked-journalism-begins/ http://ryansholin.com/2006/08/15/pressthink-the-era-of-networked-journalism-begins/#comments Tue, 15 Aug 2006 23:16:27 +0000 Ryan Sholin http://ryansholin.com/2006/08/15/pressthink-the-era-of-networked-journalism-begins/ A real live example of distributed journalism in action. You, too, can pore over Congressional documents. Seriously, you can help. Check it out.

PressThink: The Era of Networked Journalism Begins

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