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IdeaLab: Q&A 2.0

January 16, 2010

Over at the PBS IdeaLab blog, I wrote something earlier this week about what I think of as Q&A 2.0, the recent string of modern, general purpose question & answer sites exploring different ways to gather, filter, and deliver information.
And that’s the right way to think about it: Gather, filter, and deliver information. That’s a [...]

Innovation is easy: Hand the camera to the stuntman

March 16, 2009

So the wife and I were watching Bourne Ultimatum this weekend on DVD.
(Yes, yes, I know, a few of you still know me as the former film student who was inspired to make movies because I knew I could do better than Lethal Weapon 2, but I still like a good action flick, OK?)
Anyway, good [...]

Quick interview for BCNIPhilly

February 10, 2009

Sean Blanda hit me up today for a quick attendee interview for BCNIPhilly — that’s BarCamp NewsInnovation for the uninitiated, and you should show up to tell everyone about that cool project you’ve been busting your butt on for the last N days, weeks, or months.
Here’s the tough last question from Sean:
“Final question, and its [...]

Notes on getting serious about staffing for online news

December 1, 2008

Mark Potts on what it takes to shift a news organization’s focus from print to Web:
“How many newspapers have a sizable staff responsible for managing print circulation? All of them of course. Now, how many have even one staff member responsible for managing online distribution via RSS, e-mail or Facebook? Damn few.
How many newspapers have [...]

BarCamp: NewsInnovation

November 22, 2008

Jason Kristufek has opened up a wiki for BarCamp / NewsInnovation:
“The idea is to get energetic, tech-savvy, open-minded individuals who embrace the chaos in the media industry because the ability to do really cool things still exist. We also need find those people outside of our industry who love to consume news and information and [...]