Invisible Inkling

Ryan Sholin on the future of newspapers, online news and journalism education.

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Virginia Tech

April 18, 2007 – 9:18 pm

I don’t think there is going to be a Why in this story.
There’s certainly a What Happened, and as journalists, that’s our first job.
The remaining details will fill themselves in over time, but the Why will probably never come.
Everyone will blame what they want to blame — no, what it is convenient for them to [...]

Wired is hiring tech business bloggers

March 29, 2007 – 6:53 am

If I were a young, fresh out of j-school, Bay Area journalist interested in technology and business, I’d be applying for this job at Wired in a big hurry.
Heck, even if I were still in school, I’d probably write something up and send it in — or better yet, post it on my own blog [...]

Building a multimedia package from the ground up in Oakland

March 6, 2007 – 8:53 pm

Sean Connelley and Katy Newton, two of the journalists behind the Oakland Tribune’s Not Just A Number package I wrote about yesterday, were kind enough to take a few minutes of their time today to answer a few questions by e-mail.

The best way to understand blogging

March 2, 2007 – 12:13 pm

…is to blog, says Howard Owens. The oft-repeated adage that “blogs wouldn’t have anything to write about if mainstream media didn’t do all the reporting” is quickly getting outdated. Don’t believe me?

Journalism students need new heroes; Journalism heroes need new students

January 17, 2007 – 10:20 pm

This week’s running conversation between Mindy McAdams, Bryan Murley, Howard Owens, and Ron Curley, among many others, boiled over into the U.K. media blogosphere, and I’m finding myself alternately cited, enlightened, and humbled.Let’s start with some enlightenment from a 19-year-old journalism student at the University of Lincoln, UK: Dave Lee.
Lee read Martin Stabe’s follow-up to [...]