Invisible Inkling

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

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The new Las Vegas Sun is really, really good.

January 17, 2008 – 9:24 pm

Las Vegas Sun. Whoa.
I liked it a few days ago when I looked at the homepage and an article page or two, but I keep going back and it keeps growing on me.
Read Rob Curley’s rather informative take here, including the ridiculously constraining bits about the crazy JOA that makes the print edition of the [...]

Five ways to innovate today

November 28, 2007 – 6:29 am

A colleague looking for a few new ways to integrate free Web services into his newsroom asked me to chip in with a list of five, so here they are. A note to student journalists: These are all free and easy ways to get something new and different online, and they probably serve a [...]

Make me cry.

November 17, 2007 – 9:47 am

I’ve been repeating versions of this on recent training rounds when folks ask about learning Flash, so I thought I’d post it here for reference and credit purposes…
Richard Koci Hernandez, near the end of a great Starter Kit page at Multimedia Shooter:
“Soundslides or Flash? Put it this way, if you don’t know what Soundslides is, [...]

Running for it: Covering an event with a cell phone and a point-and-shoot video camera

July 23, 2007 – 7:23 am

[UPDATE: If you're showing up at this post looking for coverage of the 2008 race, you should head straight to santacruzsentinel.com or check out the Sentinel's video right here.]
So here’s the assignment, kids:
Cover a 6-mile run with 15,000 registered participants, including a few hundred elite runners looking to finish in the money, and do it [...]

Another wonderful West Coast event I’m regretfully unable to attend - but you should

May 2, 2007 – 6:57 am

I promise, at some point next Fall, I will emerge from the land of the bisy backsons and start showing up for some of the really cool conferences and summits and conventions that the cool kids put together.
But for now, I’ll continue learning (and schmoozing) vicariously through those of you lucky enough to make it [...]