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Should journalists learn to code? – Scott Rosenberg
Jun 9, ’07
8:29 PM
“What journalists do need is working digital literacy. They need to understand something about how the technology that’s reshaping media works, how it’s built, what its strengths and weaknesses are, and how to harness it.” via Jarvis.
Journalists need|don’t need to learn programming | mattwaite.com
Jun 7, ’07
10:57 AM
A journalist/programmer talking about journalists who program and vice versa. If you’re on either side of that equation, or an editor trying to figure out which one to hire next, read this post.
Journalists need|don’t need to learn programming | mattwaite.com
The journalism program we’ve all been waiting for
May 24, ’07
8:27 PM
The Knight Foundation handed out some money today, notably to Henry Jenkins and company at MIT and Mr. Holovaty, who is getting plenty of press for his jump from WaPo to startup.
But just a little lower on the list, you’ll find the future in the form of a grant to the Medill J-School at Northwestern to, well, for lack of a better explanation, Make More Holovatys.
This is exactly what a number of folks, myself included, have been advocating for a while: Teach programmers journalism and/or teach journalists programming. With at least one of those steps built into this Master’s degree, things are looking up in Evanston.
If I were still spending any time at all on campus at San Jose State, I’d be bugging the J-School to talk to Google or Yahoo about throwing around the small amount of money necessary to fund a few graduate fellowships for programmers. The campus is already teeming with excited young coders — it shouldn’t be that hard to reel in three or four.
Modest Maps
Mar 24, ’07
12:08 AM
Whoa. This is something I might be able to figure out how to use. It looks like a step that puts maps into Flash.
An informal poll on what I should learn next
Mar 10, ’07
3:44 PM
Here’s what I don’t know, no matter what it says on my resume: How to work in SQL and PHP from scratch, javascript, Django, Ruby, Flash, Illustrator, how to use maps APIs to code my own mashups, how to present databases online.
Web Focus Leads Newspapers to Hire Programmers for Editorial Staff – MediaShift
Mar 8, ’07
12:57 AM
Mark Glaser on how a few different newspapers have handled integrating news programmers into the newsroom. I don’t have all the chops to be one of these guys, but as an online editor, I would love to have someone like this to work exclusively on news.
Web Focus Leads Newspapers to Hire Programmers for Editorial Staff – MediaShift
Two new Django sites, both with source available – Jeff Croft
Feb 25, ’07
10:18 PM
Django sites with the source code hanging around to download and learn from.
Two new Django sites, both with source available – Jeff Croft
Regular Expressions In Ten Steps: Part I – Russ Olsen
Feb 25, ’07
9:09 PM