Invisible Inkling

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

All About social-networking

2000 strong at Wired Journalists

May 15, 2008 – 10:14 am

So many milestones this week…
Here’s another one:  Wired Journalists now has more than 2000 members.
The Ning-powered social network that Howard Owens, Zac Echola, and I created back in January has exceeded our expectations, in terms of numbers, interaction, community, and the learning/teaching that’s going on there.
Plus, it’s really bringing some people out of the woodwork.
I’m [...]

Five minutes with Peter Shankman of HelpAReporterOut.com

March 21, 2008 – 6:48 pm

I asked Peter Shankman a few easy questions today about his Help A Reporter Out project.
You can listen in or download the mp3 below.
(I recorded the call with cinch.blogtalkradio.com, for those of you keeping score at home.)

 
 Five minutes with Peter Shankman of HelpAReporterOut [5:19m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The good stuff is over there –>

February 24, 2008 – 10:05 pm

If you prefer my tweets and shared reader bits and delicious links to the infrequent and sometimes long-winded content here at what passes for a blog, click on through from that reader of yours and take a look at the right side of your screen. (Actually, let me check that in a few browsers first… [...]

Six questions about ReportingOn

February 9, 2008 – 10:01 am

Journalism.co.uk asked six questions about ReportingOn.
I answered them.
“4) Why are you doing this?
I saw a need to connect reporters to each other. So much local news lacks context, lacks a clear idea of where a local event fits into a larger trend, whether we’re talking about drunken driving or school funding or foreclosures.
Twitter has been [...]

ReportingOn.com

January 4, 2008 – 9:21 pm

Thanks to everyone who noticed the pillow-soft launch of ReportingOn.com in the only link in my Resolutions post, and especially to those of you who commented, e-mailed, tweeted, or blogged about the project.
At the moment, it’s just an URL, an idea, and a comment thread, but it’s building momentum, and that’s pleasant.
A few thoughts:

I’m not [...]