Over at the PBS IdeaLab blog, where I write about the development of ReportingOn, my Knight News Challenge project, I just posted something that starts to get into what Phase 2 of the “back channel for your beat” is going to look like.
Well, not what it’s going to *look* like exactly, but how it’s going [...]
All about social-networking
On IdeaLab: ReportingOn, rephrased in the form of a question
March 26, 2009
A podcast in which I discuss the merits and limits of Ning with Pat Thornton
January 2, 2009
I spent 20 minutes or so talking about Wired Journalists and Ning with Pat Thornton last week for a BeatBlogging.org podcast.
Here are some highlights from Pat’s list of questions:
Would you choose Ning again if you could start over?
How specific should a topic be for a Ning site to be specific?
How many users are needed for [...]
New at Wired Journalists: WJ Tutorials
December 5, 2008
One of the original visions for Wired Journalists was that the “already-wired” would write tutorials about new media, new tools, and getting around the busier corners of the Web, for the benefit of the “non-wired” and everyone in the community.
It’s happened in fits and starts, but Pat Thornton of BeatBlogging.org is taking on a few [...]
2000 strong at Wired Journalists
May 15, 2008
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
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.)