In January 2008, Howard Owens, Zac Echola, and I launched a social network with self-motivated, eager-to-learn reporters, editors, executives, students and faculty in mind.
Wired Journalists was born with the mission of connecting the knowledgeable, expert innovators in online news with journalists of all stripes hoping to learn something new about their evolving craft.
Today we’re proud [...]
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Publish2 acquires Wired Journalists
August 18, 2009
Tools for News: Chris Amico’s new database of online news tools
January 2, 2009
Behind the scenes at Wired Journalists, a few of us have been talking for some time about the need for an all-encompassing database of online tools for news, featuring tutorials, examples, ratings, and reviews.
Chris Amico has made a solid run at building out the guts of it, launching his Tools for News this week.
Looks pretty [...]
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 [...]
Wired Journalists in 2008: Were you in it to win?
December 29, 2008
Howard “yes, he’s my boss” Owens follows up on the December 2007 post that spawned Wired Journalists with an update as the year grinds to a burly, overwhelming close. (Well, it’s been that way the last couple weeks for me, at least.)
Howard asks how wired you’ve become in 2008:
The post stirred a lot of conversation, [...]
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 [...]