Ryan Sholin

Month: February 2006

  • McCunications: What Media Employers Want

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    Prof. McCune is blogging the conference that a bunch of the SJSU JMC faculty are at this weekend. This post is a good supplement to what Jerry Ceppos told us about what newspaper recruiters are looking for. McCunications: What Media Employers Want

  • Now this is more like it

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    I’m at a tiny little diner/coffee shop in San Francisco, and there’s nine open networks and about ten closed ones. Thanks “default,” whoever you are… I’m around the corner from SixApart, and I have no idea how many other companies/bloggers/a-listers that flash across my aggregator.  Palo Alto definitely looked like VC country, and this definitely…

  • Copy editing question of the day

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    So what’s this thing you’re reading? Spartan Daily style says it’s either a “blog” or a “Web blog.” “Web blog” seems redundant to me, since blog is short for “weblog” or “Web log,” depending on who you ask and how pedantic a mood one’s in. The 2004 AP Stylebook says “blog” is jargon for “Web…

  • [Press Release] OhmyNews and Softbank Join Hands – OhmyNews International

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    OhMyNews International is coming – Korea’s successful citizen journalism site gets funding, plans to go global. Video is in play… [Press Release] OhmyNews and Softbank Join Hands – OhmyNews International

  • links for 2006-02-24

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    [Press Release] OhmyNews and Softbank Join Hands – OhmyNews International OhMyNews International is coming – Korea’s successful citizen journalism site gets funding, plans to go global. Video is in play… (tags: citizen+journalism media new+media journalism)

  • In Palo Alto, San Francisco today

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    I’m working my way up the 280 to the San Francisco financial district today. Is there something cool I should do? Someone I should meet? A conference I should crash? Let me know… [UPDATE: Or not… looks like I’ll hit SF tomorrow…] For the record, as I update this a little later in the day,…

  • Jerry Ceppos critiques the Spartan Daily

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    Jerry Ceppos, former news executive at Knight Ridder, is in the middle of a series of guest lectures and conversations in classes here at the SJSU School of Journalism & Mass Communications. Today, Ceppos is in the Spartan Daily newsroom, taking over the usual critique. Highlights… Make sure the stories in your paper connect to…

  • WANTED: podcasting rig suggestions

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    I’ve surfed the forums, I’ve listened to podcasts about podcasting, and I’ve read what there is to read, but it all gets so outdated so quickly. So, faithful readers (both of you), who has suggestions for a podcasting rig? I need to it to come in under $400 (not my money, don’t worry), preferably under…

  • links for 2006-02-22

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    1001 things to do with liquid nitrogen Yep. I’m a geek. (tags: fun physics)

  • Redesign continues

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    Still working on the site – I’m trying out Ultimate Tag Warrior, a heavyweight plugin that should let me lay a bunch of tags on my posts and call them up in a tag cloud in my sidebar. You’ll also be able to click on tags at the bottom of each post to see more…