Month: April 2006
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Online journalism roundup – Editors Weblog
A good overview of some recent action, including Dan Gillmor’s move to Backfence, Steve Outing’s new project, and a few international angles. Online journalism roundup – Editors Weblog
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Vitamin Features » How C.R.A.P is Your Site Design?
“We learned that good design is based on the C.R.A.P. principles where C.R.A.P. stands for Contrast Repetition Alignment Proximity, and when Creative Directors tell you that your design is crap, they’re actually giving you positive reinforcement.” Vitamin Features » How C.R.A.P is Your Site Design?
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Notes on the perils of constructed objectivity
I mentioned objectivity a few posts ago, with the promise that I’d get around to putting up something I wrote on the topic for a class. I’m not going into the details of “What’s a literature review?” and I’m certainly ignoring the question “What’s a mini-lit-review?” For your enjoyment, here’s my short literature review on…
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Protection coming for California college media?
In today’s Spartan Daily, the student newspaper here at San Jose State University, former Daily executive editor John Myers reports that a California legislator has introduced a bill in the state assembly that would make it more difficult for university officials to censor campus media outlets. Myers wrote that Leland Yee, the sponsor of the…
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McClatchy chief gives new acquisition a pep talk
“Pruitt said each newspaper in the chain will have local autonomy over daily operations, so readers and the public should see few changes as a result of the change in ownership. No job cuts or buyouts are anticipated, he said.” McClatchy chief gives new acquisition a pep talk
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Mike Davidson: Hacking A More Tasteful MySpace
Prettify that ugly MySpace profile, just for the exercise. Mike Davidson: Hacking A More Tasteful MySpace
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Northwestern J-School dean takes the long view
In this Q & A, John Lavine lays out “Medill 2020,” a plan to develop the Medill J-School at Northwestern University. Medill seems to be doing all the right things: Planning to get students out of their silos and into classes that teach them storytelling, ethics, and basic journalistic principles, regardless of their medium of…
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Site notes
A couple tweaks here lately. I’ve added a feed in the sidebar that pulls in everything I post to my del.icio.us account, and I’m using it to post links to useful and timely things like news stories about the McClatchy/Knight Ridder sale process, webcasts of cool conferences, and blog posts about how to save the…
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The Doc Searls Weblog : Monday, April 17, 2006
Doc tells the tale of the 1906 quake, California faults, and the potential for chaos in the next Big One. The Doc Searls Weblog : Monday, April 17, 2006