2006 – Page 75 – Ryan Sholin

The Mercury News, Silicon Valley, and the Future of Newspapers

Mar 20, 2006

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It’s getting fun. Seriously, these could be the best of times for the future of newspapers, with twelve orphans out there right now just waiting to be transformed into… well, to be transformed into whatever’s coming next in mass media. Dan Gillmor floated the idea that Yahoo could swoop in from Sunnyvale and buy the…

Win a Trip with Nick Kristof – The New York Times

Mar 17, 2006

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Ryan Sholin

in Newstangle

Here’s the official application page – go to Africa with the NYT’s Nick Kristof. Seriously. Win a Trip with Nick Kristof – The New York Times

This year’s big “duh”

Mar 17, 2006

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Ryan Sholin

in Education

Last year, the big “duh” was the raging irrational debate over whether blogs were journalism. Answer? If you write journalism, it’s journalism. If you record journalism, it’s journalism. Doesn’t matter what medium you choose to display it in, doesn’t matter if you’re the San Jose Mercury News or Grade the News or Rocketboom — it’s…

Poynter Online – E-Media Tidbits

Mar 16, 2006

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Ryan Sholin

in Newstangle

Stanford University’s Center for the Study of the North American West is offering a $3500-$7000 two-week fellowship for for western enterprise reporting. All are welcome to apply, applications due May 1. Poynter Online – E-Media Tidbits

Colorado college newspaper invites campus bloggers into the fold

Mar 16, 2006

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Ryan Sholin

in Education, Media, Technology

The University of Colorado’s student newspaper is about to launch student, faculty, and staff blogs hosted by the paper’s Web site. We talked about doing this here at the Daily, but we have a hard time convincing each other that anyone would use a blog here, as opposed to, say, MySpace. There’s a point where…

Vendor sports, SJSU style

Mar 15, 2006

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Ryan Sholin

in Education, Media, Technology

I’ve now written stories for the Spartan Daily about Microsoft, Google, and Apple. Is Yahoo next? Thankfully, no. But I’ll keep an eye out, so I can hit the superfecta. For the record, every single student who has talked to me about the iTunes U story has said something to the effect of “So we…

Schneier on Security: Basketball Prank

Mar 15, 2006

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Ryan Sholin

in Newstangle

Cal students con USC basketball player with imaginary IM flirt, he goes 3-13 from the field… Schneier on Security: Basketball Prank

SportingNews.com – NFL – Vikings trade Culpepper to Dolphins

Mar 14, 2006

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Ryan Sholin

in Newstangle

Yes folks, I’m a Dolphin fan. We’ve got a quarterback! Yippee! I don’t care how bad his knee is hurt or what he did on that boat, all he has to do is throw the ball. SportingNews.com – NFL – Vikings trade Culpepper to Dolphins

Listen to your readers

Mar 14, 2006

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Ryan Sholin

in Media

Last night at SJSU’s King Library, former Knight Ridder chief news executive Jerry Ceppos made a few points that brought together a few things I’ve been rambling on about lately: Newspapers need to jump into the online world with both feet. Take the governor off the engine and start devoting a larger percentage of your…