Year: 2007
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Watch out for secondary characters with more interesting stories than your protagonist
That’s good advice up there in the title of this post. I got it from a screenwriting teacher, and it’s been a running joke around our house for the last week based on a couple movies we’ve watched lately. And it’s also good advice for narrative journalists. But that’s not what this post is about.…
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Tweet Better: 9 Unconventional (and Slightly Badass) Ways to use Twitter – JakeBouma.com
Not necessarily news uses, and a little more Twitter than I want to handle right now – if that’s possible, but some good ideas here about getting weather, sending yourself notes, etc. via knackeredhack Tweet Better: 9 Unconventional (and Slightly Badass) Ways to use Twitter – JakeBouma.com
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F*cking programming : Codeulate.
Thankfully, someone used Google Code Search to find many instances of the word “fuck” in commented out code all over the Interweb. Put a smile on my face. via Joe M. F*cking programming : Codeulate.
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Participation counts.
If you’re in the online news business, you’re in the participation business. If you’re a journalist, starting conversations is your job. So what are you doing standing on the sidelines? Start blogging here: wordpress.com Start sharing your photos here: flickr.com Start sharing your bookmarks here: del.icio.us Start developing a social network here: facebook.com That’s the…
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Dan Barry – The New York Times
This archive of Dan Barry’s narrative writing, a map of it, and the multimedia that complements it — this all was behind the paywall for far too long. It’s free now – have a look, if you like writing. And stories. And audio slideshows. Dan Barry – The New York Times
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CamStudio – Free Screen Recording Software
Free (like beer) screen capture software? It looks like it’s Windows only. CamStudio – Free Screen Recording Software
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Citizen journalist killed in Iraq
{ Those of us that were in the room during the ‘Video’ session at the Networked Journalism conference in October remember witnessing Brian Conley of Alive in Baghdad basically make a plea to anyone from the numerous large, profitable news organizations at the conference to help out the cause of citizen journalism in Iraq with…
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Slantly – Opinions & Debates
Neat little opinion site – each item is a statement; readers agree or disagree, then can comment/debate the issue. via Rex. Slantly – Opinions & Debates
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Twitter / orlandosentinel
Nice handmade Twitter account from Orlando. Looks like they were using it for a specific event, but that’s an easy thing to stop and start if you tease it right. Twitter / orlandosentinel