Year: 2009
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Go.USA.gov
Yes, the United States government now has its own URL shortener. And a list of what’s popular. Go.USA.gov
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The diaspora of information
Given: Dan Gillmor famously stated (and I’m paraphrasing from memory): “My readers know more than I do.” I like to take it an order of magnitude up into the branches of the tree, along these lines: “The diaspora of information (having been set free by the Web, mostly) knows infinitely more than I do.” So…
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Journalism conferences are too expensive
Mallory Colliflower and Lori Marie Todd argue that, yes, your journalism conference, with all its hotel rooms, wireless access, big-name keynotes, and banquet dinners is incredibly expensive at a time when newsrooms are cutting back to the barest of bones. Journalism conferences are too expensive
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Share Folders in Google Docs
Seems useful for small/student newsrooms using Google Docs as their file management system, right? Share Folders in Google Docs
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So You’re Moving to San Francisco — Alex Payne
Alex shares a bit of what I think about San Francisco when I visit, although my gripes usually revolve around the simple fact that San Francisco is not New York, and thus, not my town. So You’re Moving to San Francisco — Alex Payne
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Grad school update
Remember when I went to graduate school at San Jose State University to get an M.S. in Mass Communications? Well, I finished. Here’s the proof, which arrived in the mail a few days ago:
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A peek behind Technically Philly’s Knight Grant Application
A featured Wired Journalists post by Sean Blanda covering the backstory of Technically Philly’s Knight News Challenge grant. A peek behind Technically Philly’s Knight Grant Application
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Readers expect news to find them
Of course we do. Gina Chen revisits “…if the news is that important, it will find me…” Readers expect news to find them
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An Open Letter To WSN
Things are heating up between the upstart online-only news site and the established student newspaper at my alma mater, New York University. An Open Letter To WSN