Category: Newstangle
-
Riders on the Storm
David Brooks on how recent Internet use research continues to dismantle Cass Sunstein’s original “Daily Me” thesis. Riders on the Storm
-
Collaboration Deepens at Logan Symposium on Investigative Journalism
Chris O’Brien shares notes on a panel including California Watch, NPR, ProPublica, and more news organizations heavily engaged in collaborative reporting. Collaboration Deepens at Logan Symposium on Investigative Journalism
-
Boy Scouts Add a New Digital Badge
But what they need is a diversity badge. Boy Scouts Add a New Digital Badge
-
Useless Flier
Pointless reflexive public art. Read the whole post and you’ll trace the line where a flier spawns a Tumblr post spawns a Tumblr. Two reblogs later I find it in Reader, dig back to the original, and share it here. Useless Flier
-
Mark Fiore can win a Pulitzer Prize, but he can’t get his iPhone cartoon app past Apple’s satire police
Awkward, isn’t it, Apple? To censor the App Store, keeping it free from the offensive nature of these Pulitzer Prize winning political cartoons? Mark Fiore can win a Pulitzer Prize, but he can’t get his iPhone cartoon app past Apple’s satire police
-
Stack Exchange 2.0
I’m violently intrigued and interested, as the Stack Overflow team takes their white-label version *free*, but moderates new networks based on their capacity to succeed. Stack Exchange 2.0
-
When You’re Strange: A Film About The Doors
A chance visit to the Village Voice brings me news of this Johnny Depp-narrated Doors documentary by Tom DeCillo. When You’re Strange: A Film About The Doors
-
A canonical reading list for the future of news
Daniel Bachhuber plays the ‘take the pulse’ card and compiles a list of 13 pieces of essential reading. Plus one tweet that leads through @chanders to the best takedown of the Wikileaks video I’ve seen yet. A canonical reading list for the future of news
-
Cuyahoga County Judge Shirley Strickland Saffold files $50 million lawsuit against The Plain Dealer and others
And so begins an interesting legal battle over the balance between online privacy policies and newsworthiness. Cuyahoga County Judge Shirley Strickland Saffold files $50 million lawsuit against The Plain Dealer and others
-
Making your first map
Excellent tutorial from Daniel Sato on using Google’s My Maps to build interactive maps with style. Making your first map