Category: Newstangle
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Journalism heroes – Teaching Online Journalism
Mindy adds to the running list of new Journalism Heroes. There are only two or three people on this list I’ve heard of before, so I’m psyched to check out some work from the others. Journalism heroes – Teaching Online Journalism
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NPPA: Multimedia Contest
Lots of current inspiration for multimedia, slideshows, etc. Thx Angela! NPPA: Multimedia Contest
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Lessons from the launch – OJR
Notes on launching a citizen-journalism and/or hyperlocal community site, a la Pegasus News. Lessons from the launch – OJR
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Types of online video: redux – Andy Dickinson
Thanks for pointing out the Sentinel, Andy! And a blog post is *exactly* the place to post half-formed thoughts – here we all are carrying on the discussion. Types of online video: redux – Andy Dickinson
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A community site without a community – Matt McAlister
Pligg can now import RSS feeds – could be REALLY interesting if you let it import all your newspaper’s story and blog feeds and then let readers vote and comment on their favorites… A community site without a community – Matt McAlister
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WordPress Quicktags Guide
Instructions on adding your own Quicktags to the WordPress toolbar that runs just above the text area when writing a post. WordPress Quicktags Guide
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Web newspaper blog traffic triples in Dec-study | Reuters.com
“The number of people reading Internet blogs on the top 10 U.S. newspaper sites more than tripled in December from a year ago and accounted for a larger percentage of overall traffic to those sites, according to data released on Wednesday.” Web newspaper blog traffic triples in Dec-study | Reuters.com
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Hey!Watch – Just encode
Online video encoding while you wait. Could be very useful for editors and staffers to convert and upload video without involving them in Flash. Hey!Watch – Just encode
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Nucleus CMS: Pure Publishing
A PHP/MySQL-based CMS, free and open, from the looks of it. Not sure if this is an old-school solution that Drupal or PHPNuke knock out of the water, but it looks pleasant enough at Duke City Fix. Nucleus CMS: Pure Publishing
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Stranger’s Flash Links
Gobs and gobs of links to Flash tools and inspiration, for when I actually learn how to do something other than “Import Video” and “Publish.” Thx Richard… (Note to self: Read Mindy’s book.) Stranger’s Flash Links