Excellent big natural disaster-ish breaking news by way of map-driven coverage in The Oregonian. I like that they’re not trying to shoehorn it into a site template, but keep a logo/link up top for the ID and branding.
Tag: breaking+news
Reflections of a Newsosaur: Flat-footed in Omaha
Two forks of a breaking news disaster plan: One is coverage, the other is making sure your site stays up, no matter what.
The importance of a breaking news design – Lost Remote TV Blog
The SoCal fires are a good reminder to be ready with a template or two to cover a giant breaking news story.
The importance of a breaking news design – Lost Remote TV Blog
Heathrow Protest: Correspondent Microblog |Sky News|UK News
Reporting live with Flickr and Twitter with a decent mobile phone. Not difficult, very effective, no need to re-invent the wheel. via Simon D.
Death of four on South San Jose road stuns friends, neighbors – San Jose Mercury News
“For all the bouquets and farewell notes they’d left on the tree where Satterstrom’s 2003 Nissan 350Z finally came to a rest, all the friends got back was the low hum of suburbia baking in the noonday sun.”
Death of four on South San Jose road stuns friends, neighbors – San Jose Mercury News
Teaching Online Journalism » Blog Archive » Multimedia for breaking news: Start doing it!
“Will a producer who was not on the scene tell the story accurately? Obviously, the photographer could sit down with the producer and ensure that the real story comes through. But in cases where that’s not possible, what will be done to ensure that the
Teaching Online Journalism » Blog Archive » Multimedia for breaking news: Start doing it!
Podcasting Twittergrams: A prediction – Rex Hammock
Notes on using Twittergram as a news delivery service – especially now that Dave’s added RSS.
Journalists and bloggers take on a fire story – Bob Stepno
A round-up of local media and citizen coverage of a breaking news story in blog-happy Knoxville.
NowPublic and AP form partnership » mathewingram.com/media
AP hooks up with a citizen journalism aggregator. Breaking news coverage is going to start changing rapidly, and editing and dispersing credible citizen reports is going to become part of a wire editor’s job.
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