Ryan Sholin

Tag: journalism

  • Learning to think like a programmer – Infovore

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    Incredibly important notes for journalists not so much on how to program, but on how to identify which information gathering and processing tasks could be better accomplished by a computer. (via Tim D’Avis) Learning to think like a programmer – Infovore

  • Why train programmers as journalists?

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    Over at IdeaLab, Rich Gordon shares his exit interview with Brian Boyer and Ryan Mark, the first two programmers to earn a Master’s degree through Medill’s Knight News Challenge-funded scholarship. Because it’s fucking important. Thanks to the News Challenge, I’ve had the chance to meet Brian and Ryan and hang out with them a bit.…

  • SPJ’s News Gems blog to close?

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    Jon Marshall’s News Gems blog at SPJ.org has been a quiet, consistent resource, chronicling high-quality reporting for more than three years. Marshall is moving on to other endeavors: “As we reach the end of 2008, I wish I could say that things have gotten easier for journalists. Of course they haven’t. But after producing this…

  • New at Wired Journalists: WJ Tutorials

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    One of the original visions for Wired Journalists was that the “already-wired” would write tutorials about new media, new tools, and getting around the busier corners of the Web, for the benefit of the “non-wired” and everyone in the community. It’s happened in fits and starts, but Pat Thornton of BeatBlogging.org is taking on a…

  • Howard Weaver’s exit interview

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    I was struck by a few things in Howard Weaver’s post announcing that he’s leaving McClatchy — and journalism — at the end of the year. For one thing, Howard’s a damn fine writer. I haven’t agreed with everything he’s said or done as I’ve followed his blog for the last couple years, but I…

  • BarCamp NewsInnovation update: Regional in January, NYC in April

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    Jason Kristufek is proposing the details for a set of regional BarCamps to get “smart, cool, tech-savvy media industry folks together in an environment that doesn’t acknowledge rules or boundaries to help solve problems and create best practices.” This grew out of reaction to the recent closed-door API newspaper executive meeting, where, as best as…

  • You are the future of journalism. Aren’t you?

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    Without much preamble, I highly recommend you enter Publish2’s “Are you the future of journalism?” contest, wherein you can WIN A JOB. Considering how many journalists lost their jobs today, and how many likely will lose their jobs tomorrow, and how many have lost their jobs this year, I’m betting there’s a pretty big pool…

  • Who’s hiring? Blogs.

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    Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo on plans for 2009: “So January will usher in a new Democratic Ascendancy in Washington. And here at TPM we believe we are uniquely qualified to chronicle it. So to that end we are hiring two new reporter-bloggers to be based in Washington, DC, one assigned to the White…

  • Help a journalism startup out

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    Why We Should Feel Bullish For the Future of Journalism: “Go ahead. Go get lost on the web for 20 minutes, find a journalism startup you like and email the founder to let them know you support what you are doing. You’d be surprised how much that means to them and how much that can…

  • Periodismo latino

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    A Ning-powered social network for Latin American journalists. Periodismo latino