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The 7 Steps to Successful Infographics

May 11, 2010 Ryan SholinLeave a comment

A casual guide to getting started in infographics from a seasoned veteran of major newspapers.

The 7 Steps to Successful Infographics

Posted in NewstangleTagged data, design, infographics, journalism, Newspapers

Clarification about online/print texts

May 7, 2010 Ryan SholinLeave a comment

The editors of n+1 are looking to raise $75,000 to put their print-only archives online. Anyone game?

Clarification about online/print texts

Posted in NewstangleTagged journalism, literature, magazines, moneywhereyourmouthis, print

Why the Media Ignored the Nashville Flood

May 6, 2010 Ryan SholinLeave a comment

The headline could be a bit more specific, but yes, it appears a major American city (and many small towns in the region) were flooded over the weekend, causing death, damage, and destruction, while going largely unmentioned in the national news.

Why the Media Ignored the Nashville Flood

Posted in NewstangleTagged cablenews, journalism, Nashville, NashvilleFlood

PolitiFact Takes Lesson from Fast-Food Industry as it Franchises Fact Checking

May 5, 2010 Ryan SholinLeave a comment

Inside the Truth-O-Meter Owner’s Manual in Texas with PolitiFact editor Bill Adair.

PolitiFact Takes Lesson from Fast-Food Industry as it Franchises Fact Checking

Posted in NewstangleTagged AustinAmerican-Statesman, BillAdair, factchecking, journalism, PolitiFact

Can you gentrify the local web?

May 4, 2010 Ryan SholinLeave a comment

Susan Mernit relays a question from one community member in Oakland. According to the available data, the answer appears to be a resounding “no.”

Can you gentrify the local web?

Posted in NewstangleTagged blogosphere, blogs, community, hyperlocal, journalism, Oakland, OaklandLocal

Information architecture for news websites

April 27, 2010 Ryan SholinLeave a comment

A series of highly valuable posts by a young European student journalist bent on redesigning the way we build our news sites.

Information architecture for news websites

Posted in NewstangleTagged data, informationarchitecture, journalism, onlinenews, the information business, web design

Remix the News: what news can learn from Last.fm and Pandora

April 27, 2010 Ryan SholinLeave a comment

What’s the first step in building a “Pandora for news?” Normalize the data.

Remix the News: what news can learn from Last.fm and Pandora

Posted in NewstangleTagged data, informationarchitecture, journalism, remix

WSJ Experiments With Location-Based News

April 26, 2010 Ryan SholinLeave a comment

In a new Foursquare integration tied to the Wall Street Journal’s launch of a local news section for New York City, links to WSJ stories show up with tips about locations like the George Washington Bridge and Yankee Stadium.

WSJ Experiments With Location-Based News

Posted in NewstangleTagged foursquare, journalism

Reporters Look to Expand Horizons with Backpack Journalism

April 26, 2010 Ryan SholinLeave a comment

Leah Betancourt on a different sort of ‘backpack journalism’ involving world travel. Backpacker Journalism, anyone?

Reporters Look to Expand Horizons with Backpack Journalism

Posted in NewstangleTagged backpackjournalism, Freelancing, journalism, reporting, travel

Exploring a Networked Journalism Collaborative in Philadelphia

April 21, 2010 Ryan SholinLeave a comment

A J-Lab report on Philadelphia’s media ecosystem recommends a collaborative journalism effort.

Exploring a Networked Journalism Collaborative in Philadelphia

Posted in NewstangleTagged collaboration, collaborativejournalism, J-Lab, journalism, networkedjournalism, Philadelphia

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