Tag: reporting
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Why the journalist in programmer/journalist matters – mattwaite.com
“…the ability to translate a standard style of news story into something bigger, broader, relational. I’m not saying that a skilled programmer can’t do this, but in my experience, this is where the journalist part of the term “programmer/journalis Why the journalist in programmer/journalist matters – mattwaite.com
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Three blog posts I haven’t had the time to write yet
These are not un-busy times. Without further explanation or caveat, here are a few things kicking around in my head, if not necessarily in pixels just yet: What Are You Reporting On?: An explanation of the idea and how the Twitter ID, the Facebook group, the WordPress.com blog, the Knight News Challenge grant application, and…
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I don’t care what journalists are reading; I care what they’re writing
Scott Karp and friends (and those are some pretty smart friends) are up to something interesting, but I sure as heck can’t tell what it is based on a rambling post at the new publish2.com. It sounds like something that’s supposed to clean up all the doubling and overlapping of social networks the media blogger…
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List anonymous wikipedia edits from interesting organizations
This is awesome, but the server appears to be getting rocked right now. Check back when they get un-buried. List anonymous wikipedia edits from interesting organizations
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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. Heathrow Protest: Correspondent Microblog |Sky News|UK News
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Journalists say and do the darndest things vol. 1 – The Journalism Iconoclast
“Let the photographers take the pictures, let the videographers make the slideshows. I’m a reporter. I write stories.” HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA111!111!!!!!1 {cry} Journalists say and do the darndest things vol. 1 – The Journalism Iconoclast
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A journalist’s guide to crowdsourcing
One for the newsroom bulletin board. A journalist’s guide to crowdsourcing
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Almost live from Wichita – Multimedia Reporter
What have I done? A presser? Get thee to a breaker! But seriously, Ron has some clear ideas about how to manage breaking mobile coverage using phones and such. But was there art? Almost live from Wichita – Multimedia Reporter
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Running for it: Covering an event with a cell phone and a point-and-shoot video camera
[UPDATE: If you’re showing up at this post looking for coverage of the 2008 race, you should head straight to santacruzsentinel.com or check out the Sentinel’s video right here.] So here’s the assignment, kids: Cover a 6-mile run with 15,000 registered participants, including a few hundred elite runners looking to finish in the money, and…
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Using BlogTalkRadio to send TwitterGrams (Scripting News)
Believe it or not, I see a news application in this. Instant on-the-scene breaking news reporting. Could be very very cool. No editing, live broadcast style, with nothing but a cell phone. Using BlogTalkRadio to send TwitterGrams (Scripting News)