[Keyword: onlinejournalism]. Journalism.co.uk have finally pinned down the much-in-demand Guardian’s Director of Digital Publishing Simon Waldman for a lengthy interview. Here’s the key quotes: “I still think we’re way ahead of the pack among newspapers and the BBC only ever nudges ahead because it has such a vast resource to play with. “I think the WashingtonPost has done some interesting
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[Keyword: onlinejournalism]. If you’ve not already been converted to the merits of Firefox, or if you just want to know how to use it better, there’s an extensive and very helpful posting at PR Blogger on how to use the browser for researching, covering extensions, bookmarklets and browser engines. Sadly, I’ve been having increasing problems with Firefox – at work
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[Keyword: onlinejournalism]. Now these days I read so much about blogs that I barely post about the medium if I can help it. We know how important they are, we know how they work, and we know which ones are influential, and which ones make money. But I’m making an exception for David Sifry’s excellent post about “some of the
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[Keyword: onlinejournalism]. Ben Compaine isn’t mincing his words over at Rebuilding Media, as he reports on the final day of a symposium in Washington to brainstorm the future of the newspaper. “The symposium is part of the “Newspaper Next: The Transformation Project” of the American Press Institute … a $2 million year-long project that seeks to “conceive and test new
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[Keyword: onlinejournalism]. For a long time now I’ve wished for a service that emailed me the latest headlines from my RSS feeds, instead of having to check Bloglines every day (which I never have time to do), so I was particularly pleased to discover Bot A Blog, which not only promises to do just that, but will also provide your
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[Keyword: onlinejournalism]. Pop over to Cyberjournalist for a rundown on the winners of Digital Edge awards, and associated comments. But what a shame they don’t provide hyperlinks.
[Keyword: onlinejournalism]. Forgive me for playing catch-up here, but followers of news technology will be keeping an eye on the Guardian’s move into mobile content: you can sign up for a free trial to get a real feel for it.
[Keyword: onlinejournalism]. Editor & Publisher wakes up to the podcasting hype with an overview of the trend and who’s been using podcasts in their news offerings. Summing up quote: “The danger in getting “too professional” in newspaper podcasting is that it becomes just a clone of traditional TV newscasting — something most newspaper podcast pioneers say they’re trying to avoid.
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[Keyword: onlinejournalism]. My current class of Online Journalism students are all maintaining blogs about a particular type of, well, online journalism. If you want to take a look, here are the links: Podcasts by Jack Brierley Quizzes and surveys by Matt King Blogs by Richard Green Narrated slideshows by Elliot Mullett Live chats by Melissa Marshall Forums and messageboards by
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[Keyword: onlinejournalism]. One to watch: Poynter reports on what should be an interesting experiment, “News for the 21st Century” where “[40] student journalists will work together to develop multiple stories revolving around a single topic. They also are being challenged to use the unique capabilities offered by Web publishing to tell these stories in novel, engaging ways.”
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