I’m looking forward to exchanging ideas about the future of journalism tomorrow at Digital Journalism Camp Portland. Abraham Hyatt organized the event and has lined up an impressive menu of tasty selections for anyone interested in the intersection of journalism, technology and business. I’ll be joining Marshall Kirkpatrick of ReadWriteWeb, Greg Swanson of ITZ Publishing […]
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July 27th, 2009
Programming update: Hyperlocal, entrepreneurial content moving
Maybe the world doesn’t need another blog focused on the digital news and content business. But that’s what it’s getting. The team at Serra Media and I are working on innovative technology for local digital content companies. We want to have an outlet to share ideas and observations as we pursue new opportunities and enter […]
June 17th, 2009
Newsrooms should open their doors to job-seeking journos
NPR has an interesting piece on a small ad agency in New York that has opened its doors to those in the profession who are looking for work. The job seekers get a place to research job opportunities and a place to network. The ad agency gets more sounding boards for new ideas and, occasionally, […]
June 13th, 2009
Skipping J-school? Links and resources for learning
Cleaning out the inbox on a Saturday morning and I ran across this … Skip Journalism School: 50 free open courses I’m a big proponent of education, so I don’t advocate skipping school to take some free online courses. (The title is just marketing anyway, right?) On that note, if you are in journalism school […]
June 12th, 2009
The people formerly known as sources
Earlier this week, a report of “man overboard” from a Seattle-based ferry put the local Coast Guard station into immediate action. As boats and helicopters were being launched, real-time updates were being posted to Twitter. By the Coast Guard. This full disintermediation, when the audience can get the news and information directly from the source, […]
May 22nd, 2009
The race is on at GonzoCamp
GonzoCamp is in full swing at the University of Washington in Seattle. Three teams are working on different ideas that were picked from more than a dozen suggestions pitched during the morning session. Now the race is on as groups of programmers, journalists, developers and business development folks try to put build a prototype of […]
May 20th, 2009
A killer app for mobile journalism
David Pogue from the New York Times shows off a seemingly “killer app” for mobile journalism with a recent feature on personal hotspots, including the the Novatel MiFi and Cradlepoint devices. The MiFi is like having a wifi router in your pocket, Pogue reports, meaning a reporter or blogger could be online from anywhere at […]
May 6th, 2009
In Detroit, the future is now
The Detroit Plan is “cutting edge, innovative and based on technology,” according to Paul Anger, who is Vice President, Publisher and Editor of the Detroit Free Press. While cutting back home delivery to three days a week may sound more “cutting” than “cutting edge,” the plan is showing impressive results. And Anger’s presentation was among […]
May 6th, 2009
CNN’s Estenson kicks off conference
April 20th, 2009
A reputation economy is a good model for comments
If you’re a serious code master (I’m not, but I know several) you probably already know about Stack Overflow, a handy place to find answers to specific programming questions on everything from Visual Basic to Flash. (And if not, you should check it out.) I was listening to Joel Spolsky, one of the site’s founders, […]
