March 2011
23 posts
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Here’s the podcast from my talk at SXSW a...
Best Journalism Job Ad Ever →
Tears of joy for this one …
“As many of you already know, those kinds of [investigative] projects can be hellish, soul-sucking, doubt-inducing affairs. But if you’re the type of sicko who likes holing up in a tiny, closed office with reporters of questionable hygiene to build databases from scratch by hand-entering thousands of pages of documents to take on powerful people and...
LA Times to Readers: Give Us Your Public Docs →
Terrific example of conversational journalism that goes beyond the now-common shared photos/videos from citizens during disasters. Here, LA Times has set up an online system for readers to submit public records they deem worthy of coverage or public consumption. This is the direction in which citizen-journalist collaborations need to go. There’s so much more audiences can offer beyond events...
7 Steps Toward Online Engagement and Trust →
Poynter’s Damon Kiesow (@dkiesow) could have written my dissertation on conversational news. Here’s his recap from an interview he did with me before my talk at SXSW.
acetum asked: Hi there ! The events currently happening in Japan and surrounding areas are heartbreaking so I decided to do this..
I was wondering if you could help me re-blog:
http://lovelustinfatuation.tumblr.com/post/3827460529/japanese-earthquake-and-tsunami-relief-fund
or check out:
http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/japan-earthquake-tsunami-relief/
Please help to...
I was wondering if you could help me re-blog:
http://lovelustinfatuation.tumblr.com/post/3827460529/japanese-earthquake-and-tsunami-relief-fund
or check out:
http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/japan-earthquake-tsunami-relief/
Please help to...
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Funny Hubby @ "BattleDecks"
Just dropped Albert off at the airport to head to Austin. He’ll be a judge for BattleDecks Friday afternoon, so be sure to heckle him for me because I won’t be there.
I’ll play nice for a sec: I’ve spent the past week talking about variables in my conversation research, including perceived similarity with a journalist. I confess I tend to be partial to journalists — and...
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O Suzannah: An Austin Podcaster's Story
I met news reporter Suzannah Gonzales in Florida back in 2009 at the “Poynter McCormick Big Ideas Conference” for news innovations. She was there to share how she got her newspaper, the Austin-American Statesman, to start podcasting the news. Her podcasts offered news to readers on the go on the newspaper’s site, through iTunes and through the newspaper’s information phone line, Inside Line.
The...
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The New News: Amped-Up Voice Without Opinion
Note: This is part of a series of posts I’ll file in the lead-up to my talk on conversational journalism at the South by Southwest Interactive festival March 15 in Austin. Hope to see you there.
Intriguing story about blogger Nate Silver’s adjustment to working at The New York Times. He became the election stats wunderkind known ‘round the world during the last presidential...
Rodney King: 20 Years After the Rise of Citizen... →
Smart post from the prescient Prof. Gillmor. The videotaping of King’s beating 20 years ago tonight gave fire to what we now think of as citizen (eyewitness) journalism, with likely more and better to come if uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa are any indication:
“In recent days, the grim videos and photos coming out of Libya have been testament to people’s desire to bear...
Westboro's Free and Ugly Speech
I’m guessing Westboro Baptist’s only friend right now is the First Amendment. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 today that the Constitution protects the anti-gay invectives church members spew at military funerals. As repugnant a ruling as it seems, the Court all but had to go this way. Those 45 little words of the First Amendment literally separate us from every nation on earth and...
Truthful Tuesday
seoulbrother:
So far, the best thing about the new Tumblr Explore page is that my dashboard contains less begging by big media companies for a Tumblr Directory recommendation.
That’s the truth, Ruth. I’ve taken to avoiding Tumblr on Tuesdays because Big Media won’t stop begging and pandering for attention. Pro tip: If you gotta beg, I’m already skeptical. Let your...
