June 2008
26 posts
The journotwitterverse
Okay, so I got all excited about Crowdstatus and built this. It pulls together tweets from journalism bloggers and teachers, digital journalists and others with thoughts about the future of news. Tell me who’s missing and I’ll add them!
Crowdstatus →
This is a cool way to pull together tweets from a group of people. I like what the BBC has done with it. Nice step to open up what’s happening across the newsroom.
Carnival time
It’s time again for the Carnival of Journalism, hosted this month by Andy Dickinson. Now I just have to figure out what I’m writing…
From our friends at the Knight Digital Media... →
…comes this nice post by Michele McLellan about our video efforts.
If you think online news is difficult... →
Complete that thought in the comments on this funny post by Ryan Sholin.
Remembering fallen journalists →
Thanks to Danny Sanchez for this little reminder that journalism is, in many cases, a matter of life and death. The BBC, he notes, will today “begin shining a beam of light into the sky each night to remember journalists who have died to inform people and give a voice to the voiceless.” Watch the dedication ceremony here.
WatchI won’t usually cross post stuff here from the exploding newsroom, but this is worth it. A video about the increasingly popular sport of dragon boat racing, by Star-Ledger veejay John O’Boyle.
Disqus this, disqus that
Spent part of the morning integrating disqus here and at the exploding newsroom, and you can check out my disqus page here. Pretty cool stuff, and the option of leaving Seesmic video comments is a nice bonus.
WatchFriend Matt Rainey goes for the ride of his life with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds.
Remembering Francis X. Clines' New York stories
For years, I read Clines’ little time capsule tributes to life in New York City, and every now and then a little snippet of one flashes into my mind. Today, I saw a couple jogging and remembered Clines overhearing one city runner turning breathlessly to a partner and asking, “Where are you, heartwise?”
N.J. newspaper learns a new medium
Talking with newsandtech.com on blogtalkradio:
http://tinyurl.com/6d6mgl
“Don’t be afraid to make a mistake, your readers might like it.”
– William Randolph Hearst
5+ Ways To Use Facebook Chat Outside of Facebook -... →
You gotta love a chat service called gabtastik.
FaceReviews: Facebook News, Application Reviews... →
Where mobileme meets mobileyou.
Waiting for propagation
Using a custom URL requires a little patience. You buy it, you point it toward tumblr’s IP address and then … you wait.