Month: September 2008

Electronic ink = future of print?

Is this the future of print?  Esquire Magazine has just published an experimental, limited-edition issue that features something called electronic ink on the cover, with moving words and flashing images.  The same technology puts a Ford ad in motion on…

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What CNN has learned from iReport

In the two years since CNN launched iReport, its user-generated content initiative has contributed to and even driven some of network’s coverage, says Tyson Wheatley, news manager for user participation at CNN.  Accepting a Knight-Batten Award for Innovation in Journalism yesterday, Wheatley said CNN…

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Working as a Web producer

“Don’t let school work get in the way of your education.” As a teacher, it’s a little worrisome when those are the first words out of your guest speaker’s mouth, but Rich Murphy, senior Web producer for MyFoxDC.com, quickly explained…

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60 sites in 60 minutes

Hats off to Molly McDonough of the ABA Journal online and Ron Sylvester of the Wichita Eagle for their whirlwind tour of useful sites for journalists at last week’s SPJ convention.  Among their recommendations that I don’t think we’ve mentioned…

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Photojournalism can be dangerous

Award-winning photographer Luis Sinco of the Los Angeles Times knows first-hand how risky his profession can be.  He was embedded with a Marine unit in 2004 during some of the heaviest fighting in Iraq; one of his photos from that…

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