Posted on September 12th, 2008 by Deborah Potter
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 the inside front cover. Wired’s Charlie Sorrel is not impressed. Way to go, Esquire. If [...]
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Posted on September 11th, 2008 by Deborah Potter
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 learned one lesson early on, when iReport contributions poured in after the death of “crocodile hunter” [...]
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Posted on September 10th, 2008 by Deb Wenger
“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 what he meant to a class of graduate students at Virginia Commonwealth University. “The most [...]
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Posted on September 9th, 2008 by Deborah Potter
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 here before: Qik: Live streaming from your cell phone. Great live news potential. Doesn’t work [...]
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Posted on September 8th, 2008 by Deborah Potter
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 battle was published around the world. Today, young photographers who want to cover the war [...]
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Posted on September 4th, 2008 by Deb Wenger
Most Web producers will tell you to always test the content you create for a site in multiple browsers. When you do, you almost always find differences in the way your page appears. Now, Google has launched a new browser called Chrome. Among other features, Chrome’s navigation bar — the space where you type an [...]
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