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Stop bitchin’ and just train yourself
via Mastering Multimedia by (author unknown) on June 08, 2008
Shared by greenergrad i like his styleThe number of newspaper video journalists is growing amongst the dwindling ranks in newsrooms. The Newark Star-Ledger in New Jersey recently converted 20 reporters and photographers. In my own newsroom at The Spokesman-Review, three more reporters are being outfitting with Macbooks, Final Cut Express and video cameras. But just because someone dumps at...
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Innovation at newspapers won’t succeed if the organization doesn’t support it
via Journerdism | Will Sullivan's Stompin' ground for journalists and nerds. by Will Sullivan on June 07, 2008
... LoudonExtra.com’s ability to gain an audience, integrate more community content and become a staple in the locals’ lives.“Mr. Curley says whenever a big story breaks involving Loudoun County, the Post typically publishes it on Washingtonpost.com without a link to LoudounExtra. That deprives LoudounExtra of potential traffic. Nor does the Washingtonpost’s own dedicated Loudoun County p...
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T-Mobile Sues Starbucks Over Free Wifi
via GigaOM by (author unknown) on June 07, 2008
Shared by greenergrad gotta remember to use scribd for embedding pdf in storiesWhat do they say – one man’s meat is another man’s poison. Looks like that was for T-Mobile USA that has filed a lawsuit against Starbucks, which had recently switched over from T-Mobile to AT&T. AT&T offering free WiFi at Starbucks locations is putting the hurt on T-Mobile’s WiFi business, prompted the...
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What Newspapers Still Don’t Understand About The Web - Publishing 2.0
via publishing2.com by (author unknown) on June 04, 2008
And what’s the root cause problem? The useless article with no real-time data and no links was written for the PRINT newspaper. And the homepage is edited to match what will be important in the PRINT newspaper. And the navigation assumes I think like I do when I’m reading the PRINT newspaper. Want local news? Go to the metro SECTION.
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Wingnuts Moto Racer for the iPhone
via The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) by Mike Schramm on June 07, 2008
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Gaming, Odds and ends, iPhoneOur friends over at Freeverse have been working on a racing game (undoubtedly going to be one of a few released by different companies) for the iPhone called Wingnuts Moto Racer, but various NDAs, game mechanics secrets, and developer confidentialities have kept them from being able to talk about it too much, with us or anyone else....
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Improving on Robots Exclusion Protocol
via Official Google Webmaster Central Blog by (author unknown) on June 02, 2008
Shared by greenergrad nice to see google pulling back the curtain a bitWritten by Prashanth Koppula, Product ManagerWeb publishers often ask us how they can maximize their visibility on the web. Much of this has to do with search engine optimization -- making sure a publisher's content shows up on all the search engines.However, there are some cases in which publishers need to communicate...
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Free Books for your Amazon Kindle
via 43 Folders - by Merlin Mann on June 06, 2008
My pick of the week on the latest episode of MacBreak Weekly wasn’t so much my new Kindle (which I do like a lot), but rather a few services that make it easier to find and download free books you can read on the Kindle. These picks included Project Gutenberg, Manybooks.net, and the wonderful Feedbooks. Feedbooks is the service I highlighted as being the most interesting of the three to me...
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Jon Stewart on new GI Bill
via cnewmark by Craig Newmark on June 06, 2008
Hey, check Jon out on the veterans site.
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LoudounExtra.com Needed More "Touch"
via E-Media Tidbits by Michelle Ferrier on June 06, 2008
Illustir, via Flickr (CC license)LoudounExtra.com could have used more "high touch" activity.A few years ago, I moved from Washington, D.C. to a very rural community. When I traveled down those country roads, I'd be absolutely tickled when folks out in their yards would look up and wave as I passed by. They didn't know me, but they still acknowledged me as part of their community.I...
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Supermedia
via BuzzMachine by Jeff Jarvis on June 06, 2008
Charlie Beckett’s Supermedia, Saving journalism so it can save the world has been pubilshed in the UK and soon will be in the US. It’s really a treatise on networked journalism. I was honored to have been asked to write the foreword. Snippets:First, let’s get this straight: No one says that amateurs will or should replace professional journalists. That’s not what networked journalism is...
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