WeatherBug offers local RSS feeds
October 31, 2005
WeatherBug is now offering free local RSS feeds that deliver customized local conditions, forecasts, news, user-contributed photos and more for local areas.
Online Journalism Award winners
October 31, 2005
NYTimes.com, SpokesmanReview.com and NewWest.net took general excellence awards at the Online News Association’s sixth annual celebration of the best in online journalism.
How to grow Google AdSense revenue
October 31, 2005
Weblogs, Inc. grew blog ad revenue from $200 to $3000 a day with Google AdSense. Publisher Jason Calacanis explains how.
Latimes.com: My Best Shot
October 30, 2005
latimes.com asks readers to submit their favorite travel photos and posts them in this gallery.
Online News Association coverage
October 28, 2005
For full coverage from the Online News Association conference in New York City, taking place today and tomorrow, visit journalists.org/2005conference
Interviewing tips from Dan Gillmor
October 27, 2005
In answer to a question from a citizen journalist, here are some interviewing tips from Dan Gillmor, useful for all journalists, professional or amateur.
Lives in Focus: A lens on life in the margins
October 26, 2005
Using video, audio and photographs, Lives in Focus aims to present the voices of those rarely given much space or time in traditional news outlets. The inaugural effort focuses on the impact of India’s recent patent law on the treatment of the country’s HIV+ population.
Google News headlines on Google Maps
October 26, 2005
Here’s a very cool site that plots Google News headlines on a Google Maps, in real time.
Free LexisNexis Harriet Miers report
October 25, 2005
LexisNexis is making available, for free, a Strategic Profile of Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers from its Courtlink business unit on the free LexisNexis news site.
The site has also been recently redesigned the site and coverage on it continues to expand.
CBSNews.com: “Free Access Or NewsSelect?”
October 25, 2005
From CBSNEWS.com’s Hillary Profita:
Jonathan Dube, editorial director for the Canadian Broadcasting Company’s Web site and editor of Cyberjournalist.net, a site that focuses on the intersection of web technology and journalism, agrees with Morgan. “Online users are more likely to watch shorter video segments than full shows,” says Dube. “Plus, breaking up the video from a show into individual stories enables the sites to integrate the video with related articles on the Web site, and makes it possible for sites to offer users ‘build their own newscast’ options. Presenting the video in that way enables news sites to better take advantage of the strengths of the Internet.”
…Still, while publications such as The New York Times may be navigating toward subscription-based content, television news web sites are shifting in the opposite direction, says Dube, citing CNN’s recent decision to drop its charge for video content on its Web site. “In the past year, CNN.com, one of the biggest sites that required a subscription for people to view video, moved away from that model, opening it up to all CNN.com users for free. Most major news sites now offer their video for free, and I expect them to continue to do so. In the past year demand for advertising on online video has soared, making online video very profitable. As a result, it’s now possible for most major sites to offer video for free, cover their bandwidth costs and still make a profit.”