Google News - Top Searches in 2006
December 29, 2006
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4. podcasting
5. hurricane katrina
6. bankruptcy
7. martina hingis
8. autism
9. 2006 nfl draft
10. celebrity big brother 2006
WSJ.com editor on using blogs, citizen journalism
December 28, 2006
Bill Grueskin, managing editor of WSJ.com, says the Journal has discovered how to make blogs work and is interested in exploring social networking tools, but isn’t sure “citizen journalism is right for the Journal.
Top online media stories of 2006
December 27, 2006
Here is CyberJournalist.net’s annual list of the top online journalism stories of the year, based on the most popular entries on CyberJournalist.net in 2006.
2007: Year of what in media?
December 27, 2006
Two weeks ago The New York Times invited predictions on what 2007 would be “the year of” in media, and the user-generated responses were abundant and wiki-licious.
Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design
December 27, 2006
Jakob Nielsen has released his annual list of the Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design.
2007 Edgie Awards Finalists
December 27, 2006
The finalists for the Newspaper Association of America’s Digital Edge Awards have been announced. The winners will be announced at a special reception January 28, 2007 in Las Vegas at NAA’s annual marketing conference.
Here’s the full list of finalists by category…
Help fix the ‘online newspapers’ Wikepedia entry
December 27, 2006
Steve Yelvington says Wikipedia’s Online Newspapers entry may be the worst page in the entire collection. “What little information it has is riddled with inaccuracy,” he says. Check it out and take a stab at fixing it here.
WSJ paper, site free on Jan. 2
December 27, 2006
The Wall Street Journal will launch its newspaper redesign on Jan 2 and make the paper and website (normally subscription only) free for that one day.
Text-mining maverick predicts customized newspapers
December 26, 2006
Mario Girard., the president and CEO of text-mining maverick Nstein Technologies Inc., predicts newspapers will survive in the future, but will be entirely custom-printed.
Is this the future of journalism?
December 22, 2006
A woman in Venice Beach reviews “The Lion King” and declares it the best musical she’s seen — of the four she’s ever seen. In Dallas, a group of professional reporters and “citizen journalists” collaborate on a federal government exposé. And a Milwaukee news magazine’s experiment with amateur reporters yields fresh insights into city planning, fire department politics and “taco butt,” that unsightly parting of the derrière caused by too-tight denim inseams.
Is this the future of journalism?