Online business journalism award winners
March 31, 2008
Here are the winners in the online categories of The Society of American Business Editors and Writers 13th annual Best in Business Journalism contest, for 2007… Read more »
Net effect on news: Articles rule
March 31, 2008
Time’s Michael Scherer has some interesting comments on how the Internet is replacing the notion of packaged “newspapers” with individual articles, as people can select what they want to read directly and advertising moves from publication circulation to individual page views. Read more »
Arianna Huffington ambitious ‘internet newspaper
March 30, 2008
Since plans three years ago to launch the blog The Huffington Post were announced, it has grown in ways that few people, except perhaps founder Arianna Huffington, expected, The New York Times reports. Read more »
Creating a ‘Primary Place’ for Citizens Online
March 30, 2008
How one public radio station used citizen media to improve its coverage of the 2008 presidential elections.
CBS News to launch smart mobile site
March 26, 2008
CBS News is launching an improved mobile site that will recommend relevant headlines based on what people with similar tastes are clicking on. Read more »
New BBC homepage is live
March 26, 2008
The new BBC homepage launched a few weeks ago, after several months of public beta testing. The new design was improved based on feedback from the audience, a great example of how an open beta can improve the final product. Read more »
NYMag.com redesigns site
March 26, 2008
New York Magazine has redesigned its site, nymag.com. Read more »
Online media jobs
March 26, 2008
Web Managing Editor at Technology Review, published by MIT (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Online Community Manager at John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (Miami, Florida)
Online Editor at The Beaufort Gazette (South Carolina)
Center for Public Integrity wins IRE Award
March 25, 2008
The Center for Public Integrity has won the 2007 Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) award for online investigative journalism for Collateral Damage: Human Rights and U.S. Military Aid after 9/11 — the 11th time since 1997 that the Center has either won first place or been a finalist for an IRE award!
Behind CNN’s New Citizen Media Site
March 24, 2008
arlier this month, CNN launched a new site dedicated to user-generated content that is unmoderated — basically, a news version of YouTube. The site, currently in “beta” or test mode, can be viewed at iReport.com. Susan Grant, executive vice president of CNN News Services, answered some questions about the new site.