Fellowships for Knight Digital Media Center Tech Tools Workshops

October 9, 2008

The Knight Digital Media Center at the University of California, Berkeley is accepting applications for 20 fellowships per workshop for editors and reporters to attend two training sessions that combine practical instruction in current and emerging technologies that impact news-gathering and reporting with in-depth exploration of issues in online publishing. Read more »


Tina Brown launches Daily Beast

October 6, 2008

Tina Brown has launched her new website, The Daily Beast, a news aggregator that’s about 30 percent original content. Read more »


Switching from print to online

October 6, 2008

Poynter’s “Ask the Recruiter” has a question from someone who just made the switch from print to online and is wondering how best to showcase her work to potential future employers. Detroit Free Press recruiter Joe Grimm’s advice: digitally archived copies and printouts are OK, and collect data on how your decisions have helped increase traffic.


Why video goes viral

October 5, 2008

Interesting look at why Microsoft’s Gates/Seinfeld went viral and ‘I’m a PC’ ads didn’t. Read more »


Congress passes Net radio bill

October 3, 2008

AP reports that Congress has passed a bill that’s aimed at keeping Internet radio alive. Read more »