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 »