Sensors, Smart Content, and the Future of News – ReadWriteWeb

Nick Bilton from The New York Times R&D Labs discussed how NYT is preparing for the future of news delivery at ETech.

March 17, 2009 by
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Interactivity, Role Playing in News Games Engage Readers

If interactive games make you think of car chases and gunfights instead of conversations between world leaders on serious issues, check out the gaming platforms created by two news-loving entrepreneurs, Sara Quinn writes.

March 2, 2009 by
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Obama and Lincoln: Comparing the president to his hero

President Barack Obama consciously emulated Abraham Lincoln during his campaign. But what do they actually have in common? In honor of the 200th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth, this video animation from The Associated Press looks at this tale of two presidents.

February 16, 2009 by
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Twitter Chatter During the Super Bowl

The New York Times built a fascinating map of the terms used most frequently by Twitter users around the nation as the Steelers took on the Cardinals in the Super Bowl.

February 4, 2009 by
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EveryBlock works with New York Times

EveryBlock has partnered with The New York Times to expand its New York City site with a new section on political news items.

January 29, 2009 by
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New York Times creates alt home page with aggregated links

The New York Times has launched an alternate view of its home page that includes links to other news sources under its headlines.

December 4, 2008 by
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Los Angeles Times Data Desk

The Los Angeles Times Data Desk includes maps, databases and other resources that help you dig deeper. Right now it has 38 projects and more than 730,000 records. See a list of all projects.

December 2, 2008 by
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NBC News Launches ‘iCue’ Facebook App

NBC News has launched a new online trivia game application on Facebook called What’s Your iCue?, MediaWeek reports.

November 22, 2008 by
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What Newsrooms Could Learn About Mobile from the Obama Campaign

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama campaign’s use of text messaging and mobile offers some valuable lessons for newspaper journalists, the digital development director for Gannett New Jersey says in his blog on the Courier-Post’s Web site, according to E&P.

November 18, 2008 by
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‘Video Your Vote’ in action

See the videos that have been submitted so far to the YouTube/PBS “Video Your Vote” project from voters around the country…

November 3, 2008 by
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