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 »
OurTown.com relaunches
September 25, 2008
OurTown.com has relaunched and features a new front page, an enhanced navigation system and several new features, including a comment and blogging system. All pages are pre-populated with feeds from Topix, Newser, Oodle, and The New York Times.
WSJ.com set to relaunch site
September 15, 2008
WSJ.com is set to relaunch on Tuesday, paidContent.org reports. Read more »
Knight Foundation Community Information Challenge
August 11, 2008
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is going to give away up to $24 million to community foundations for creative uses of media and technology to help keep communities informed and their citizens engaged. Journalists are being encouraged to contact their local community foundation and craft projectsthat may help meet the information needs of their community. Read more »
Nieman Reports: Politics and new media
July 30, 2008
The latest issue of Nieman Reports has more than 20 articles about politics and new media — all online. Read more »
Google News tests new design
July 29, 2008
Google News is experimenting with improvements to its design, showing more images, videos, quotes and highlighting popular stories, the Google Operating System blog reports.
Google launches Wikipedia rival
July 23, 2008
Google has launched a rival site to Wikipedia, called Knol. The big difference between the two is how Knol is handling authorship.
News websites: A source of hope and fear
July 22, 2008
A new study from Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism the examines the changing nature of resources in American newspaper newsrooms and the impact those changes are having. Read more »
mySanAntonio.com launches new site design
July 17, 2008
mySanAntonio.com has launched a new site design, including streamlined navigation, enhanced search and “several interactive features that allow you to be heard and show off what’s important in your life.”
Canada’s journalism schools emphasize multimedia
June 19, 2008
Canada’s journalism schools are putting more emphasis on online journalism and multimedia, The Financial Post reports. David Beers, founder of online news magazine theTyee.ca and unstructor at UBC, recommends keeping the following pointers in mind when students are job hunting… Read more »