Online Journalism Awards entry deadline extended to July 8
July 2, 2009
The deadline to enter the Online Journalism Awards has been extended to Wednesday, July 8.
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Read historic American newspapers for free
June 18, 2009
Chronicling America is a Library of Congress site that lets you view historic newspaper pages from 1880 to 1922 from the following states: California, District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Texas, Utah, and Virginia.
Harvard Twitter study: Men Follow Men, unlike other social networks
June 9, 2009
A recent Twitter study from Harvard finds that men are more likely to follow men on Twitter, which is the opposite of the usual behavoir on social networks, where most of the activity is centered around women.
New Media Makers Get Grants for News
June 3, 2009
At least 180 community, family and other foundations have contributed nearly $128 million in grants to news and information initiatives in the United States since 2005, according to a new J-Lab report: “New Media Makers: A Toolkit for Innovators in Community Media and Grant Making.” Read more »
How to publish your blog on Kindle
May 16, 2009
Bloggers can now publish their blogs on Kindle — easy sign-up process here. And here’s the link to get CyberJournalist.net via Kindle.
MarketWatch.com redesigns site
May 12, 2009
MarketWatch.com has redesigned its site, including a new product called the News Viewer: a scrolling dynamic news feed. Here is a tour of the new site. Editor-in-Chief David Callaway talks about the new design here.
Real-time swine flu updates using Twitter
May 4, 2009
Check out this very cool mashup using Twitter and Google Maps. Read more »
Time spent with online newspapers rises
May 3, 2009
Internet users report a large increase in time reading online newspapers, according to the eighth annual Surveying the Digital Future projected conducted by USC Annenberg’s Center for the Digital Future. Read more »
Webcast: The Future of Ethical Journalism
May 1, 2009
The UW-Madison Center for Journalism Ethics is hosting a conference today called, “The Future of Ethical Journalism,” from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (CST), that you can follow online via streaming video or live blogging. Read more »
Judge bans reporter from live tweeting trial
April 30, 2009
A judge shut down the use of Twitter in a Montana courtroom by NewWest.net during a trial. Founder Jonathan Weber had been covering the trial by posting play-by-play reports at www.twitter.com/NewWest.