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The best political convention coverage online
August 28, 2008
Mark Glaser says the increase in bloggers, Twitterers, podcasters and new media types has changed the dynamic of the press corps. Read more »
People’s Republic of Lindsay Toler
August 14, 2008
Student journalist Lindsay Toler recently appeared before millions of viewers on Dialogue, a China Central Television news program hosted by Yang Rui, the Larry King of China. The 21-year-old Dallas resident recently marked her 30th day of blogging from Beijing, just as an estimated 30,000 journalists from around the world are starting to arrive for the Summer Olympics. Three words: Access trumps experience. Five more: The messenger is the media.
This post was submitted by Oscar Martinez.
Multimedia presentation: Mother to all
August 14, 2008
Since 1980, Barbara Patton has cared for 147 children: Abused babies taken away from their parents, babies dropped off under California’s Safe Surrender law and babies with medical conditions that would intimidate the strongest of individuals. Reporter Tara Cuslidge and Photographer Ariel Zambelich traced her life for several months, ending in the adoption of her daughter, Angelina.
View the multimedia presentation here: http://online.recordnet.com/projects/mothertoall/
This post was submitted by Brea Jones.
Center for Public Integrity launches investigative blog
August 5, 2008
The Center for Public Integrityhas launched a new investigative blog, PaperTrail. Read more »
EveryBlock partners with the Chicago Tribune
July 27, 2008
EveryBlock has launched a partnership with the Chicago Tribune and is open to partnering with other news organizations in any of the cities it has sites in so far. Read more »
Bill Moyers on the American Dream
July 25, 2008
Bill Moyers Journal has launched a new on-going, Web-only feature called “Deepening the American Dream“. Guests of the program answer the question: “What your vision for the future of the American dream?” and their answers on video are collected at a special area of the Moyers site.
New Media Women Entrepreneurs Competition winners announced
July 16, 2008
J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism and the McCormick Foundation have awarded three $10,000 grants for entrepreneurial news ideas - for public storytelling installations, a networking site for Puget Sound’s military community and a news site for and by Latinas - as part of the New Media Women Entrepreneurs initiative. Read more »
Beijing blogger uses community-news site
July 8, 2008
The first journalist connected to The Dallas Morning News in Beijing for the 2008 Summer Olympics is … Lindsay Toler, a University of Missouri student who is chronicling her experience on neighborsgo.com, the citizen-media site of The Morning News. Read more »
This post was submitted by Oscar Martinez.
New ways to detect doctored photos
July 6, 2008
PBS reports on a “digital detective” inventing new ways to tell if photos have been faked. Watch the video of the story and then take the test: Examine nine photographs and guess if they are fake or real.
EveryBlock launches two new cities
July 1, 2008
EveryBlock has launched sites for two new cities, Charlotte and Philadelphia.