John Zhu has some thoughtful advice for those who are thinking about leaving the journalism profession. If you’re on the fence, his entry, “How to (Voluntarily) Become an Ex-Journalist” is worth a read.
Hat tip to Kiyoshi Martinez for pointing out that link.
Apologies for not writing more in the last few weeks. Between work, preparation for [...]
Categories: General Journalism
Tagged: jobs
Faithful Poynter Online readers may have seen last Thursday’s article describing how Twitter buzz helped the Chicago Tribune break a story.
The Trib’s made a concerted, focused effort to incorporate social media as part of its news gathering and audience building. Perhaps the most brilliant part of the strategy has been to create Colonel Tribune, a [...]
Categories: General Journalism, Social Media
Tagged: branding, Chicago Tribune, Colonel Tribune, Social Media
NBC may have a death grip on the U.S. broadcast of the Summer Olympics, but that hasn’t stopped other outlets from coming up with different ways to cover the Beijing Games online. Here are a few medal-contending approaches you may have missed.
“Soaring Over the Bar” from the New York Times
American gymnast Justin Spring explains the [...]
Categories: Data + Graphics, General Journalism, One For Fun, video
Tagged: blogs, graphics, interactives, olympics, video
Using public records data for reporting isn’t new. Neither is using computers to pore through information to find patterns. But as news organizations look for more ways to offer public records to readers, new takes on old standbys keep popping up.
The pet names database, a favorite of newspaper and TV websites, got a fresh twist [...]
Categories: Data + Graphics, FOI
“The pet name database is a staple of computer-assisted reporting.”
Derek Willis, Web developer, IRE member
Examples of online pet names databases abound.
Here are a few, listed Woody Allen-style. Feel free to add others in comments.
Arizona Republic pet names database
Des Moines Register pet names database
Kansas City Star cat names database
The (Tacoma) News-Tribune pet [...]
Categories: Data + Graphics
Tagged: databases, dogs, newspapers, pets, TV