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2010
Feb
18
What Are Your Favorite Online Tools for Reporting?
“Reporting has always been about digging for facts, finding people to talk with, and gathering ...”
2009
Nov
19
Oct
10
05
Evan Williams' Keynote at ONA09
“Twitter co-founder and CEO Evan Williams opened the Online News Association 2009 conference with a ...”
02
Online News Association Conference Tag Cloud
“ ago collected conversation darthcheeta data david de decisions depardieu english ...”
Sep
29
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Aug
24
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How Many News Organizations Can Say This?
“The human side of work often gets lost in the race to be best, first ...”
12
Jul
03
Jun
26
Have Reporting Work You're Proud Of? Enter the Online Journalism Awards
“Want to be recognized for the online news you've reported, no matter your outlet's size ...”
May
04
Apr
25
Links for My Revenue 2.0 Talk at BCNIPhilly
“ Revenue 2.0 homepage ”
Mar
22
Feb
28
One Last Look at the Rocky Mountain News Newsroom
“By now you've probably read about the shuttering of the Rocky Mountain News, which foundered ...”
11
10
08
Easing Your Way Into Infographics
“For weeks, I've been trying to figure out the best way to put my notes ...”
01
Jan
27
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The Inauguration Widget Roundup
“Let's say you don't want to surf from website to website to watch the Obama ...”
Where to Watch the Obama Inauguration Online
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2008
“So far so good!”
Dec
29
Small Team, Big Story: An Interview With Reporter Trevor Aaronson
“Last week we featured an investigative report about a serial killer on trial in Memphis ...”
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One for Fun: It's a Map, It's a Wallpaper, It's a Clock!
15
And the Ricochet Giveaway 'Wire' Round Winner is...
“Reid Magney, *former staff reporter at the LaCrosse (Wis.) Tribune. Read Reid's story about an alternative ...”
12
09
News, Meet World
“My colleagues at WashingtonPost.com have launched TimeSpace: World, a way to dig through articles, video, ...”
04
Journalist? Searching? Here's Where to Find Work
“2008 has been a tough year for news. In addition to massive layoffs as documented ...”
Nov
20
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Oct
29
Another Kind of Election-Related Analysis
“The political satire site 23/6 has been watching the campaign carefully — so carefully they've ...”
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Who Won the McCain-Obama Debate?
“By most reported accounts, Barack Obama won Wednesday's faceoff by not losing to John McCain. The ...”
15
07
Election Gets Serious, Bored Audiences Want Fun. What to Do? Check This Roundup
“There are lots and lots of ways to keep up with tonight's town hall between ...”
02
Sep
27
R.I.P. Paul Newman
“There are probably dozens of obituaries and rememberances of Paul Newman out today from news ...”
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Get Google to Fund Your Big Idea for Journalism
“Search giant Google announced Project 10 to the 100th today. If you thought the money ...”
23
Got Video Journalism Questions? Stop by Thursday
“Garrett Hubbard, video journalist for USA Today, has graciously agreed to a live chat about ...”
05
04
Pitch Perfect: Learning How to Craft a Magazine Story Proposal
“Most freelancers will tell you when it comes to deciding who to write for, choose ...”
01
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28
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Pet Names Databases Around the Web
“"The pet name database is a staple of computer-assisted reporting."Derek Willis, Web developer, IRE member Examples ...”
Jul
24
Parting Shots, or Where to Vent About Journalism
“Some Ricochet readers have emailed me to express their appreciation for what's become known as ...”
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Jun
27
One for Fun: In Prase Of Copyeditors
“Pulitzer prize-winner Gene Weingarten wrote a funny ode to copy editors in his Sunday column ...”
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Want to Get a Grip on Rails? Check This Out
“Carlos Brando, a Ruby on Rails developer, has released a free book covering the Ruby ...”
07
One for Fun: Predict Who Wins the White House
“While election coverage may be on hiatus, speculation on who will be our next president ...”
May
30
Ricochet Reads...
“ GeoGraffiti Verbal bulletin board for mobile phone users to exchange location-specific info. Social Tagging for Science | ...”
29
Ricochet Reads...
“ McClatchy Interactive Adopts Caspio Bridge | Editor & Publisher "The nation's third-largest newspaper group is adopting ...”
28
Is This What Cable News Has Been Reduced To?
“A friend who loves news but isn't in the news business forwarded this to me. ...”
Washington Post Reporter Embeds Farewell to Readers
“I wonder what kind of traffic Linton Weeks' story has been getting since it went ...”
13
The Trouble With Twitter and News of the China Quake
“Yesterday, a massive earthquake did untold amounts of damage in Chengdu, the largest city in ...”
05
03
Peek Inside a Graduate Journalism School
“The National Association of Hispanic Journalists hosted a multimedia workshop at the CUNY Graduate School ...”
Apr
30
Stake Your Claim, Protect Your Brand, or Be Sorry Later
“Web users are facing an identity crisis. As the public - readers, potential employers, coworkers ...”
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Hed Games: We Have a Winner
“Ricochet's hed-to-hed competition went neck and neck, with a near photo-finish between two entrants. In ...”
22
Tim Robbins Tells Off Broadcasters
“Actor and activist Tim Robbins was opening keynote speaker at the recent National Association of ...”
20
If You Controlled the News, What Would You Do?
“The news business, and it is a business, is getting squeezed. There are those who ...”
16
ONA Conference Info Now on Facebook Group
ACES Winner to Judge Hed to Hed Competition
“Las Vegas Review-Journal copy editor Matthew Crowley has graciously agreed to judge Ricochet's headline writing ...”
11
One for Fun: Hed to Hed Competition - Deadline Extended
“The American Copy Editors Society doled out awards for best headlines of the year Thursday, ...”
L.A. Times' Audacity of Hope
08
Setting a Course for Sea Change in an Ocean of Chaos
“It seems all media organizations large and small are scrambling for direction and product differentiation ...”
03
Links for April 3
“I have yet to figure out a good way to publish my relevant del.icio.us links ...”
02
Links for April 2
“ Are You Taking Advantage of Web 2.0? | David Pogue - New York Times (tags: blog ...”
Mar
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Minding the Credibility Gap
“Poynter Online has announced a one-hour webinar April 8 on maintaining credibility with the online ...”
21
One for Fun: Journalist Bars Announce Last Call
“Yes, I realize this was first posted last Friday. And yes, I realize the story ...”
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11
Maximizing Story Traffic With Half-Life Analysis
“I love The Economist. You may scoff at their Web site, but there are few sources ...”
06
One for Fun: Happy Journalists Look on the Sunny Side
“Not everyone is grousing in newsland. I recently mentioned the launch of AngryJournalist.com, an anonymous rant ...”
How to Make the Most of Your Next Conference
“Social media consultant Chris Brogan has posted 10 tips for conference goers. Since the season is ...”
Computation + Journalism Videos Posted
“Didn't make it to the Journalism 3G symposium in Atlanta? Catch up on what you ...”
04
Commenter Busts Meredith Editor for Not Walking the Talk
“Dylan Stableford at Folio points out a gaffe by Meredith president Jack Griffin, who was ...”
Feb
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Web Producers: We're Mad as Hell, and We're Not Going to Take This Anymore
“You may have spent several minutes (or hours) of your day sifting through the rants ...”
22
Watch Journalists and Other Web Geeks in Action
“As mentioned earlier this week, the live webcast from "Journalism 3G: The Future of Technology ...”
21
News Flash: In Blogging, Timing Matters
“Those who blog conscientiously know this already, but it's worth bringing up this excellent post ...”
20
Journalists Get Geeky in Georgia
“Starting Friday, journalists and researchers from all over will gather at Georgia Tech for Journalism ...”
Looking for Examples of New News
“Ryan Sholin at Invisible Inked is looking for bright spots that redefine news. He's started a ...”
Home Improvement at Ricochet
“Spring's not quite here, but it was time to do a little revamping. Ricochet launched quietly ...”
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Steve Outing Launches GrowYourNewsWebsite.com
“Steve Outing, "Stop the Presses" columnist and online media consultant just launched a new site ...”
12
Building Better Business Models for News
“By coincidence, Jeff Jarvis at BuzzMachine was also thinking money today. In his latest post, Jarvis ...”
Free Ain't Easy: Joe Grimm at O'Reilly TOC Conference, Day 2
11
One for Fun: Luv Tite Heds? Enter Now
“Poynter Online announced an inspired competition this morning: the Valentine's Day Short Writing Contest. You will ...”
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05
Google, Twitter Team Up For Super Tuesday*
“This just in from TrendStarks: Google and Twitter are partnering to track Super Tuesday around the ...”
04
Hyperlocal Achievement: LATimes.com Homicide Report Turns 1
“My former colleagues at the L.A. Times noted a milestone in community reporting today: The ...”
Meeting the Challenges of Digital in a Hard-Copy Industry
“Joe Grimm, Detroit Free Press recruiting and development editor and Poynter columnist, pinged me with ...”
03
A Quick Way to Make Your Site Mobile-Compatible
“Mobile is the next big thing for news organizations, but not everyone has the time ...”
Jan
31
One for Fun: The Super Bowl Ad Directory
“This Sunday is the biggest U.S. TV broadcasting event of the year. It's not the Grammys, ...”
30
Did Tufte Miss the Point? Form Should Follow Function
“Earlier this week I attended a workshop conducted by Edward Tufte, the Yale professor emeritus ...”
25
How Badly Do You Want to Go to TED?
“TED, the elite meeting of big thinkers in a wide variety of fields, including media ...”
21
Just What Are 'Rich' Internet Applications?
“According to Tony MacDowell at the recently launched site InsideRIA.com, they're a platform-agnostic programs that ...”
Microblogging Goes Mainstream
“Twitter's spreading ... or should I say, its use among mainstream journos is spreading. In ...”
18
The Future of Ideas is Free
“Larry Lessig's latest book, "The Future of Ideas" is available as a free download. Lessig, who ...”
17
Just What is Journalism?
“’Taint the same as blogging. Nonagenarian NPR commentator Daniel Schorr tells the Sacramento Bee: A person ...”
08
White House Blogs Bush's Mideast Trip
“You read that right. White House Press Secretary Dana Perino announced it this morning. It's called ...”
03
Leading Indicators, Or Following the Iowa Caucus*
“So here we are, a few hours and counting down to what will be the ...”
Photos From Iowa
“Because we on the Web like pictures: Flickr photos from Iowa on caucus day. ”
2007
Dec
29
If Twitter Isn't Part of Your Online Strategy, It Should Be
“Twitter, the microblogging, social IMing, blog marketing, watercoolerish communications site, has been creeping into mainstream ...”
Don't Let the Google Hackers Get You
“You may have heard horror stories about having a Google account hijacked. Worse yet, you ...”
Learning From Science Bloggers
“There are few media outlets that devote lots of space to science writing. Sure, we've got ...”
22
Year in Review, and What's Next For ’08
“My former employer, the Los Angeles Times, looked to Web stats to launch their Best ...”
More Year in Review Highlights
“The Seattle Post-Intelligencer photography staff chose their best of 2007, with photographer blurbs describing the ...”
Lawyers Blog Too
“As is usual for this time of year, everyone's got a "Best of" list. Today, the ...”
20
The Revenue Reason for Breaking News Online
“OK! magazine broke the story heard 'round the world: Britney's 16-year-old little sister is pregnant. ...”
18
Wired Ed. Chris Anderson Discusses 'Emerging Market of Free'
“In 2004, Wired magazine editor Chris Anderson wrote an article suggesting media should focus on ...”
Top 10 Metrics Interpretation Mistakes
“Ogilvie Interactive Marketing VP Rohit Bhargava started a two-part post describing the top 10 overused ...”
Knight Digital Media Center Bootcamp Sessions Live Online
“The Knight DMC started a series of multimedia webcasts. Tuesday and Wednesday sessions will be ...”
14
Social Media Rulemakers Are Wrong
“Here on Ricochet, I look for examples, commentary and sparks of ideas that can be ...”
13
Media Consolidation: Is It Too Late to Stop the FCC? Is There Any Reason To?
“The Senate Commerce Committee spent a good portion of today quizzing FCC chief Kevin Martin ...”
Times of London Revises Mobile Site
“The Times Online has a new ad campaign touting its revamped mobile site. I pointed my ...”
12
Google Needs Good Content
“Scott Karp at Editor & Publisher has written a post that follows on something I've ...”
Sam Zell Plays Santa
“Sam Zell, soon to be owner of the Tribune Co., makes his own holiday presents ...”
Dagens Nyheter Launches Newspaper Phone
“Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter announced it has partnered with Nokia to launch the world's first ...”
11
A Different Take on Group Stories
“An experiment in group fiction via Twitter launched today when 140 writers answered the call ...”
10
Countdown to the Primaries
“You've probably been blocking it, but elections are about three weeks away. Pollingreport.com has been keeping ...”
07
Looking for the Next Great Network
“There've been some rumblings that Facebook has jumped the shark. (Recall the mid-October Jossip survey ...”
06
Vote for Your Favorite Large Social Network Site
“Mashable wants to know: What's your favorite large-scale social networking site? Voting is open until ...”
Quintura is Alternative Search Engine of the Year
“Earlier this week, AltSearchEngines named Quintura their alternative search engine of the year. This should be ...”
Connecting the Web
“What? you say. The Web is already connected. Well, not like it could be, according to ...”
Facebook Says Sorry, But Now I'm Confused
05
Random Shots Around the Web
“ David Pogue is my hero. Especially today when he posted about writers using search engine ...”
Ideas for Flu Season
“Ah, flu season. Today, the New York Times reported reasons why the flu spreads more ...”
Can't Go to TED? Try GEL
“Ah TED, how I adore thee. Especially your home page, which takes the tag cloud ...”
Props to Patrick Day: NPR's Best Lists Series
“Patrick Day's NPR interview on "Best Online Movie Gimmicks" is online. It's the first in The ...”
04
'Status Sphere' is No. 1 Consumer Trend in 2008
“A recent report by Trendwatching says creating, maintaining and increasing status through lifestyle, not just ...”
Analyzing Audio
“Websites have been text-to-speech tools for a while now, but only recently have we seen ...”
Learn a Little Something From Public Media
“Public broadcasters will be gathering in Los Angeles in February for the annual IMA2008 conference. This ...”
Get Graphic in San Francisco
“While we're on the topic of conferences, those interested in information graphics might want to ...”
Northwestern Seeks Multimedia Journalism Instructors
“Medill at Northwestern University has two openings for professionals interested in teaching multimedia journalism, both ...”
03
Digg Images Goes Live*
“Check it out: Digg Images is live. And Photobucket includes Digg links on all its ...”
Show Us Your Best of 2007*
“L.A. Times writer Patrick Day will be interviewed at 5:40 a.m. ET on Dec. 5. Earlier: My ...”
How to Hunt for Sources Online
“Lifehacker has a useful, though perhaps worrisome, roundup of people search sites and browser tools. Just ...”
Good and Crunchies
“First there were the Webbys. Now there are the Crunchies. Nominations have opened for an award ...”
02
Where Does Beacon's Data Go?
“I've been writing quite a lot about Beacon lately, I admit. However, Facebook has become ...”
Data and Graphs and Charts, Oh My!
“Sometimes, it's hard to know what the best visual form for your data might be. For ...”
01
The Newspaper Advantage
“Some of us in the news business wonder where things are headed. At a time ...”
Nov
30
Pretty Pictures Tell a Story
“As more organizations focus on database journalism, the ability to make complex information visually pleasing ...”
Online TV Ads Work
“Not only that but they work better than offline TV ads — with and the ...”
Facebook May Dims Beacon
“Late Thursday night, Facebook finally caved and said they'd turn Beacon into an opt-in rather ...”
29
Keep Your Priorities Straight
“As more media organizations plot strategies to overwhelm their markets, tech teams are probably getting ...”
NPR Wants Your Questions For Candidates
“If you enjoyed last night's CNN/YouTube Republican candidates' debate but feel you didn't get the ...”
Dream Team: Link iPhone to Laptop
“Adam Pash at Lifehacker has excellent instructions on how to pair your iPhone to your ...”
Protect Your Laptop Data With PGP
“If you're like most people you probably don't think much about the security of your ...”
Brightcove to Bail on User-Submitted Videos
“UGen takes a hit. Internet TV provider Brightcove will cease to accept uploaded video Dec. ...”
Mobile Web Design (Free Excerpts)
“Dev.mobi offers free downloadable chapters of graphic designer Cameron Moll's new book, Mobile Web Design. If ...”
28
Gamers in Search of Adventure
“The Guardian observes that RPGs have become deadly predictable. Perhaps in pursuit of creating MMP games ...”
Rule the Mobile Space, Rule the World
“I was contacted recently by a guy looking for search engines that specialized in searches ...”
27
The Earth According to The Onion
“My hater relationship with The Onion conflicts with my love of maps. It's a complicated ...”
Facebook Privacy 'Fix' Isn't Much of One at All
“First there was concern over Beacon. Then came the launch that Faced a thousand users. What followed ...”
26
Digging Deep Into an Investigative Story
“A few days before the crush of Thanksgiving travel began, CBS station KCNC-TV released an ...”
25
Map Mashup Opportunity
“According to an AP article, the Vermont State Archives are putting their historical maps online. I ...”
23
Lost Your WordPress Password? Google's Got It, and That's Not Good.
“Charles Arthur of the Guardian describes a WordPress security vulnerability discovered by a research team at Cambridge ...”
21
Keeping Track of Colleagues
“Media people move around a lot and sometimes it's hard to keep track of who ...”
20
Media Consolidation: Threat to Democracy or Business Reality?
“For the last month or so, media watchers, investors and people interested in a democratic ...”
19
Getting All Legal on You
“The Reporters' Committee for Freedom of the Press just launched a blog called Sidebar. Now you can ...”
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