Month: February 2011

  • Explore increasing news sources #JCarn

    I participated in the February Carnival of Journalism. Lots of good ideas/observations in these posts. David Cohn, who organized the Carnival writes: We have almost 40+ responses to the broad question: “What can I do to increase the number of news sources?” Many of your sentiments overlapped, but each person brought a unique perspective to…

  • Why I’m curating news and why you should too

    David Cohn, our host for the 2011 Renewal Tour of the Carnival of Journalism asks this month: Considering your unique circumstances what steps can be taken to increase the number of news sources? This wording is not chosen lightly. The question is how to increase the sources of news. This does not necessarily mean how…

  • Who started science fairs might surprise you

    I stumbled across this the other day. If I knew it earlier, I had totally forgotten. Newspaper mogul E.W. Scripps is generally considered the father of science fairs in the United States. The origins of the science fairs in the United States began almost thirty years before the first National Science Fair in Philadelphia in…