Journalism, Technology, History

Contest season

Spread the word: Since 1953 the Scripps Howard Foundation has honored the best work in journalism through its National Journalism Awards program. The awards honor excellence in 17 categories, including one that you will find of interest. The Web Reporting...

Spare change can change the world

Reading the Sidney Morning Herald’s “Ten things that will change your future” reminded me that I hadn’t mentioned Kiva lately. But I’ll get to that in a moment. The list is interesting in that the writer says the items might...

Virtual candidate forums

At the blog, Knoxify, candidates are addressing the blog’s three questions for hopeful officeholders (more details). For me, the first two are but warm-ups for the real question, No. 3, What 5 things could you not live without? Ah, we...

Wave a Magic Wand

A couple really wonderful posts about suggestions for possibly reinvigorating and reinventing print newsrooms for the Digital Age. Editor John Robinson modifies Howard Owens’ 10 things non-wired journalists need to do contest  for the “more-or-less wired journalists” in his newsroom...

We're watching

From Memphis, Tom Guleff’s YouTube video on Open Meetings in Tennessee. (via Newscoma)

Bloggers are too starving journalists

President Bush apparently believes bloggers are journalists. In the closing days of 2007, Bush signed the OPEN Government Act, which strengthens the Freedom of Information Act and also importantly extends journalist status in many cases to bloggers and other independent...

Former KNS biz writer gets promotion

Kathy Brister, a former business writer at the Knoxville News Sentinel, has a new job. Brister, who left the News Sentinel in 2000 to become a business reporter and later editor at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, has been named the senior...

Tom Humphrey is an A-lister

Chris Cillizza, who writes “The Fix” blog on the Washington Post Web site, asked people to send in suggestions on the best political reporters in each state and created a list in a Dec. 28 blog posting.   For Tennessee,...
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