Journalism, Technology, History

GoVolsXtra is a finalist in ONA's awards

GoVolsXtra, one of the sites that keep me busy, has been named a finalist in the Online Journalism Awards in the specialty journalism category for smaller sites. The awards were announced this morning by the Online News Association and the USC Annenberg...

Using the tools at hand

The value of video conferencing on the cheap was demonstrated Sunday when the Society of Professional Journalists president used her Macbook to do a video conference at an event of the society’s East Tennessee chapter in Knoxville.

Small news to have big impact

As a person running a blog on MT this sounds cool, a plugin that automatically presents an IPhone/iPod enhanced version of the site to users accessing the site with these Apple devices. What would be cooler would be a newspaper Web site announce...

Knoxville blog network

Noticed the Knoxville blog network we’ve launched is getting some attention.

Taking the shades off for a Sunshine suit

The News Sentinel’s decision to recruit some bloggers to help cover its Sunshine suit against the County Commissioners is drawing some react. Editor Jack McElroy outlines the plan in his Sunday column, which was posted on his blog Friday evening....

Mashups: Ya a weem o wep a weem o wep

A pretty amazing campaign mashup of where the presidential candidates are traveling complete with Youtube videos of their speeches there. The site says:

Take control of your phone

I agree with Merlin Mann that GrandCentral’s feature set holds a lot of potential for managing phone contact. I wish Comcast would steal a few of these ideas and my work phone acted a lot more like it. That said,...
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