There is a debate about whether Twitter and blogs are journalism. Fred Wilson suggests that the discipline of journalism is an outdated concept, supplanted by conversation … “a world of conversation.” Based on that Twitter, Blogs, MySpace are journalism. I...
Recent news videos I like this new promo tool AP did for our local videos. We started using it earlier this week when something zapped the tool we were using. They’re doing something funky with the images, but otherwise I...
Changed my Twitter user name to Jack Lail. It was Devanel. Now you can find me at twitter.com/jacklail. Newscoma says thanks! Yes, add me as a friend. Tags: Twitter
Oh cool, JetSet is shareable, embed anywhere … Get the code. And oh, yeah, they added a bunch of community features to their mix. Tags: JetSet
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Thanks to Mark Potts for pointing to Iowahawk’s Subscribe Now!. And to NewTeeVee’s Liz Gannes for pointing to Good Morning World. Iowahawk has the history of the newspapers satirically nailed. And Andy Peppers (played by Peter Oldring) and Alasdair Coulter...
The Tennessean tried something Tuesday The Roanoke Times tried in March - with the same results. Surely, they foresaw what would happen? Both put up databases of people in their state who had permits to carry a concealed weapon. Both...
Some good commonsense advice on the legal issues of having an online site, blogging or not. Bookmark it! Tags: law
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Varied the routine a little this week. Instead of one short, two medium and one long session, I did two short, and three medium sessions. Looks like I lost 1.5 pounds last week. Here’s what this week looked like: ...
The technology and media use quiz from the Pew Internet and American Life Project divines that I’m in the “Omnivores typology group,” part of what Pew calls “Elite Tech Users” in a report posted on its site on Sunday. I...
Big awards weekend for the the online news staff at knoxnews. Of course, they deserved the recognition they got – and more! Jigsha, Erin, Lauren, Katie and Talid are just an absolutely awesome team. Way to go folks. Rock on....