Journalism, Technology, History

Jeff Herr: Get Your Mojo On!

Jeff Herr, Director Of Interactive Media, Lee Enterprises, does a presentation called “Get Your Mojo On!” His talk is broken into eight videos. His is another presentation from the “Smart Phones for Smart Journalists” wrokshop in Nashville on April 9....

YouTube rolls out conversation tool for all to use

YouTube and Google on Thursday released to all users a tool called Google Moderator it had used in just a few high-profile events like a Q&A project with President Obama. It’s an interesting attempt by YouTube to provide a more...

Turning stoneware into schools

Here’s an Interesting effort by at least 24 Seagrove, N.C., potters to raise money for help Greg Mortenson build schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. They are creating special pieces to sell on Aug. 14 to raise money for his Central...

Toast of the journalism trade

In an industry hard hit by declining fortunes, layoffs, furloughs, pay cuts and dizzying org-chart  reorganizations, there’s been something that has brought smiles and way-to-go comments from many a journalist. It’s the story, as Bristol Herald Courier Editor J. Todd...

Ruminations on news

Blogger and professor Jeff Jarvis, Steve Coll, former managing editor of the Washington Post and of the New America Foundation, and John Sturm of the Newspaper Association of America on the future of news.   (viaBuzzMachine) Possibly related articles by...

Innovating without even knowing it

Damon Kiesow did a story today on Poynter.org with Ventura County Star Visuals Editor Ray Messe about the newspaper’s use of the iPhone to shoot video. Meese did a presentation about those efforts at the Online News Association workshop in...

Nashville flood cleanup: Sunny days but still a wet disaster

Photo taken Sunday morning on Second Avenue between Church Street and Broadway in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Lots of workers were on the job just a bit down the street as the cleanup from the May 1-2 floods in Nashville and...
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