From the Freedom Forum folks: An Advanced Multimedia Boot Camp will be run by the Freedom Forum Diversity Institute, Jan. 6-10, 2010, at the John Seigenthaler Center in Nashville, Tenn. The course is open to any journalism educators, professionals, college...
Nice piece from Sigma Delta Chi and the Society of Professional Journalists.
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The number of Google Wave users is growing and people are find interesting ways to use it. Here’s one that is aimed at crowdsourcing the “Coolest Places in Knoxville.” If you’re on “Wave,” contribute to it.
I’m doing a Webinar today on online legal issues, another in a series E.W. Scripps is doing with journalism professors at Hampton University using Skype and DimDim. These are some interesting conversations. I’ve put together a set of links for...
I don’t play golf and I never met golf course designer Mike Strantz, but I think he would have had fun yesterday on a sunny day with a bit of crispness and trees still holding some gold fall color across...
At the Celebration of Seagrove Potters on Friday night, I picked up this vase made by Travis Owens of Jugtown Pottery. Jugtown was recently featured on a PBS Craft in America show and Travis Owens is in that segment. The...
Tom Rosenstiel, director of the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism, discusses the future of journalism. The gatekeeper role may be gone, but there are other roles for the Press to play, like “sense-maker.” (via Reportr.net)
E.W. Scripps CEO Rich Boehne is getting some kudos for focusing on editorial quality and training even as the economics of the media business have forced painful cutbacks. A large training program focused on storytelling has launched amid the media...
Fascinating blog post from Jeff Jonas about all the data that little cell phone you’re carrying is collecting:. The data reveals the number of co-workers that join you Thursdays after work for a beer, and roughly where you all go....
I recently created a Twitter list of E.W. Scripps folks. If you’re with Scripps and want to be added to the list, fill out the form. Either way, consider following it.