Saturday, March 26, 2005

Grafedia

cool site. please check it out.Grafedia

Wednesday, March 23, 2005

Saturday, March 19, 2005

Wired News: Cell Phones Put to Novel Use

Are you interested in the literary and music? Here is a new artistic medium that combines fiction and riffing like in jazz music...community, cellphones, and stories...Wired News: Cell Phones Put to Novel Use

Friday, March 18, 2005

Dateline Alabama

An older alum builds a story around the work of a grad student and the immediacy of the recent shootings in an Atlanta courthouse.Dateline Alabama

Thursday, March 17, 2005

Monday, March 14, 2005

Low-Literacy Users (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)

Remember what I said about "sight bites" meaning screenfuls of text that don't scroll--here is what some interesting research shows about poor readers. Something to consider: will anyone in our audience be a "low-literacy" user? Let's talk about this in class. Low-Literacy Users (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox): "It's even better to avoid scrolling all together (which also helps teenagers) unless eliminating it requires you to chop content into unnaturally short sections, which can be even more confusing."

Saturday, March 12, 2005

Letting the Blogs Out

Blogs in news publications. Some cool ideas for us here.Letting the Blogs Out

Thursday, March 10, 2005

Poynter Online - Tool #47: Collaboration

Len mentioned collaboration, and here is a short piece from Poynter about collaborating in the workplace. Poynter Online - Tool #47: Collaboration

Wednesday, March 09, 2005

Print Article-American Prospect Online

Blogs as part of the Republican [mis]communication strategy. But Democratic operatives have used their blogs politically, too.

Read and consider for next week. Print Article-American Prospect Online

Monday, March 07, 2005

MediaStorm: A Multimedia Production Studio

MediaStorm: A Multimedia Production Studio

Mr. Sun!: Mr. Sun Citizen Journalist Starter Pack!

Have you followed the FEC and political blogs story? Have you seen the threat to blogging from Apple? We will talk about these, but I see that "Mr. Sun" has come up with a "starter pack" for the novice blogger. Read it with a grain of salt, but be sure to laugh. Mr. Sun!: Mr. Sun Citizen Journalist Starter Pack!

Example of a "package"


South Florida Sun-Sentinel: The Edge

Saturday, March 05, 2005

What is the Folksonomic Zeitgeist?

Oh, if we can only have a "folksonomic zeitgeist....What is the Folksonomic Zeitgeist?

Crooks and Liars

Well, heck, why does anyone bother to go to J school when becoming a big name journo is so easy these days? Watch for yourself. From the Daily Show.Crooks and Liars

Crooks and Liars

Well, heck, why does anyone bother to go to J school when becoming a big name journo is so easy these days? Watch for yourself. From the Daily Show.Crooks and Liars

Friday, March 04, 2005

Shooting Web video: How to put your readers at the scene

If you want to read ahead, here is a "411" on how to shoot video that won't send your viewer/users to sleep or to someone else'st site. Shooting Web video: How to put your readers at the scene