Studying the intersection of journalism, interactive communications and public discourse
This is the keynote speech I delivered to the Travelers Information Technology Leadership Development Program Annual Session in Hartford, Connecticut on October 13, 2009. Thank you, Tony for your introduction, and thank you members of the Information Technology Leadership Development Program for inviting me to speak today about networking and the value of conversation. I’d …
Writing for the web demands writing short. You are crafting content for an audience with a very limited attention span. And most people don’t read online. They scan. So here are 25 tips for writing short by Roy Peter Clarke, the writing coach at Poynter Institute. My short list of Clarke’s best tips: #6. Beware: …
“If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance even less.” — Gen. Eric Shinseki “The future belongs to people who see possibilities before they become obvious.” — Ted Levitt
– What Should Journalism Professors Tell Their Students? – Technology Is Newspapers Undoing
“Everyone’s composing their own flow. And once you start becoming the composer of your own flow, you can’t go back.” – Lars Bastholm, Executive Creative Director at AKQA New York.
Advances in mobile technology and the continued proliferation of mobile devices will mean a greater boon for citizen journalism. The idea behind citizen journalism, also known participatory journalism, is that individuals with no professional journalism training play an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating news and information. Mobile technology is …
September 11, 2001. According to the Pew Internet Project, the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, generated the most traffic to traditional news sites in the history of the Web. The immense demand for immediate news had people turning to e-mail, weblogs and forums “as conduits for information, commentary, and action related to 9/11 events.” …
I’ve never watch Mobile TV on my outdated phone, but I have spent an hour or so watching YouTube clips with my cousin on her iPhone. One of my co-workers regularly downloads TV shows to her iPod and watches them while traveling. I can see the appeal of that, if I was on a long flight or train …
My first attempt at a podcast and posting it on iTunes. Creative Cooking With Kids Got a young picky eater at home? Make mealtime less stressful and more fun with creative recipes you and your child can make together. In this episode, we offer a quick, delicious recipe for Snake Pizza.