Mumbai Causing Bloggers to Up their Game
Mumbai Help is a blog unlike any I’d ever seen before. The blog has become a leader in updating those in the Mambai area and those elsewhere in the world who are willing to help volunteer. The blog discussions where blood donations are needed in the area and where special prayers are being offered throughout [...]
Start your Holiday Shopping! Election 2008 Front Page Collection
The Poynter Institute has compiled a collection of newspaper front pages of the election 2008 results. The book, which is available for just $14.99 (NPPA,ASNE, APME, SND or ASJA members get discounts), is the perfect buy for anyone interested in journalism! I already bought one for myself!
Twitter and the Mumbai Tragedy
While it’s true that it’s hard to believe that something called with a name like Twitter can be considered highly journalistic, more than anything else the text messaging social networking site has been giving an in-depth perspective on Mumbai during and after the terrorist attacks.
A casual stroll through those I am following on Twitter lead [...]
J-Schools Now
Earlier today I had a very interesting telephone conversation with Brian Stelter of the New York Times about the current state of journalism education. He asked me my thoughts on the current state of j-schools and my own person experience being a journalism major at Rowan for an article he’s writing.
The conversation got me thinking [...]
ONA Launches Redesign of Journalists.org
The redesign of Journalists.org is the latest move by the Online News Association to advance their status on the web.
The new journalists.org will display many of the same features that were on the old design but with a few newer upgrades, including:
VIDEO: YouTube’s Project Report
Project Report, a YouTube Project sponsored by the Pulitzer Center, is bringing journalism to YouTube. With just three rounds of five minute videos, “non-professional, aspiring journalists” from all around the country are able to submit their stories to be judged.
The lucky to-be journalists who are advancing to the third and forth rounds are:
DoGoodWork, with [...]
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