Jeremy Porter over at Journalistics lists his favorite 91 journalism blogs and websites Journalism Blogs. Anyone know of others that are must reads? Here’s a few: AEJMC Newspaper Division Blog – this blog is an adjunct to the Newspaper Division…
Monthly archives: January 2010
Watchdog site is latest in the dot-org news boom
California Watch is the largest investigating team in the state, says Mark Katches who helped launch the team of seven reporters, two multimedia producers and two editors to help fill a “big void in doing investigative work in California.” The…
We’re live with State of the State
In addition to featuring the live video stream, we’re trying something different at kpcc.org by streaming Twitter feeds with the hashtag cagov and cabudget about California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s State of the State speech. Mike Roe, our Web producer, is…
Durkin highlights smart new start-up news sites
SPJ Digital Media Committee member Jessica Durkin lists her favorite community-based online news startups as we’re seeing entrepreneurial journalism kick up. The time is ripe for these kinds of ventures as grants become available and new players get into the…
The takeaway from Politico’s ‘intense’ memo
The New Republic got its hands on an internal memo from Politico that outlines its mission. Big takeaways: Owning the morning is vital to our prosperity. Early links have longer shelf life, and our journalism has more of an opportunity…
Holovaty suggests a newsroom rethinking news
This is an old article that I’ve kept in my clippings, but I couldn’t help but re-read it as the new year is here and I’m thinking about data and new ways to present information online. In the article, Adrian…
Buttry’s ‘mobile-first’ strategy for newspapers
“Mobile technology presents more opportunities (and threats) now than finally getting it right on the web,” writes veteran journalist and digital media innovator Steve Buttry in his multi-part series on setting a “mobile-first strategy.” We need to gain expertise, through…
Schudson riffs on the rise of non-profit journalism
Journalism historian Michael Schudson, a Columbia University professor, says government, philanthropy, public radio, nonprofits and universities all should have a role in advancing the future of journalism. He says that until recently journalism “on the whole it has not been…
