I bitch a lot. I know. My recent post entitled, “‘We can’t find a web editor?’ Bullshit” was a rant about how behind college media is and how I would quit the school publication and start my own gig if I was still in college. But I don’t like people who bitch and don’t execute. Read More
I am enormously proud to be a part of the team that is reinventing the way news content is distributed. Monday at TechCrunch Disrupt, Publish2 CEO Scott Karp announced the company’s newest product, the Publish2 News Exchange. The entire Publish2 team sat huddled around laptops throughout our various locations in the U.S., cheering him on Read More
Howard Weaver was at BCNI to talk about a new news model in Hawaii from the Honolulu Civil Beat (an outlet from Peer News) that wants to challenge the notion that “people won’t pay for content” (disclosure: it is a venture to which he was a consultant and he now has a diminishing role). The Read More
What are different types of thinking we use for journalism currently? How should we be thinking in a way that informs our journalism better? These are the questions my colleague Greg Linch addressed in his 11 a.m. BCNI session entitled “Rethinking our Thinking.” Spurred by his recent interest in computational thinking, the idea of his Read More
Inspired by Mark Luckie’s recent post about great holiday gifts for newsies, I thought I’d throw in my two cents. I recently read Jeff Jarvis’ What Would Google Do and recommend it as a last-minute holiday gift– for both techy journalist friends and non-journalism family members. It’s the perfect last-minute gift for anyone with a Read More
This week’s #collegejourn chat resulted in a plan to help professors get on board with the 21st cenutry: Who: Professors, students, journalists, professionals What: “Bring a professor” chat When: Sun., Feb. 22 Where: www.collegejourn.com Why: To discuss ways to modernize college journalism education Us vs. them I hate to make this us vs. them, but to Read More
*Note: this blog post was originally posted on CICM This week’s #collegejourn chat is yet another example of how great minds can come together with great ideas (if you’re unfamiliar with #collegejourn chat, read more info here). After an extra hour of chatting, a small group of dedicated #collegejourn chatters have devised a plan to Read More