Yesterday, QuarryGirl.com broke the news after an informal investigation that VegNews — the world’s top vegan magazine — has been publishing stock photos of real meat alongside vegan recipes and articles (while making slight alterations like changing the coloring and removing bones to make it look more believable). Needless to say, the vegan community is Read More
In a few hours I’m giving a talk at the Associated Collegiate Press conference in Hollywood about creating digital-first newsroom strategies. To most of you who read this blog, it’ll all sound like old news, but you’d be surprised how far behind colleges are in terms of rethinking mindsets and workflows. It shocks me every Read More
The Carnival of Journalism is up and running again, thanks to David Cohn. The carnival is basically a bunch of journalism-obsessed geeks huddling around our virtual roundtable once a month to talk about topics that matter to us. This month’s topic is based on a few recommendations from the Knight Commission that focus on how Read More
My latest 10,000 Words post outlines the latest news design trends in the Google Chrome app store, many of which I believe could be pointing at a future of news design. Notably, I point to: Grid layouts Keyboard shortcuts Full screen glory Multi-column text display Multi-paneled layouts Big, beautiful video and imagery In-browser notifications Offline 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
I wrote a post Tuesday about a new collaborative called The Climate Desk that is grabbing much attention in journalism circles. Ad Age hailed it the “revolutionary” future of journalism. The CJR questioned whether it would work. I believe that yes, it is, and yes, it will — but there are still some rough edges Read More
Full Disclosure: I have been employed by Publish2 as a product designer since January. My favorite Cal Poly journalism professor emailed me this week asking how he could use Publish2 in his journalism classes. Although this list of ideas is specific to Cal Poly’s journalism curriculum, it could easily be adapted to other j-school courses Read More
Of all the scholarly articles I’ve read, nothing has paved a clearer path for my senior project than the concluding words of a speech from John Temple, former editor of the Rocky Mountain News: Know what business you’re in. Know your customers. Know your competition. Know your goal. Have a strategy and be committed to Read More
I’m meeting with a Cal Poly journalism professor Monday to talk about ways he can use social media as a supplement to his global communications class. I don’t know much about the class or the professor, but I’ve embedded the syllabus from 2007 below. I don’t imagine it’s changed much, if at all. (Disclosure: I’m Read More