Posts under ‘Learn’

A few weeks back, there was a raging debate among journalists and bloggers about the “death of the interview.” A number of pundits weighed in on the pros and cons of phoners, in-person interviews, and e-mail interviews. For reference, see Stepno, Jarvis, Gillmor, Winer, Rosen, and Glaser. I commented somewhere that I thought the IM […]

I’ve been meaning to write a post about the new College Publisher “Ingest” video upload tool that is the key to CP’s Roo-based video functionality.
Fortunately for me, the folks at CP have produced a screencast that walks through the process. Check it out. For those of you on the CP platform, this is definitely something […]

I don’t often delve into issues of web site design here, as there are a lot of variables that make such comments seem like picking on people. I see the role of this weblog to encourage, challenge and uplift.
However, today I’m going to take a few minutes to wish a swift and well-deserved death to […]

I noticed this recently when I was reading a New York Times article online about Google’s new “Street View” map service. The article features at least three types of hyperlinks, and the way in which they are used confuses more than it helps.
Here’s the article: Google Photos Stirs a Debate Over Privacy. It’s helpful to […]

When I posted screenshots of the ACP Online Pacemaker finalists two weeks ago (ACP online finalists), I wrote that I’d like to hear what the judges had to say about the finalists. An e-mail exchange with Marc Wood at ACP has brought at least some information from the judges via an article by Sarah Rice […]

A few reasons why I love the Internets: making connections, seeing people succeed, and providing hope for the future.
It’s good to see Jim Killam get response to his post about spending time in a newsroom that takes the “web-first” mentality seriously - that’s success as a blogger.
It’s better seeing connections that can help college journalists. […]

I’ll probably offend a lot of design geeks with this post, but hear me out. I don’t think it matters so much what content management system you are using for your online news site.
Design is important. I’ve taught design and I admire designers who do good work on the web. I’ve seen good web site […]

As long as I’ve been teaching journalism students about the Internets, I’ve included at least one lesson on judging the credibility of online information. Part of that lesson included discussing how to gauge the credibility of information based on the top-level domain (.org, .gov, .edu, etc.). The method isn’t foolproof, but the top-level domain should […]

Things have been quiet for some time at the JACC Blog run by Rich Cameron. I figured it was due to the crunch of the semester. But today, he gets published in the Online Journalism Review. Read his story: How to put the community college press online. Innovation in College Media gets a couple of […]

Angela Grant, who taught the video workshops for us in March, has a great post that outlines some of the key concepts of starting to shoot video for a newspaper. I agree with most everything she mentions (I’ll mention the caveat in a moment). Go read her post: Start with video now, figure it out […]