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Early Indication: African Americans Most Active Content Producers

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

Their sample is small, developed from mining Pew Internet & American Life Project 2005 research, but early indications from a study by Bartosz Wojdynski and Jessica Smith from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill indicate that:
It’s clear African Americans are sharing content in large numbers.
In fact, African Americans are producing more content proportionally […]

Convergence & Society: Participatory Web Conference Today

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

I am at the Convergence and Society: Participatory Web Conference today at the University of South Carolina. I will finally get to see the IFRANewsplex here. I will seek out more links as the day goes on.

How Blogs Help Journalists and Other Reporting Tips

Monday, October 6th, 2008

Alex Blumberg, a producer for This American Life, who along with Adam Davidson reported and produced “The Giant Pool of Money,” has advice for how to produce in-depth stories on big issues often glossed over by the Mainstream Media.
“The Giant Pool of Money,” produced in May 2008, is a fantastic piece of radio journalism that […]

Spokane Editor Steve Smith Resigns

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

Long time public journalism advocate Steven A. Smith’s resignation as editor of the Spokane Spokesman-Review becomes effective today October 3, 2008.
In an interview with Michele McLellan he said:
The journalism that’s important to me is no longer possible…It is no longer my job or our job to save newspapers. Our job is to save journalism and […]

Skill Sets Journalism Grads Will Need

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

There is a series of video interviews at MediaShift that every aspiring journalist should watch. Most are saying be an ethical, skilled journalist first but understand the changing landscape and be able to use some of the new tools.
If most the of the answers are predictable, Len Brody, CEO and co-founder of NowPublic.com, takes […]

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