January 27, 2012
EDITOR’S NOTE: Yesterday KDMC published an interview with Fabrice Florin, who’s now in charge of engaging new editors at Wikimedia (the nonprofit that supports Wikipedia and other projects). That conversation sparked further thoughts on how and why journalists might get more involved with Wikipedia, which Florin shared in an e-mail to trusted collaborators. With his permission, we’re republishing it here…
January 27, 2012
By Steve Fox: A couple of weeks ago I was at a hockey game with my son. During the game, as I absentmindedly checked emails on my phone, I saw a Twitter note from an alumni of the UMass program saying "Look at what this person is saying about you!" Without thinking, I clicked on the link....and instantly kicked myself for doing so, as the link ...
January 25, 2012
The past week saw several major news stories, from the Italian shipwreck to coverage of the Republican presidential primaries to Eastman Kodak’s bankruptcy. But Pew found that U.S. adults under 30 were especially likely to follow news of the Jan. 18 widespread blackouts of several popular websites to protest two bills aimed at stopping online piracy…
January 24, 2012
When a news topic gets popular, it might make sense to give it some special online treatment. NPR recently published its Project Argo toolkit for creating topic-focused websites using the popular free open source content management system WordPress.
Matt Thompson, Editorial Product Manager for Project Argo, explained how news organizations and others can use these tools…
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@NeimanLabNiemanLab: The week that was (evil/not evil/more social) for Google, and the JoePa fiasco http://t.co/SnfH407W |
@jayrosen_nyuSalon: Too many debates spoil the party http://t.co/Ngnkph5N Wrong. The debates are the one positive trend I see in American electioneering. |
@knightfdnRT @matthaggman: Day 1 of One Laptop Per Child at Holmes Elementary in Miami. First OLPC directed project in US. http://t.co/tqdJJP2i |
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