Jun
9
Lots to catch up on, as blogging seems to be hit-and-miss these days:
- Amor Cão. A great piece of Portuguese multimedia on male prostitution. Even if you don’t speak or read Portuguese (and I only know enough to have gotten the gist of the piece), this Jornal de Notícias piece is worth watching for the way photography is used.
- Heeding To The Oxymoron: U.S. News Killing the Weekly; Focusing On Biweekly and Online. Update from the world of the news weeklies, where the numbers are grim and changes are afoot.
- Closures roundup. And, from the freesheet world, news that a quarter of the 320 so far launched have folded. Also from the freesheets: Prizes for Free California dailies, proving, I guess, that a newspaper is a newspaper.
- Time to Expose Staged Video and Photos Ops. Photo ops and staged events are the lifeblood of politics and PR. I agree with Len Witt that journalists should be exposing this sh**, not enabling it.
- WikiAudio – A Premier Audio Wiki. Red Write Web pointed me to this site — a free online pro audio encyclopedia — which should be on every journalist’s bookmark list.
- The rules have changed; politicians beware. There has been a lot written about what Bill Clinton said on the receiving line and how a citizen journalist captured it. Steve Outing has a nice take on it, and Jay Rosen has the most complete and thoughtful look at the situation that I’ve yet read. Citizens armed with digital recorders aren’t the only change in American politics, either: Kevin Drum has details on how both McCain and Obama have told ABC News the’re not interested in single-station-controlled town hall meetings.
- The Development of E-Paper Technology. An update on where we are. Apparently, progress is being made.
- 10 reasons (or more) to be a jolly journalist. I really like Paul Bradshaw’s list.
- Looking Back: How different groups voted. This may be the best interactive info graphic I’ve ever seen: it’s breathtakingly simple and elegant and loaded with information. Be sure to roll your mouse over some of the state “boxes.”
- Sports columnist fired for plagiarism. Another one succumbs to the temptation, this time right here in Vancouver. I really, really, really don’t understand.
- If Your Users Fail, Your Website Fails, Regardless Of Intent Or Design. Scott Karp nails it.
