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The blog has been resurrected after the hacker attack. Things are still a bit of a mess around here — category menus don’t work, for instance — but the content has almost all been restored. That’s only because I use a WP plug-in that backs up my database once a week and emails me the [...]
I’m on the verge of recommending that our journalism program get out of the newspaper business. (This is not an anti-print rant, nor does it mean I’m one of those who sees no future for print. What drives this isn’t a matter of platform, it’s thinking about how best to teach skills.) Our print issue [...]
The next semester starts in a couple of days, and with it the first class of what is essentially a course that introduces first year students to multimedia journalism tools and skills. To prepare, I’ve been drafting a list of principles to guide the course (and students). So far, I have this: 1. The ability [...]
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The frenzy is growing over Apple’s likely late-January announcement of a tablet and I’ve lost track of the number of writers who see in the tablet — along with the success e-readers are starting to enjoy — the latest “saviour” for print. (Click any of the links in this Google search I did and you’ll [...]
The chart at left has been on a lot of minds today and, rightfully so, showing as it does an Everest-like profile of what’s happened with newspaper industry jobs over the past half-century or so. (I’ve purposefully made the chart small: you really should go see the original at Silicon Alley Insider.) As someone who [...]
Click to open violin.mp3 in new player window Here’s my third annual holiday season audio offering, although there’s nothing particularly seasonal about it. It’s also not great, but it’s better than last year’s, which was my internet debut on violin. The purpose is to amuse/entertain you. Actually, the purpose is to give me a record [...]
I’ve been neglecting the blog a little over the past week or so, but it has nothing to do with the holiday season. What’s been eating up my time is prep for next semester. I’m excited about it, because of what I’ll be teaching. But getting ready has meant anywhere from three to nine hours [...]
I’m going to get sappy. It’s my blog; you can’t stop me. Turn away if you can’t stand sappy. With those folks out of the way, I want to wish a Merry Christmas (or whatever it is you are celebrating) to three special groups of people: • Students, past and present, for making all the [...]
I’ve spent the day working my way through the introductory tutorial to Flash Catalyst and then using what I learned to create a very small photo piece, which you’ll find here. (I had to link to the file, because I made it too big to be embedded. Go ahead and look; I trust you to [...]
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