Apr
10
A few things before I head out the door for the last class of the semester, the first of many committee meetings over the next month and a half and, most enjoyably, the chance to hoist a pint at the end-of-semster gathering of the students.
- Something is brewing in journalism. A very nice Clyde Bentley report on citizen journalism. Includes this lovely line: “Citizen journalism is no more a replacement for traditional journalism than teabags are a replacement for water. Both can stand alone comfortably, but when combined they produce something quite wonderful.”
- My reading list for journalism grads. I’ve pointed to a bunch of the things on this list before. Hell, I even wrote one of them. Jack Lail has done a nice job of pulling together some thoughtful posts for the next gen. Via Martin Stabe.
- Building Google Maps in minutes. I’m going to keep pointing to resources for building Google maps until we all understand how easy it is and how valuable a resource these maps and mashups are for journalism.
- Comment call: which are the best non-English language blogs? Paul Bradshaw has put out the call for links to non-English journalism and media blogs. Makes me wish I knew more than one language (although I can struggle through Portuguese and already follow Atrium, Ponto Media and Alex Gamela, who blogs bilingually) or that online translation services were much better. You might also like to check out Paul’s Yahoo Pipes flow of translated posts from a handful of the non-Englsh blogs.
- Journalism a religion? God help America! Tom Abate is on a recent roll. First a four-part indepth essay on journalism as it is — and should and could be — practiced, and now some very sharp observations of a j-school alumni gathering. Required reading.
