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21 Sep

The new breed of programmer-journalists

<p><span style="font-style: italic;"><img align="Left" alt="Craig Silverman" border="0" height="80" hspace="5" src="http://www.journalismproject.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/images/content_images/Craig_Silverman.jpg" title="Craig Silverman" vspace="0" width="80" />Two U.S. J-schools are mixing computer science and journalism to create</span><br style="font-style: italic;" /><span style="font-style: italic;">a new breed of programmer-journalists. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Craig Silverman</span> reports. </span><br />

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20 Sep

Experiments in NYC J-Schools

<p>By Davis Shaver<br /><br />Universities around the country have had to shift the approach of their journalism programs to accommodate a quickly changing media landscape. New York City's journalism schools, in particular, are working to rethink their offerings and adapt to the new world.</p><p> </p>

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27 Aug

Digital trends worth tracking, maybe

For those who love lists, two trend-watchers provide a short list of digital waves to watch out for over the upcoming months. The Googleization of media is particularly interesting for […]

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27 Aug

Geo-locating and journalism

The notion of tracking people’s location using Foursquare is the latest trend and some journalists are attempting to use it, mainly for the “cool” factor. However, Jason Keith, of Social […]

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27 Aug

Lessons learned from crowdsourcing

A recently released report by Pew Research and some timely comments from Al Tompkins, from Poynter Online result in a wonderful case study of the pitfalls of crowdsourcing and a […]

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26 Aug

The Tea Makers R.I.P.

The long-running CBC insiders blog, The Tea Makers, stopped publication recently raising.  speculation around its demise. The anonymous blog was started during the 2005 CBC strike, but evolved into a […]

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25 Aug

Online tools for long-form journalism

Poynter Online’s Mallary Jean Tenore looks at how technology is giving long-form journalism another chance at survival. “Five guys,” Tenore writes, “…have found ways to use Web tools to renew […]

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4 Aug

Globe and Mail iPad app free…for now

The Globe and Mail has launched an iPad news app, available for free via iTunes for a two-month trial period. It quickly became one of the top free apps in […]

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12 Jul

Role of social media in news laid bare during G20

An excellent analysis of the role of social media in news coverage is presented by Antonia Zerbisias in the Toronto Star on July 11. She aptly describes how Twitter became […]

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23 Jun

New hyperlocal news site launches in Eastern Ontario

Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000149 EndHTML:0000003774 StartFragment:0000000199 EndFragment:0000003740 StartSelection:0000000199 EndSelection:0000003740 I’m not hyper, but I am local I’ll admit it. The hyperlocal website countylive.ca was designed and launched before I ever heard the […]

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