An Old Friend and New Thinking about Sports Journalism
My awesome friend John, a blogger, journalist, and thinker about life’s big and small challenges, has been quietly racking up a very impressive list of news coverage lately for his new project over at Northwestern’s Intelligent Information Lab. The project is Stats Monkey, a system that takes box scores and other statistical information about sports [...]
does the web make every citizen a journalist?
In a world where everyone can self-publish and write stories about their everyday lives and the world around them, is everyone a journalist?
PBS’s Video Your Vote project recruited citizens to take video cameras to their polling places and upload the video of their voting experience to YouTube. PBS asked citizens to report on any problems [...]
leah’s guide to the internet
I’ve been meaning to blog about these items, but I haven’t found the time. Today’s links are about blogging versus journalism, nonprofits and poverty, and women around the world:
Why are journalists and not bloggers assumed to be ethical by the FTC? – Media Matters
How Mobile Phones Contribute To Female Progress In Developing Nations – Jezebel
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what do we write about?
I had a really interesting discussion via class today about how many organizations grapple with how to make a blog interesting, relevant, and useful. I would argue that one service that NGOs can provide is a filter for, and perspective on, the day’s news. There’s an organization in my home town that works on conservation, [...]
what’s up with women?
I don’t get Maureen Dowd.
Says Ms. Dowd:
According to the General Social Survey, which has tracked Americans’ mood since 1972, and five other major studies around the world, women are getting gloomier and men are getting happier.
A good friend sent me this article, “Blue is the New Black,” and asked me what I thought about its [...]