Visualizing data often makes good stories. I wondered how stories themselves could provide data for visualizations. You often hear of the ideal graph of story structure–the classic three-part profile with an introduction to the conflict leading to a climax, and ending with the resolution. This structure would be represented by a slow-rising hill ending with [...]
The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism recently assumed the editorial leadership NYTimes.com’s The Local community web site, which covers the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. The plan is to build on The Times’ work, which first launched in the spring 2009, and to make it more scalable, generating greater community contributions and [...]
One of the nice things about Google’s Web-based software is that new features keep popping up even if you’re not paying a cent. This week the big news was Google Buzz. More on that once the dust settles. Meanwhile, I’ve recently been testing three new Google Docs features. First, Docs now lets you upload, store [...]
According to founder Turi Munthe Demotix is a “street wire” or “virtual photo agency” specializing in international breaking news coverage. For the more than 8,000 contributors to the citizen-based photo website it’s an opportunity to showcase and perhaps sell work. For the rest of us it’s the latest example of an industry in transition experimenting [...]
Most of so-called mainstream media has sharply reduced or outright eliminated its foreign newsgathering operations in the past five years. But in the supposed ashes of the crash burning of foreign reporting some see a bright future.
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