Twitter has become a popular reporting tool that allows journalists across the world to follow the news in real time. Yet little focus is given to its use as a research tool. With its 140-character limit messages, it is more of a robust research tool than we realize. Here are just few ways that Twitter [...]
The Tool: Web-based survey builder that lets users “rank” their choices Why Use It: Great way to identify a “least worst” option instead of just a single favorite. I was recently helping some students identify the best day for an event they were planning, and suggested they use some kind of “preferential voting system,” one [...]
In the multimedia world work flow might be defined simply as an organized, step-by-step system for getting a job done either by an individual or by a team. Good work flow is characterized by an almost mechanized efficiency throughout a project and consistency of method from one project to the next. With digital photography, especially [...]
At the beginning of February, I began a job at Sports Illustrated’s website SI.com as part of their new video team. I chalk this up to a small miracle (and a possible mistake in HR), but the people here at Digital News Journalist don’t seem to buy into my aberration theory. They asked me to [...]
So you want to start a blog? I’ve learned quite a bit since starting Sunset Park Chronicled six months ago. Certain questions that plague the startup entrepreneurial journalist or blogger were easy to answer. It was a “hyperlocal” blog, so I had an audience—the neighborhood. Few news outlets cover this part of Brooklyn, and there [...]
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