I looked at the MSNBC interactive map called Islam in Europe which gives users a rundown of the history, population, and issues of the Muslim inhabitants of Europe. It is a pretty basic setup, users are presented with the map, the countries change color when moused-over, and when they are clicked on a space on [...]
Since it was first announced in 2005 as a competitor to Mapquest, Google Maps have proved to have many uses as well as being a simple, intuitive mapping solution that many developers have used to do many cool things. 10,000 Words has a really nice collection of posts featuring a lot of nice maps, a [...]
I looked at one of the sites mentioned on the NPPA: Best of Photojournalism 2008 for this week’s post. I looked at the photos and watched one of the videos in the story from the Roanoke Times about the Hellgate 100K (roughly 62 miles), an ultra-running competition that takes participants anywhere from 11 to 18 [...]
While the radio documentary website Soundportraits.org has a relatively simple layout and has a few broken links, the working links to other articles and other media reinforce the main stories very well and present the story in an interesting way; taking advantage of the capabilities of the internet. The site incorporates a good variety of [...]
Although “Journalism Online” was published in 2002, and the web is a completely different beast here in 2009; Mike Ward was still able to provide some guidlines and tips for writing online that still apply today. It is obvious now, but Ward realized early on that the online environment is largely a non-linear experience, and [...]
I really liked Ira Glass’ series about storytelling from Current TV (the interview featured on YouTube). He has a lot of good experience in the broadcast industry and his knowledge and tips about telling good stories are valuable advice. The two basic building blocks Glass stresses that people need to use in broadcast are anecdotes [...]
The B.A.S.I.C Principles of Online Journalism series by Paul Bradshaw had a lot of very insightful information and provided a good amount of clarity to the somewhat muddled idea of what online journalism is all about. The only thing I think he could have improved was the navigation of the stories. I understand that most [...]
A review of the technology blog at Gizmodo.com.
I decided to examine the story from the Baltimore Sun about “German Thursdays” at a local bakery in Parkville, Md. The article was supplemented by this slideshow, which really improved the quality of audience understanding. When reading through the Sun article by Nicole Fuller, one can get a decent idea of what is going on [...]
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