April 2010
17 posts
On hiatus
Hello there. I’m Valerie, and I’m the person who has been updating this tumblr. I’m leaving the University though, and I’m not sure if my future replacement will continue this blog. I hope so, but there’s no guarantee. So I wanted to explain the lack of posts in the future. You are welcome to follow me at my personal tumblr. It will have some of the same items as...
Apr 30th
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WatchWatch
This video was shot with a Canon digital SLR and a remote control helicopter. The potential for news coverage is great, as mentioned here. Helicam with Canon T2i/550D over Whitefish (by Jeff Scholl)
Apr 20th
Online and multimedia storytelling from the 2010... →
Apr 20th
“The technology may be new, the speed faster, the culture different, but in...”
– NYT Public Editor Clark Hoyt on the danger of always being “on” (NYT) (via saragregory) Great point from Clark Hoyt. The Web — and your audience — also allows you to verify information better and faster than ever.  (via sasquatchmedia)
Apr 19th
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Police seize riot photos from JMU Breeze's... →
Apr 19th
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What's New in Photoshop CS5 Extended →
gregbabula: Content-aware fill, puppet warp, 64-bit support (Mac), and more.
Apr 13th
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““If they’re deciding the merits of a book’s newsworthiness on...”
– Oprah Winfrey: Another American Icon Gets The Kitty Kelley Treatment : NPR
Apr 13th
Apr 12th
7 examples of exceptional Flash packages →
Apr 12th
Apr 9th
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Will Columbia-Trained, Code-Savvy Journalists... →
Apr 7th
Reporters Without Borders Issues 'Enemies of the... →
Apr 6th
New Yorker's David Remnick: On Being an Editor →
sasquatchmedia: Great NYT article that captures fine editing: to be non-crazy yourself, to allow crazy occasionally from others, to stay out of the way. Mostly, to remember how thoroughly hard it can be to write well. Snippet from story below: “To be an excellent editor, you have to be something of a psychiatrist,” said Michael Specter, a staff writer and an old friend. “He’s good at judging...
Apr 5th
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The Top Ten Works of Journalism of the Decade →
Apr 5th
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Student Editor: When Did Our Op-Eds Become So... →
Apr 5th
“Snopes is one of a small handful of sites in the fact-checking business. Brooks...”
– At Snopes, a Quest to Debunk Misinformation Online - NYTimes.com
Apr 5th
AP, juveniles and privacy →
Apr 1st
March 2010
41 posts
“College newspapers are going to have to deliver more content on many more...”
– Does your paper do enough to remain relevant? | Sports Field Guide This article is about sports coverage, but I’d argue that quote could be applied to just about all things college newspapers cover.
Mar 30th
The Ultimate Guide To Cloning In Photoshop →
Mar 30th
“Look, the news media have long indulged themselves in the lazy luxury of being...”
– On The Media: Transcript of “Tracking Polls” (March 26, 2010)
Mar 29th
Mar 29th
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How to Use Interactive Time Lines in Breaking News... →
Mar 29th
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From Gumshoe to Google Wave →
Mar 29th
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“For some reason, college journalists continue to write columns about...”
– Columnists need to focus on local teams | Sports Field Guide
Mar 25th
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Game changer for sports journalists? →
Software that will automatically write sports stories?
Mar 25th
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“So, I dunno. I’m torn. The vile stuff is … vile. It should not see...”
– Story Lab - “The Lowest Comment Denominator”
Mar 24th
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Society of Professional Journalists Region 8 Mark... →
Congratulations to the Rice Thresher staff!
Mar 24th
“Traditional journalism as practiced by the nation’s major news outlets, even as...”
– An Rx for Reporting : CJR
Mar 23rd
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“The Cavalier Daily office is a lot like an Antarctic research base. No, really....”
– The Cavalier Daily | Tundra-tested This is just a normal editor’s good-bye column, but it does a great job of describing what working on a college paper can feel like. Even though my college paper is now, sadly, defunct, that experience and the people I met (and still call friends) will...
Mar 23rd
Mar 23rd
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Top 31 free alternatives to YouTube →
Mar 23rd
“She said she never aspired to be a photojournalist. Rather her path, she...”
– Fearless to the end: Remembering Margaret Moth - CNN.com
Mar 22nd
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The Funniest Newspaper Corrections Ever:... →
Mar 22nd
“For 68 years, John E. Love has been haunted by memories of being forced to carry...”
– The Associated Press: AP corrects caption to reflect soldiers’ memory
Mar 19th
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The TAO of Journalism →
Mar 19th
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“Each spring, journalists unwrap their favorite tired sayings, worn phrases and...”
– Don’t dance with maddening cliches | Sports Field Guide
Mar 18th
NPR Creating New App and Web Site for Apple iPad →
studentjournalist: infoneer-pulse: That’s what The Wall Street Journal–like this Web site, the Journal is owned by News Corp. (NWS)–is doing, for instance: Visitors to the newspaper’s front page will see an iPad-specific, Flash-free page. But those who click deeper into the site will eventually find pages that haven’t been converted. Kinsey Wilson, who oversees digital media for NPR, says he...
Mar 17th
15 Awesome interactive maps from the New York... →
Mar 17th
“In the past, there was never a question of trusting a restaurant review that ran...”
– The Yelp Effect - Houston Restaurants and Dining - Eating Our Words
Mar 17th
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2009 ACP Yearbook Pacemaker Finalists →
Mar 17th
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“At larger universities, sports consumes hundreds of millions of dollars each...”
– What are sports worth on your campus? | Sports Field Guide
Mar 12th
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NPR, SiriusXM Internships Steeped in Multimedia,... →
Mar 12th
Apply for the Stone & Holt Weeks Fellowship with... →
Mar 11th
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Mar 11th
Lorem Ipsum - All the facts - Lipsum generator →
Mar 10th
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Journalism t-shirts →
Mar 9th
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Print Magazines for Web Designers, Digital... →
Mar 8th
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Peter Parker gets fired! →
Mar 8th
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Tagging & subcategories: organizing online content →
Good advice for college papers.
Mar 4th
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10 News photos that took retouching too far →
Mar 3rd