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
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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
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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
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AP, juveniles and privacy →
Apr 1st