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One of my fellow former fellows asked our pcf09 Google Group about social media, singling me out near the end of her message. After I wrote this response (sent 6:33 p.m. CT), I thought “sharing is caring,” so here you go!
Whoa, I kinda feel on the spot. Well, um… I’m going to cop out and [...]
this is bogus, who would think

Poynter College Fellows win again, this time on video. Seriously, that e-mail group is inspiring me. And, yes, I was asked directly. I don’t just randomly spout off like this. Ok, not THIS much. Thanks #pcf09 kids.
This is in response to a request for advice on teaching a video workshop for high school journalists [Update: [...]
maybe this will change things

I’ll be trekking down to Richmond, the capitol of the commonwealth I now call home, to speak with a graduate-level online journalism class on Friday evening. My esteemed Publish2 colleague (and all-around awesome dude) Ryan Sholin was not able to attend and I’ve been invited to discuss what we do, how journalism is changing and whatever [...]
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I’m in DC today for the New Media Women Entrepreneur summit. Here’s a live blog that’s also pulling in tweets with the hashtag #nmwe.
New Media Women Entrepreneurs Summit 2009

this is so true

Sections: Context, How to investigate, What to do, Other examples, Conclusion, Epilogue
If you see a blog post titled “10 Iconic Journalists Every J-Student Should Study” and want to share it, please consider what you’re attaching your name to on the interwebs.
At the time of posting, more than 70 people have tweeted the link. That’s fine. [...]
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The second Web Journalist Chat on Twitter (#wjchat) will be Wednesday (tonight) at 8 p.m. ET and I’ll be the guest moderator.
(Sidenote: #wjchat is not affiliated with Wired Journalists, the Ning network I administer for Publish2.)
Here’s a preview of what we’ll be discussing:

The relationship between programmers and journalists in your newsroom
Beyond coding skills, what journalists [...]
does anyone know when this will take effect

Quick update: I attended the New York Press Association (hashtag #NYPA on Twitter) spring convention this past weekend, where I led a session on link journalism. As I had hoped, the participants asked questions throughout and we had a good discussion.
The slides are embedded below (RSS subscribers will probably have to click through to Slideshare or [...]
thanks for delivering this story to me

One of my fellow former fellows asked our pcf09 Google Group about social media, singling me out near the end of her message. After I wrote this response (sent 6:33 p.m. CT), I thought “sharing is caring,” so here you go!
Whoa, I kinda feel on the spot. Well, um… I’m going to cop out and [...]
so interesting

Poynter College Fellows win again, this time on video. Seriously, that e-mail group is inspiring me. And, yes, I was asked directly. I don’t just randomly spout off like this. Ok, not THIS much. Thanks #pcf09 kids.
This is in response to a request for advice on teaching a video workshop for high school journalists [Update: [...]
thats funny

I’ll be trekking down to Richmond, the capitol of the commonwealth I now call home, to speak with a graduate-level online journalism class on Friday evening. My esteemed Publish2 colleague (and all-around awesome dude) Ryan Sholin was not able to attend and I’ve been invited to discuss what we do, how journalism is changing and whatever [...]
so interesting