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Training: Intro to mobile journalism tools

Mandy — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:45:06 +0000

Last week, I taught a mobile journalism workshop as part of APME’s Newstrain seminar at the Newseum here in Washington, D.C. While I’m not a mobile journalist per se, I am a journalist that loves my smartphone. The class was aimed at those who are new to most mobile news gathering, reporting and publishing apps and [...]

Link roundup: Demographics, Quora, Instagram and news from old media

Mandy — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:30:56 +0000

File under “Good to Know” In not-at-all-shocking news, a Pew study shows the Internet Gains on Television as Public’s Main News Source . Since 2007, the number of 18 to 29 year olds citing the internet as their main source has nearly doubled, from 34% to 65%. Not surprising numbers, but notable nonetheless. This should have TV stations that [...]

10 ways journalists can use Storify

Mandy — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:54:52 +0000

When Storify came on the scene, it inspired a lot of oohs, ahhs and speculation as to how it would work for journalists. Here are some ideas. [...]

How to build, manage and customize a Crowdmap

Mandy — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:20:13 +0000

So you’ve got a great idea for a user-contributed map you need to launch RIGHT NOW. Ushahidi’s Crowdmap makes it pretty easy, and hopefully this post makes it even easier. All examples shown are from TBD’s Crowdmap for D.C.’s election.

First of all, if you’re mapping a crisis, Crowdmap recommends checking our their Emergency Response Strategy [...]

Quickly create a collaborative map with Crowdmap

Mandy — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:40:14 +0000

Every election since I started my professional career has led the news organization I was working for at the time to say, “We really should have a map of election problems.” Then we’d build some UGC map held together by virtual duct tape. Sound familiar?

User-populated maps have come a long way in the past few years [...]

Wave’s down, but Google certainly isn’t out

Mandy — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:04:54 +0000

Google Wave may have been killed off, but Google may be readying for a large social media project that could have a lot more impact on everyday web users. [...]

4 potential uses for Google Wave in news

Mandy — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:03:19 +0000

Google Wave has a lot of features that make it an ideal candidate for fixing problems a lot of newsrooms face thanks to limitations in current technology. [...]

Google Wave has potential for journalism – but that’s all it is right now

Mandy — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:25:57 +0000

Google Wave is an amazing new tool with lot of features that could solve several problems journalists face right now. But it isn't quite there just yet. [...]