MORE 'NEWS-AND-MEDIA' POSTS
UPDATE: 11:00AM Monday May 2, 2011 Due to overwhelming demand the site the Newseum site linked below has crashed. Until or it returns or at any time users can view the front pages from thousands of newspapers via the wonderful PressDisplay service. Read a limited amount for free beyond the front page but for a […]
On Journalism.co.uk Sarah Marshall has posted about five favorites Tumblr blogs from large news organizations. Really impressive looking on a laptop and they also look great on an iPhone. It seems everywhere we turn these days we’re reading or hearing mentions of Tumblr. Direct to the Complete List Our Two Favorites: 1. The National Post […]
Fascinating research that’s more than worth a look. From the NY Times R&D Lab “Cascade” Web Site: This first-of-its-kind tool links browsing behavior on a site to sharing activity to construct a detailed picture of how information propagates through the social media space. While initially applied to New York Times stories and information, the tool […]
Overview/Intro: Trove.com, A New Personalized News Resource from the Washington Post Launches Public Beta
Libraries, National Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Publishing, Video Recordings
|We just learned (via an email) that Trove, a personalized news and info service from the Washington Post, is now available for public use. As is often the case around here we’re providing some background, a list of a few key features, and a number of useful links . For those of you who might […]
Research that will be of interest to all info pros and educators. Make sure to review the material on the ExplainMyNews.org web site. From The Diamondback (U. of Maryland): In his second study of online media, journalism professor Ronald Yaros explored the way links in online articles affected readers’ enjoyment and understanding of a story. […]
HBS Cases: National Geographic Society Teaching a case study on the National Geographic Society for the first time, HBS professor David A. Garvin walks out to the middle of the horseshoe-shaped classroom and asks his students, “How many of you have familiarity with National Geographic magazine?” Nearly all 72 students, many from foreign countries, raise […]
New Media and the Courts: The Current Status and a Look at the Future From Twitter to Facebook to YouTube and Wikipedia, new Web-based digital media is transforming how citizens process information, and courts are beginning to examine the impact on a wide variety of their core functions. The Conference of Court Public Information Officers […]
Have a Laugh or Three: The Onion Digitizes Its Print Archive and Makes It Available Online, Rollout Begins Today
Archives and Special Collections, Journal Articles, News, Publishing, Resources
|From an AP Story by Jack Coyle: The satirical paper of record is dipping into its archives. The Onion will announce Monday that it is publishing digitized versions of all its old print editions [1988 – 1996]. Beginning Monday, TheOnion.com will begin posting a handful of old issues every week for the coming months. [Clip] […]
New Study Of iPad Users Identifies Obstacles For The Daily (PDF) To attract a large number of users and generate substantial subscription revenue, The Daily—the news-based application released by News Corporation in February exclusively for Apple’s iPad™ platform—will need to overcome a few obstacles with iPad owners who consume news online. These obstacles include the […]
From a Nieman Journalism Lab Post by Justin Ellis Under the PBS umbrella you’ll find news shows like PBS Newshour,Frontline, and Nightly Business Report, among others, all producing content that lives primarily on air and on individual websites. While video clips and stories are pulled into PBS.org, that site’s primary function is not to be a news source […]