October 2011
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The trials and travails of the 1 percent
Still trying to figure out if this Wall Street Journal Saturday piece is a coup by The Onion. Like, OMG, they’re gonna have to live in a mere 26,000 square feet instead of their dream home of 90,000 square feet that they use Segways to navigate? They only have one housekeeper (that poor person) instead of 15? Their kids had to fly on a public plane instead of a private jet? Oh, the...
Oct 24th
The future of political reporting... and data....
Loving the roll-outs of presidential campaign finance interactive data sites with great visualizations by the Washington Post and the New York Times this week. A former CU student, Jason Bartz, helped create the Post graphic, while Derek Willis is on the New York Times team. Derek has a great blog post on the role data now plays in campaigns, something that many journalists lag behind on. Good...
Oct 18th
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The Twitterverse for CHSPA's J-Day
Who needs a slide deck when you can just post a list o’ links? Talking Twitter today with high school journalists at their annual state conference.I’m curious about how many high school journos are using Twitter - it’s a great resource for following sources, for finding news tips nearby, for having conversations with sources and even folks you’d never get to interact with....
Oct 13th