Over the weekend, the New York Times got into some controversy over a story about a Navy SEALS raid in Somalia. You can read a detailed account of how the changes occurred and some of the blowback here: New York Times Stealthily Corrects Navy SEALs Somalia Raid Story. There are two main issues in this … Continue reading
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College Media and the State of the News Media 2013: Missing in Action
In our College Media Podcast this week, I mentioned the noticeable absence of a discussion of college media in the annual Pew State of the News Media report released on Monday. This is the 10th year of the Pew report, and college media has never been a part. I just never really noticed it before. … Continue reading
News-Observer launches redesign
Charlotte’s News & Observer launched a redesign of their web site today. Here’s the new site: And here’s the old site in January from the Wayback Machine: Publisher Orage Quarles III wrote: We’ve kept favorite features such as most-read articles and the latest blog postings from our staff, and we’ve eliminated a lot of clutter that … Continue reading
Notes from Chicago: OR Magazine – interactive iPad magazines and user interaction
During the ACP/CMA convention in Chicago, I got to spend about 50 minutes with the students who developed OR Magazine as part of a class at the University of Oregon. The designers have now moved on to produce interactives for Flux Magazine. For anyone producing student magazines or longform web publications, I’d encourage you to … Continue reading
As a journalist, you should search outside Google
There are no “regular results” on Google anymore. from DuckDuckGo on Vimeo. Fascinating study by DuckDuckGo, a search engine company. One wonders whether it’s time for a reformation in search. It’s worthwhile also to check out the comments on the DuckDuckGo Vimeo page for the video linked above. The company has also created a web … Continue reading
College Media Podcast Ep. 6: Obstacles and a Bloomberg Terminal for journalists
This is the sixth episode of the College Media Podcast. You can listen via the embedded widget above, or download an mp3 at Soundcloud. Show Notes Topic 1: Reimold and Buttry examine digital first moves in college media Steve Buttry: Students already consume news digital-first; student media should follow suit Advantages, Disadvantages to Student Media … Continue reading
Links to Check Out 09/21/2012
Leaflet – a JavaScript library for mobile-friendly maps “July 30, 2012 — Leaflet 0.4 Released with Lots of Exciting Improvements! — Read More in the Blog” Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here. Continue reading
Detroit Softworks closes shop; SNworks takes over Gryphon
UPDATED AT 10:41 AM (CDT) WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONDetroit Softworks, provider of the Gryphon CMS and hosted news platform, has shut down. The message above is all that remains of their website. They had approximately 15 client college news outlets for the hosted platform. However, the demise of DSW doesn’t mean the end of the … Continue reading
Redesigns 2012: Red & Black
It’s mid-summer, and we’ve got our first redesign of the new school year. The Red & Black at UGA recently switched CMS’s from WordPress to TownNews. Here’s the new front page: and here’s their old design from 2010: Continue reading
The perils of breaking news
This post from SCOTUSblog is a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at what went on at the U.S. Supreme Court the day of the ruling on the PPACA health insurance reform law. The gist of it is that through a series of human snafus and the desperate need to get the news as fast as possible, two … Continue reading
Innovation in College Media 