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Comment on How to create an interactive timeline by Tim Lewis

Tim Lewis — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:50:31 +0000

I’ve used Dipity to create a timeline of the history of our college’s electronic journalism education program in northeastern Vermont that has links to an early telecomm pioneer – the president of AT&T Theodore Vail. It’s easy to use – requires a modest monthly fee if you go over a certain number of items – and was very problematic late last year when some of Amazon’s servers that host the Dipity service went wonky. Dipity says everything is now back to normal, but the service interuption certainly freaked out some of us who had put a lot of time and effort into creating timelines and thought they might be lost. It did point out to me the downside to having “free” things in “a cloud” and out of your control. I’m looking forward to the development of a long promised Dipity feature that would allow a PDF printout of the completed timeline.

Comment on Interviewing glossary by Advancing the Story » How to deal with confidential sources

Advancing the Story » How to deal with confidential sources — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:10:16 +0000

[...] officials who think “background” means “off the record” and vice versa. This glossary of interviewing terms covers the most common ground [...]

Comment on Mobile apps let newsrooms assign ‘citizen journalists’ by Kevin Davis

Kevin Davis — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:47:02 +0000

Hi Deborah,

Thanks for sharing Rawporter with your audience!

We launched a couple of months ago with a baseline beta product so that we could start collecting user feedback and there are now numerous enhancements on the way that should be pretty helpful for those who want to participate. Our initial focus has been to polish the product and strengthen our business model but we are now in early discussions with a handful of traditional media outlets as well as some innovative indies.

We think it’s important to note that Rawporter is also focused on assisting the “new media” community. We believe that access to credible and affordable video will be helpful for bloggers eager to stand out among the masses. While we expect a large percentage of assignments to come from mainstream media with breaking news needs, we believe there is significant value in video (and photos) that can be used to enhance and differentiate one blogger from the next. We’ve heard that it doesn’t always have to be sensational and that there is value in everyday events whether an exotic vacation video to a simple product review.

Please feel free to reach out anytime. We welcome all feedback and appreciate any assistance that will help improve the experience.

Sincerely,

Kevin

Comment on Photojournalists arrested for doing their jobs by Deborah Potter

Deborah Potter — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:16:57 +0000

Another incident, this time in Memphis, where police detained a photojournalist for the ABC station and deleted photos from his cellphone after he took pictures of officers at work on a public street. http://www.abc24.com/news/local/story/Can-Cops-Delete-Your-Cell-Phone-Pictures/J8kGSgNmikSoE7yuxBL2aQ.cspx

Comment on What’s in a reporter’s notebook? by What’s in a reporter’s notebook? « digital journos

What’s in a reporter’s notebook? « digital journos — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:51:26 +0000

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Comment on TV news needs verbs by Dave Silverstein

Dave Silverstein — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:06:53 +0000

But when did “here’s a picture of John and I” become a way of life? Maybe when Facebook was born?

Comment on Tips to increase social media engagement by mumpykaur

mumpykaur — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:22:57 +0000

Nice tutorial and please do explain why we need to write in slang words or short forms in sentences in our text?????????

Comment on TV news needs verbs by Ray Seva

Ray Seva — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:15:43 +0000

Three years ago, I left local TV news (24-year career) for a PIO position. Only NOW have I FINALLY become comfortable with writing “normally!” Though I must admit, the thing that I STILL catch myself writing is “says” instead of “said.” (“The Governor says it’s the prudent thing to do…” when in reality she SAID this two days ago.

My goal is to get rid of this nasty habit by the end of the year.

Comment on TV news needs verbs by Jim Morrow

Jim Morrow — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:27:02 +0000

Message well taken. Hoping it makes a difference. Attempting to create better sentences will be the order of the day for me. Ah jeez, now I’m doing it! Anyway, spot on article!

Comment on TV news needs verbs by Wayne Freedman

Wayne Freedman — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:41:33 +0000

You said that as well as is humanly possible.
I apologize for using a non-descriptive verb in the previous sentence, but sometimes a non-descriptive verb will be the most expedient. For instance, I wanted to say a non-descriptive verb IS okay…

Oh dear..I just used another one.