Journalists are notorious for hating anything to do with math. If we'd been any good with numbers, I often joke, we might have chosen a different career. But it's essential for today's journalists to get comfortable working with data, and the good news is that …
Remember when websites used to measure traffic in hits? The results didn't signify much of anything, of course, because every element on a page generated a hit. Page views came to be considered a better way of counting online traffic, but they couldn't tell you …
The folks at the Guardian have been doing inspired work with data for several years. Now, they've added a new data store--one stop shopping for anyone interested in making data more meaningful. In addition to the data blog that highlights the British newspaper's own analysis …
One possible consequence of staff cuts in newsrooms is more collaboration between and among journalists. While it's always been possible for people in the same news organization to work on a story on a shared computer system, it's not so easy to include someone from …
The transition from general assignment reporter to multi-platform journalist isn't always easy, but people who've made the switch often say they'd never go back. For Josh Hinkle of KXAN-TV in Austin, Texas, working as a one-man band makes it easier to be creative. "I don’t …
Smart phones are revolutionizing journalism much the way computers did 20 or 30 years ago. But it’s going to take time for newsrooms to adapt to mobile newsgathering and distribution because it requires a new way of thinking, says Louis Gump, CNN’s vice president for …
Should you ditch your laptop for an iPad? Kerry Northrup votes yes. He's the brains behind the long-running NewsGear project, formerly based at the IFRA Newsplex at the University of South Carolina, and he issues an annual list of state-of-the-art mobile technology for journalists. This …
Everybody's working on it, from Google to Verizon. "It" is the holy grail that will finally merge live television with the Internet, letting users watch and click in real time on any device they choose--TV, laptop, mobile phone or tablet. No, we're not there yet. Not …
Little interactivity and even less innovation. That's the headline from a new study of the state of mobile news from the University of Colorado. The report chides news organizations for playing it safe and creating apps that just do the basics. "Most of the news …
The Web was supposed to help news organizations expand their reach and make it easy for people to find the news they want when they want it. But when it comes to local television, it seems, that's just not happening. According to a new report from …
Take a mobile phone and a broadcast quality microphone and the world is your storybook. That's what multimedia guru Stephen Quinn believes. Quinn, who teaches at Deakin University in Australia, shared a bit of his enthusiasm about mobile journalism at the World Jounalism Education Conference in …
If there’s one thing most solo journalists will agree on, it’s that doing it all requires terrific time management skills. Backpack journalist Kevin Torres of KUSA-TV in Denver literally backtimes his entire workday, setting mini-deadlines for every step. That way, he knows when he needs …
