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Bucking the trend

As newspapers across America struggle for readership, advertisers and income, one title is, according to its owners, thriving. The Orange County Register (OCR) in California has fought back against the decline in American journalism by… wait for it… hiring more journalists, … Continue reading

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Snow Fall fall-out

I make no apologies for my admiration of Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek, a detailed interactive, multimedia documentary put together by The New York Times; others agree and it has won a Webby award and a Pulitzer prize. Every … Continue reading

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Why journalists need tech

The University of Texas conducted an interesting experiment recently, bringing journalism students and students of computer science together to create journalism-related apps and get them into the iPhone App store. It reminds me a bit of the Hack Day activities … Continue reading

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