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"An Arkansas television anchorwoman died Saturday, several days after she didn't answer her wake-up call and was found beaten in her home, hospital officials said. "
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October 27th, 2008links for 2008-10-25
October 26th, 2008-
'"We've got from now to the end of the year to figure out what adjustments we have to make," Willse said. "We will be able to produce an abundance of good stories. We will still have a good paper but we have to figure out exactly how to accomplish that."'
Full text on Guardian RSS feeds
October 25th, 2008The Guardian has become the first major newspaper to post their articles in full in their RSS feed. Glorious news.
It’s a move that’ll delight readers, but even more importantly, it’ll delight Google. From the Google Reader blog:
This is a huge first step in making more content available in more places, and we applaud the Guardian for taking it.
There is no more important a relationship that an online presence can establish than one with Google.
McCain vs Obama — the dance off
October 25th, 2008In a surprising twist in this year’s election campaign, both John McCain and Barack Obama have opted for a 4th televised battle. This time, in an attempt to woo younger voters, the candidates ditched the traditional debate format and went for… a dance off. Enjoy.
Unbelievable McCain Vs. Obama Dance-Off – Watch more free videos
Showing appreciation to Journobiz
October 22nd, 2008For quite some time now I’ve been a member of Journobiz, a brilliant online community for mainly freelance journalists. Not only is it a great resource (if you’re looking to crack open a freelance market, look no further), but it’s full of great, friendly people.
I realised that I don’t often talk about Journobiz, despite owing SO much to it. So, I thought it might be a decent idea to make this little button, so that if you’re a member, you can display it proudly on your blog… or wherever you please.
I’m happy to host it, so feel free to just use the HTML code provided below.
Simply copy and paste this code into your blog’s sidebar. Wordpress users, you will need to create a new ‘text’ widget, and paste the following:
<a href="http://www.journobiz.com"><img src="http://showyourworking.com/jbizbadge.jpg" alt="I'm on Journobiz, and so should you be!" /></a>
Quote of the day…
October 16th, 2008On my iGoogle page, I have a little feed of quotes. This one caught my eye today:
Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for – in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it. – Ellen Goodman
How depressing.
links for 2008-10-03
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Great points here. Redesigns and giveaways aside, you rarely see good advertising for newspapers. Should that change?
links for 2008-09-30
October 1st, 2008-
"[T]he internet will be the future home of good journalism. There is a wealth of innovation, enterprise and creativity online, but brilliant web-based journalism is produced by spending revenue raised by the old printed and broadcast media."
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For those who don't read Creative Review, you should. This blog is great. Here's an interesting look at how corporate logos are beginning to look reather similar. Colourful sphere anyone?
Amazon.co.uk selling used condoms
August 19th, 2008Why pay £5.99 for a pack of 12 Durex condoms when you get a pack of used ones for £1?
It’s a no-brainer, it really is…
The bashing together of young journalism heads
July 15th, 2008Every month I take part in the Carnival of Journalism. It’s a fun little event where a selection of invited bloggers bash their collective heads and write about journalism. It’s been especially good in recent times, as there has been a set question to answer for all of the bloggers.
Think of it as an enclosed meme on your favourite subject.
Anyway: I had an idea. After reading the wonderful tale about Jessica DaSilva, and having been a long-time reader of MerandaWrites, I thought it would be a stellar idea to start a blog ring — just like the Carnival — but specifically for young journalists.
Only a handful, mind you. The ring will be invitation-only: The bloggers will have already made a bit of a name for themselves. I think, collectively, the group could hold some power. We are, after all, the future of the industry. Wouldn’t you be interested in what we’re up to?
After posing the idea on Twitter, John at Journalism.co.uk got in touch to say they’d be interested in hosting it. So, in the spirit of all things bloggery, I’m now putting the idea to everyone:
Who should be in it?
What should we be writing about?
Would you read it?
Should the ‘age’ be based on life age, or years of experience?
I look forward to seeing what you all think.
