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Just before Christmas, I was contacted by University of Missouri convergence journalism student Kelsey Proud about holding a regional BarCamp NewsInnovation at the Donald W. Reynold Journalism Institute in Columbia, Missouri.
In the process of trying to work out a date (which should be known soon), I was contact by Jane [...]
We have an incredible opportunity, now we have to figure out what to make of it. I hope to begin a conversation about what we want to accomplish with BarCamp NewsInnovation.
The plan so far is to hold regional BarCamps in Chicago, Portland and Washington, D.C. sometime in January. I have proposed other sites but have [...]
I was fortunate to be in the room today when this group of cool kids from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, Team Crunchberry, gave their presentation today to a group from Gazette Communications on their project NewsMixer.
I tried, with the help of The Gazette editor Steve Buttry, to live blog the presentation. [...]
We need more people in this industry like Amy Webb. If you haven’t heard about the 30-Day Newsroom Innovation Challenge which she announced on her site the other day, you have to check it out. It’s a fantastic idea.
And, remember, a while back when I wrote a post about kicking Rob Curley while he’s [...]
It wasn’t all business in Tampa this week. A couple of my colleagues can sing and took advantage of a local bar with a heck of a karaoke DJ.
The first video is Matt singing Billy Joel’s Piano Man.
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The second is Matthew singing The Low Rider.
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I attended an Emerging Technologies Conference at Iowa State University recently and a couple of things came out that I found interesting.
The main reason I went was the keynote given by Michael Schrage who is an author, former newspaper columnist and does something at MIT now on innovation within organizations.
You can read more on this [...]
I’m in a struggle and I think I have found a quote that sums it up. It comes from a recent post by Yoni Greenbaum on his Editor On The Verge blog.
. . our newsrooms and online operations are being overtly influenced by dinosaurs who are content with seeing their employer struggle and fail and [...]
I can’t resist writing about this. Recently I have been checking out the web site of this company, Hornall Anderson.
A blog post on the company’s web site by Laura Jakobsen just hit me today. This company hires people who definitely “get it.”
Jakobsen writes about the infamous wedding dance video where a couple dances to a [...]