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Quick thoughts on journalism and version control
Today at work I got my own sandbox for web development. In a Skype conversation with the lead developer, he said I could get a branch off the trunk for certain projects I might work on. Basically, I would have a testing environment (sandbox) and it would make sense to also have a place (branch) [...]
Rethinking Our Thinking, part 2: Computational thinking and the new journalism mindset
With all the discussion of the skill set and mindset necessary for journalists today — both of which are important — we need to also consider a deeper question about mindset: how to go about rethinking our thinking. One key area of exploration is computational thinking, through which we can tie the practice of journalism [...]
ONADC/Hacks & Hackers meetup tonight: NYT’s Derek Willis on journalism + data + coding and walking through Toxic Waters
For this month’s joint ONADC/Hacks & Hackers meetup, Derek Willis of The New York Times interactive news technology team will discuss data + coding + journalism and walk through the award-winning Toxic Waters project. You can watch live (archived video player embedded below) or follow along the Twitter by searching ONADC. If you’re in town, there are still [...]
Rethinking our Thinking
As someone who started out as a primarily “print” reporter, my mindset — and, more specifically, my thinking — as a journalist continues to evolve after nearly eight years in the field, starting as a high school sophomore. Computational Thinking visualized by Carnegie Mellon using Wordle. (Creative Commons) That made me wonder on Twitter: How [...]
Slides from Link Journalism presentation at New York Press Association 2010
Quick update: I attended the New York Press Association (hashtag #NYPA on Twitter) spring convention this past weekend, where I led a session on link journalism. As I had hoped, the participants asked questions throughout and we had a good discussion. The slides are embedded below (RSS subscribers will probably have to click through to Slideshare [...]
