Journalism
Updates from Poynter programming for journalists/journalism for programmers seminar
I’ll be gathering tweets and posting updates from the Poynter programming for journalists/journalism for programming seminar (see previous post) in this CoverItLive blog. Poynter #journprog seminar
Returning to Poynter: I’ll be attending the programming for journalists seminar
Next week — Aug. 25-27, to be exact — I’ll return to my native Florida for a great opportunity at the Poynter Institute: a seminar that aims to teach journalists about programming and programmers about journalism. From the description: Journalists will learn the programmer’s mindset, and programmers will learn how to see the world through [...]
SXSW 2011: +1 for “Why Journalists Need to Think Like Geeks” panel proposal
In sharing some SXSW links on Twitter yesterday, I mused about proposing a panel on rethinking our thinking and computational thinking. But — alas! — Blake Eskin, editor of NewYorker.com, proposed a session on Why Journalists Need to Think Like Geeks (thanks for the heads-up, Will Mitchell). Based on the description and questions (a few are excerpted below), [...]
Hacks/Hackers: How should we structure an online curriculum for journalists and technologists to learn together?
Howdy, I’m sharing this link/excerpt as I test the “Press This” WordPress tool, which I might start using to share interesting things a la Tumblr. On that note, check out my Tumblr, Greg Linch’s Commonplace Book. Also, check out my answer to the question below. Hacks/Hackers, Mozilla, the Medill School of Journalism, The Media Consortium, [...]
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) [...]
