Journalism
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 [...]
Bringing journalists and coders together for #wjchat, Feb. 17 at 8 p.m. ET
The second Web Journalist Chat on Twitter (#wjchat) will be Wednesday (tonight) at 8 p.m. ET and I’ll be the guest moderator. (Sidenote: #wjchat is not affiliated with Wired Journalists, the Ning network I administer for Publish2.) Here’s a preview of what we’ll be discussing: The relationship between programmers and journalists in your newsroom Beyond [...]
