New Media Women Entrepreneurs Summit 2009 live blog
I’m in DC today for the New Media Women Entrepreneur summit. Here’s a live blog that’s also pulling in tweets with the hashtag #nmwe. New Media Women Entrepreneurs Summit 2009
View ArticleLinkbaiting, thinking while linking and why link journalism requires more...
Sections: Context, How to investigate, What to do, Other examples, Conclusion, Epilogue If you see a blog post titled “10 Iconic Journalists Every J-Student Should Study” and want to share it, please...
View ArticleBringing 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...
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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...
View ArticleRethinking Our Thinking, part 2: Computational thinking and the new...
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...
View ArticleSTEM for kids, teens and me. And my sister.
Consider: …programming should be used as a means to introduce kids to ways of thinking and problem solving that will be useful to them in many different spheres of human endeavor. If in the process...
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Books: Finished Cognitive Surplus by Clay Shirky, started Program or be...
Goodreads is a social network for readers that Lauren Rabaino introduced me to in June. One of the cool features they offer is a way to embed the review you write about a book, so I’ve added that below...
View ArticleJoining The Washington Post as a web producer
I’m excited to announce that, beginning Dec. 6, I will be joining The Washington Post as a web producer on the Universal News Desk. I’m thrilled at the opportunity to work with Cory Haik (I’ll be...
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Notes from Happy Cog event on web design process and practice
On the evening of Nov. 18, I attended An Army of One or a Nation of Millions? Web Design Process and Practice with Happy Cog, presented by the Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington and hosted...
View ArticleNews Foo session pitches
I’m here in Phoenix for the first-ever News Foo camp (what’s a Foo Camp?). I’ve pitched two sessions for this afternoon based on ideas I’ve been thinking about lately: Networked reading: room 252 at...
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