Edit this Wired story
August 31, 2006
In an experiment in collaborative journalism, Wired News has posted a story submitted by a writer as a wiki and invited readers to edit it, before publishing the final version Sept. 7. The story is about — what else? — wikis.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to do the job of a Wired News editor and whip it into shape. Don’t change the quotes, but feel free to reorganize it, make cuts, smooth the prose or add links — whatever it takes to make it a lively, engaging news piece.
Hike the John Muir Trail
August 30, 2006
The Fresno Bee just created an interesting project online by sending four reporter/photographer teams to hike sections of the John Muir Trail and blog about it.
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1Alive.com debuts phonetic video search
August 30, 2006
From LostRemote:
WXIA-TV’s 11Alive.com has debuted a beta search application powered by a company called Nexidia that allows users to search for video by audio keywords. So for example, I searched for “John Car” (instead of “John Karr”) and it correctly identified the exact locations in WXIA’s newscasts where the words were spoken by the anchors or reporters. Wow. Search results appear in the form of full newscasts, but when you click to play, the newscast is cued up where the words were mentioned — and corresponding index points appear on the play bar. Very impressive.
Update on NewAssignment.Net
August 29, 2006
More details on Jay Rosen’s most interesting project.
NYTimes.com withholds story from Britain
August 29, 2006
The New York Times held off publishing a story online that was in Monday’s print edition because lawyers had advised it might flout British laws, according to USA Today.
The site then put the article online, but blocked Britain from accessing it using the same technology used for targeted advertising.
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Online Journalism Award finalists announced
August 29, 2006
Here are the finalists for the 2006 Online Journalism Awards, which include a number of Hurricane Katrina entries. The winners will be announced at the OJA Awards Banquet during the 7th annual national conference of the Online News Association, which will be held October 6 & 7th at the Capital Hilton, Washington, DC.
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Toronto Star launches N. America’s first downloadable PM newspaper
August 29, 2006
The Toronto Star is launching North America’s first afternoon downloadable newspaper, “Star P.M.”
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How popular is Forbes.com?
August 28, 2006
Forbes.com claims to be the most popular source for business news, but The New York Times raises questions about the site’s industry-leading success, reports The Times’ Peter Edmonston.
What-Ifs of a Media Eclipse
August 28, 2006
“Whether the former Knight Ridder papers will be better off, financially and journalistically, under new management remains to be seen,” The New York Times says. “But they will also continue to grapple with the Internet as they reorient themselves to a media world in which pressmen, truck drivers, reporters and editors are all rethinking how they do their jobs.”
Hurricane Katrina archive
August 28, 2006
The Internet Archive and many individual contributors worked together to put together a comprehensive list of websites to create a historical record of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina and the massive relief effort which followed. This collection has over 25 million unique pages, all text searchable, from over 1500 sites.