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Adding PDFs to your Kindle Scribe
Yes, you can read and mark up PDFs on your Kindle Scribe. The multiple pathways produce very different results, so it’s important to think about what functionality you desire before you upload. Continue reading
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Connecting Pocket to Twitter on your iPhone
Please note the addendum to this hack at the bottom of the post. —- With the latest Twitter for iPhone update, I lost the ability to Pocket. For me, this change is a major disruption to my workflow. I scan Twitter throughout the day for headlines and links of interest, and when I happen upon… Continue reading
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‘The Player’ opening shot by Robert Altman
This opening shot from “The Player” by Robert Altman is eight minutes long without a cut. I’ve been a fan of many of Altman’s intertwined stories, and I love how he uses the camera to introduce us to multiple story lines in one tracking shot. Opening scene from The Player (1992) from Single Shot Film… Continue reading
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#jcarn: Finding the way to meaningful, long-lasting content
Author’s note: This post wraps up the responses to my earlier prompt for the Carnival of Journalism blog project. Feel free to contribute your own blog responses, and I’ll add them to the thoughts compiled here. — As I’d hoped, our group stretched my prompt about longevity and meaningful content in a variety of directions. Engagement… Continue reading
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#jcarn: What is the best way to measure meaningful content?
David Cohn, our Carnival of Journalism ringmaster, has graciously allowed me to serve as host for this month’s #jcarn blogfest. For this month’s prompt, I offer two related questions: How do you define meaningful content that has long-lasting value? What is the best way to evaluate content that fosters deep engagement with the audience? Take the prompts in… Continue reading
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#jcarn: Finding the communication ‘jobs to be done’
Note: This post is another installment for the Carnival of Journalism project, where people passionate about journalism are sharing ideas in the blogosphere about ways to preserve and improve the craft. This month’s prompt from Donica Mensing: How do you get your own creative juices flowing? What sparks innovation in your own thinking, your newsroom or… Continue reading
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Super Bowl XLVIII: It’s all about the game
A few thoughts about football, halftime, and spectacles before kickoff time. Continue reading
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Note to self: Don’t fear your choices
Note: This post is another installment for the Carnival of Journalism project, where people passionate about journalism are sharing ideas in the blogosphere about ways to preserve and improve the craft. This month’s prompt: For December I would like you all to write a letter to your younger self. You can write about anything, no rules,… Continue reading
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#jcarn: Teach the art of curation and the importance of verification
Note: This post is another installment for the Carnival of Journalism project, where people passionate about journalism are sharing ideas in the blogosphere about ways to preserve and improve the craft. This month’s prompt: What should the student media of the future look like? And should j-schools teach students how to aggregate? — Teach the art… Continue reading
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Embrace your statistical self: Tips from fivethirtyeight’s Nate Silver
Nate Silver scares the bejeebers out of traditional journalists. In the 2012 election, he aggregated polling information and other data, and used statistics and forecasting methods, making FiveThirtyEight the must-read column of the election cycle. While pundits became an echo chamber positing a close election, Silver used data to show that for most of the election,… Continue reading
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Adding PDFs to your Kindle Scribe
Yes, you can read and mark up PDFs on your Kindle Scribe. The multiple pathways produce very different results, so it’s important to think about what functionality you desire before you upload.
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Connecting Pocket to Twitter on your iPhone
Please note the addendum to this hack at the bottom of the post. —- With the latest Twitter for iPhone update, I lost the ability to Pocket. For me, this change is a major disruption to my workflow. I scan Twitter throughout the day for headlines and links of interest, and when I happen upon…
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‘The Player’ opening shot by Robert Altman
This opening shot from “The Player” by Robert Altman is eight minutes long without a cut. I’ve been a fan of many of Altman’s intertwined stories, and I love how he uses the camera to introduce us to multiple story lines in one tracking shot. Opening scene from The Player (1992) from Single Shot Film…
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#jcarn: Finding the way to meaningful, long-lasting content
Author’s note: This post wraps up the responses to my earlier prompt for the Carnival of Journalism blog project. Feel free to contribute your own blog responses, and I’ll add them to the thoughts compiled here. — As I’d hoped, our group stretched my prompt about longevity and meaningful content in a variety of directions. Engagement…
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#jcarn: What is the best way to measure meaningful content?
David Cohn, our Carnival of Journalism ringmaster, has graciously allowed me to serve as host for this month’s #jcarn blogfest. For this month’s prompt, I offer two related questions: How do you define meaningful content that has long-lasting value? What is the best way to evaluate content that fosters deep engagement with the audience? Take the prompts in…
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#jcarn: Finding the communication ‘jobs to be done’
Note: This post is another installment for the Carnival of Journalism project, where people passionate about journalism are sharing ideas in the blogosphere about ways to preserve and improve the craft. This month’s prompt from Donica Mensing: How do you get your own creative juices flowing? What sparks innovation in your own thinking, your newsroom or…
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Adding PDFs to your Kindle Scribe
Yes, you can read and mark up PDFs on your Kindle Scribe. The multiple pathways produce very different results, so it’s important to think about what functionality you desire before you upload.
-
Connecting Pocket to Twitter on your iPhone
Please note the addendum to this hack at the bottom of the post. —- With the latest Twitter for iPhone update, I lost the ability to Pocket. For me, this change is a major disruption to my workflow. I scan Twitter throughout the day for headlines and links of interest, and when I happen upon…
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‘The Player’ opening shot by Robert Altman
This opening shot from “The Player” by Robert Altman is eight minutes long without a cut. I’ve been a fan of many of Altman’s intertwined stories, and I love how he uses the camera to introduce us to multiple story lines in one tracking shot. Opening scene from The Player (1992) from Single Shot Film…
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#jcarn: Finding the way to meaningful, long-lasting content
Author’s note: This post wraps up the responses to my earlier prompt for the Carnival of Journalism blog project. Feel free to contribute your own blog responses, and I’ll add them to the thoughts compiled here. — As I’d hoped, our group stretched my prompt about longevity and meaningful content in a variety of directions. Engagement…
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#jcarn: What is the best way to measure meaningful content?
David Cohn, our Carnival of Journalism ringmaster, has graciously allowed me to serve as host for this month’s #jcarn blogfest. For this month’s prompt, I offer two related questions: How do you define meaningful content that has long-lasting value? What is the best way to evaluate content that fosters deep engagement with the audience? Take the prompts in…
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#jcarn: Finding the communication ‘jobs to be done’
Note: This post is another installment for the Carnival of Journalism project, where people passionate about journalism are sharing ideas in the blogosphere about ways to preserve and improve the craft. This month’s prompt from Donica Mensing: How do you get your own creative juices flowing? What sparks innovation in your own thinking, your newsroom or…
About Me
Former journalist and current professor of all things media at Drury University in Springfield, MO. Co-author of “Transforming Newsrooms.” Fascinated by audio, photography and writing. Also love to examine organizational culture, mis/disinformation and podcasting.
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