Category Archives: Journalism

Coming On Line

I attended a conference about urban development this week, and there are two ideas I want to spend more time thinking about: 1. How can journalists work with urban planners and designers to use the digital space to formalize informal … Continue reading

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The Demand for Ramadan Supplies

I had a lot of fun reporting on this story for the August edition of Business Today Egypt, which asks local vendors how sales of Ramandan-related products benefit their overall business. cumpara cialis

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It’s not all one big sand trap

A story I wrote for the August edition of Business Today Egypt, aiming to give a general overview of the golf scene in Egypt. This is the first story I wrote after moving here, so I’m naturally a little stoked … Continue reading

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Three Little Pigs: Where’s the beef?

I’m one of many people impressed with this video advertisement for what the Guardian calls “open journalism.” But I don’t really understand what’s news here. So the Guardian is a modern newsgathering operation, open for comments and promoting conversation on … Continue reading

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On the Face(book) Of It

Facebook filed an Initial Public Offering on February 1, spurring a stream of stories in mainstream and technology publications alike: CNET’s top 10 list of surprises in the information France 24′s insights into Facebook’s “hacker mentality” Blog posts about Facebook’s … Continue reading

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METRO: The creepy guy next to you also wants to read it

Thanks to the Newspaper Innovation blog for sharing this great ad today. I love adverts for print products.

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Par for the course

I watched several top-notch golfers implode today, beaten up by unyielding greens and cliffside fairways at Pebble Beach Golf Links. But while watching the final round of this major championship, as well as during the hours I spent at Pebble … Continue reading

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What is Wikileaks?

When Wikileaks unencrypted and published exclusive US military footage of American soldiers in an Apache helicopter gunning down 12 people in Baghdad – including two Reuters journalists – the organisation gained new viewers and international attention. Sree Sreenivasan, a digital … Continue reading

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Great! Recession.

Three years ago, journalists were frantically reporting on a complex credit crisis they would eventually be critiqued for failing to predict. Dutch reporters reported day and night on the “kreditkrisis.” Spaniards were busy covering the “crisis de crédito.” French speakers … Continue reading

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Ads for news media products

Think legacy media brands are not reinventing and repackaging themselves? Check out some video and print ads I’ve found online promoting news products from Russia Today to O Globo (Brazil) and TV3 (Estonia). A slick Simpsons parody advertises Estonian news … Continue reading

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