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Yes
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Alicia Shepard, National Public Radio |
Comments: Do they really add to the debtate?
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As NPR Ombudsman, I write a weekly blog that is open to comments. Most of these comments are negative, unproductive and, in my opinion, intimidate others from commenting in disagreement. When Clay Shirky recently visited NPR, I raised this issue with him. He said he thought that journalism needed to rethink commenting forums. There are, no doubt, other sites where commenting is productive. I think we could have a lively discussion on the value of commenting, if there are ways to make them more productive or whether they should be done away with, as Chicago Public Radio’s This American Life has chosen to do.
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Community, Content, Editorial
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Yes
No
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Matt Terenzio, The Hour Co. |
Open Microblogging
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The need to have a distributed open system that does what Twitter does is essential to the future of journalism. We need an open, real time wire that all organizations and individuals can participate in that is not controlled by a single organization.
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Business Models, Code and Development, Community, Content
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Yes
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William Yelles, San Diego News Network |
Local Web Startups Making News, Making Money
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Non-profit models get much of the love in the online local news start-up space but there's lots of entrepreneurial for-profit web ventures taking shape around the country. We'll examine getting a successful cost-effective, for-profit Web-based news organization off the ground touching on both content and business strategies from journalists who have done it.
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Business Models, Content, Editorial
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Yes
No
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Andrew Finlayson, Knight Fellow, Stanford University |
Social Network Analysis: Understanding Conections
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Social Network Analysis provides a powerful tool to understand who is connected to what, to see the patterns in tremendous amounts of information, creating important insights and opportunities. Once a tool of telecoms, it is now available in open source tools that can help community builders understand their networks and gives journalists a powerful tool to tell stories. This session will introduce you to the concept that helped the government find Saddam and will forever change your concept of privacy.
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Community, Content, Design, Law and Ethics
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Yes
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Wesley Lindamood, Marc Lavallee, Eric Bauer, Chris Amico, NPR.org, Boston.com, PBS NewsHour |
Circumventing your CMS for the greater good
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Stuck with a rigid publishing system? We’ll explore ways to bypass your CMS and quickly build applications with existing Web tools. Weighing pros and cons of circumvention, we'll show how this work can improve your current CMS and inform the design of a more comprehensive storytelling and social media platform.
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Code and Development, Content, Content Gathering, Editorial
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Yes
No
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Katharine Jarmul & TBA, USA TODAY |
Open Source or Bust
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This talk will cover the whys and hows of open-source choices faced by today's news providers. We will talk about code, data management, server scaling and freeing your content (i.e. API choices). We will review some of the available environments that are being used at various news and non-news content producers and how to best make the choice that's right for your organization.
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Code and Development, Content, Content Gathering
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Yes
No
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Ben Ilfeld, The Sacramento Press |
Mining Twitter: Extracting Value From Conversations and Connections
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The Sacramento Press -- an online-only, hyperlocal newspaper -- has been successfully using social media platforms as a vehicle for driving readers to the site and driving new business for local advertisers. Example: the Hot Italian is a local pizzeria, a Ducati Motorcycle hotbed, and is the only LEED-certified restaurant in northern California. By helping Hot Italian identify its varied audiences SacPress was able to show them how to use Twitter to tap into verticals they hadn’t considered before.
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Business Models, Community
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Yes
No
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Mark Berkey-Gerard, Rowan University |
Teaching Multimedia Journalism for Educators
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I had planned on attending the Beyond Bootcamp: Teaching Multimedia Journalism for College Educators conference this year, but it was canceled. I'd love to see a mini-version. Cover developing a stand-alone multimedia journalism courses and curriculum, a sampling of assignments, grading multimedia, multimedia standards, multimedia research agendas, how to teach software, teaching programming classes.
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Education
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Yes
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Lanita Pace-Hinton, Knight Digital Media Center, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism |
Google Tools for Journalists
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A Hands-on Session to Improve Your Toolkit (Intermediate Skill Level)
This rapid-fire 90-minute session delivers complete training on 12 tools that journalists can use every day. These free tools improve reporting, information delivery, community engagement and revenue. For time—and budget strapped—journalists, these free services are valuable and important additions to the toolkit.
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Content, Content Gathering, Editorial
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Yes
No
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Jacqueline Marino, Kent State University |
The Dilemma of the Programmer in the J-School
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Journalism programs are struggling with how much programming to teach their students. Media futurists insist that programming skills will be necessary, but professors don’t want to shortchange instruction in basic reporting and multimedia. Panelists will talk about what’s worked in the classroom and how it has translated to the newsroom.
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Code and Development, Education
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Yes
No
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Michael O'Donnell, University of St. Thomas |
Breaking the mold: How we took student media online
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In fall 2009, we did away with our student-operated newspaper and launched TommieMedia, an online-only news outlet. Our goals were to give students practical experience in multimedia news presentation while holding to sound journalistic principles. We found out some surprising things about how students approach media and how they think about it in story-telling terms. We also found that going online extended our audience into places we could never reach with the print edition.
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Business Models, Editorial, Education, Leadership, Storytelling
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Yes
No
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Mark Josephson, Outside.in |
Where Has Neighborhood Media Gone? Making Hyperlocal Work
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In response to the economic crisis in 2009, local media organizations have been forced to change their business, content and advertising models. One thing that hasn’t changed is reader demand for news and information that impacts their daily lives. The need for finding a model that unites all of the key players that make up neighborhood media- publishers, local bloggers, advertisers and readers (consumers) – has become critical. This session will address the burst of hyperlocal information, its market opportunity, the various models and which will win.
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Business Models, Community, Content, Content Gathering
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Yes
No
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Kurt Lancaster, PhD, School of Communication, Northern Arizona University |
DSLR Video for Journalists
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Participants will get an overview of shooting HD video on DSLR cameras. It will include viewing footage from the field, looking at cameras, discussing how to get good sound, the process of how to get footage into your computer to edit, and the type of gear useful in the field.
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Content, Content Gathering, Editorial
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Yes
No
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Alan Boyle, MSNBC.com |
How Science Journalism Is Going Digital
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Like other specialty news fields, science journalism is increasingly focusing on digital media. This panel looks at how a specialty print publication made the transition to an online/print hybrid, how online tools can enhance science-oriented storytelling and exposition, and how science journalism has been evolving.
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Business Models, Content, Editorial
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Yes
No
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Eric Umansky, ProPublica |
Redefining “Investigations” on the Web
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The Web doesn't just offer new ways for presenting investigations, it’s allowing us to re-envision what “investigations” are and rethink the form. Is a months-long investigation resulting in a multi-thousand-word story always the best vehicle for accountability reporting? What are other models emerging and how are newsrooms using them?
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Content, Editorial, Storytelling
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Yes
No
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Brian Reich, little m media |
A Total Reset
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Everything about our society is changing – rapidly and constantly. How we communicate, get and share information, and engage each other — online and offline – is different than it was just a few short years ago. News organizations can lead the way, but, along with everything else, we need to think differently about this challenge if we want to succeed. We need a shift. A shift in thinking. A shift in behavior. A shift in approach. A shift in how dollars are spent.
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Business Models, Content, Editorial, Leadership, Storytelling
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Yes
No
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Aron Pilhofer, The New York Times |
Text to Data: Taming the Semantic Web
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The promise of the semantic web is finally becoming reality. This panel will cover organizations that are applying new semantic technologies to the practice of journalism -- and how these technologies can be used to make your news website better.
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Code and Development, Content, Content Gathering, Editorial
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Yes
No
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LarryDailey, University of Nevada, Reno |
Jousting the dark knight of innovation
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Innovation and learning best occur in playful, interdisciplinary environments. And failure is an inevitable and important part of the innovation process.
Indeed, IBM’s first president once said “Would you like the formula for success? Double your rate of failure.” He said that many frame failure as the enemy of success. Failure may be harsh, he said, but it is the best teacher.
Traditional newsrooms are known for embracing neither playful environments nor failure. Indeed, the Readership Institute found that “newspapers have an Aggressive-Defensive culture” where “[p]eople feel they must avoid all mistakes, keep track of everything and work long hours to meet narrow objectives,” and where “an over-emphasis [on perfection] can lead employees to lose sight of goals, get lost in details and develop symptoms of stress.”
From these descriptions, traditional newsroom culture seems to oppose a culture of innovation.
If this is true, newsroom managers who want to innovate face a significant challenge. Cultural change causes disruption. And, while that disruption might spark innovation, it may, if not carefully managed, also damage the organization.
If newsrooms are to survive relentlessly changing environments, they will need to embrace a culture of change and failure. So, newsroom managers may need additional tools before they can transform their stodgy, argumentative culture into an innovative -- and, perhaps even playful -- one.
Representatives from professional and academic organizations will discusses the successes and “fantastic failures” that they are making. Then they will frankly discuss the challenges of transformational turbulence. And they will invite the audience to participate in the conversation.
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Business Models, Editorial, Education, Leadership
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Yes
No
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Aron Pilhofer/Matt Ericson, The New York Times |
Think Outside the Search Box
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News organizations are getting more and more ambitious about data-driven interactives. Unfortunately, the execution often doesn't measure up. This panel will cover some of the lessons learned over the years by the New York Times graphics and interactive news teams, and offer practical tips and suggestions for making your interactives more effective.
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Code and Development, Content, Design
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Yes
No
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Fred Steiner, The Bluffton (Ohio) Icon |
Community journalism online
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I've edited a rural weekly newspaper (circulation 2,900) for 25 years. It was a national and state award winner. In June 2009 I was fired from my job. I launched an on-line free news source (www.blufftonicon.com). After 4 months it has generated $6,000 in advertising and has over 35,000 views. It averages 2450 views per week in a community of 3,800.I will explain how this was put together.
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Business Models, Editorial
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Yes
No
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David Johnson, American University and LostRemote.com |
Hype or Hyperlocal - Hosted by LostRemote.com
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The LostRemote bloggers and selected experts discuss the current landscape of local media online, newspapers, television, radio, and startups from bloggers to platforms. Is it guerrilla war or new territory for collaboration? And what is the prospect for hyperlocal business models?
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Business Models, Community, Content
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Yes
No
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Brandon Mount, Guthrie Collin and Russell Glitman, SAXOTECH, AP, Rutland Herald |
The hNews Microformat for Publishers
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Microformats bring advanced information distribution capabilities to your content. Today's search engines and web browser plug-ins are able to discover more about you, your content, and enable personalized use.
This session will be of interest to anyone who is:
• Involved in SEO efforts
• Interested in the semantic web
• Looking for ways to increase reader engagement with their content
The primary focus will be for template developers, but anyone creating content for the www will find this Webinar beneficial.
We will cover:
• Modifying your html to publish stories on your Web site as required by the hNews microformat
• Some of the tools available to you to test and confirm your efforts
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Code and Development, Content, Design, Storytelling
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Yes
No
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Dana Chinn, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism |
Seven Things Journalists Should Know About Web Traffic
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You can measure everything on the web, but that doesn’t mean you should. This session will discuss the key indicators that determine whether you are engaging the audiences needed for today’s evolving business models. It will also touch on the best uses of Omniture and Google Analytics.
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Business Models, Community, Leadership
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Yes
No
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Sandy St. Louis, FRONTLINE |
The New Narrative: Reporting in the Digital Age
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As the digital revolution dramatically changes how we find and experience news and information, it creates complex challenges for documentary journalists working in the fast-changing online platforms. Please join PBS FRONTLINE for a discussion about the difficulties and opportunities of using new media to produce its report “Law & Disorder,” an online investigation into questionable police shootings in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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Content, Content Gathering, Editorial, Storytelling
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Yes
No
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Sandra Ordonez, OurBlook |
The Collaborative Answer to the Future of Journalism
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In the past year, philanthropic website ourblook.com has been conducting an ongoing, collaborative interview series on the Future of Journalism. The site has collected over 70 related interviews, and currently ranks in the first page Google search results for the term. This session would provide a summary of the interviews with industry experts, showcasing common themes and unique ideas uncovered.
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Business Models, Community, Education
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Yes
No
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Jill Moss, Voice of America |
Global Outreach: Reach International Audiences Via Mobile
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This panel discussion would focus on the use of mobile technology to reach foreign audiences in developing countries. Online/mobile growth in the future lies in developing countries. People are using their handheld devices to conduct e-commerce, track their health records, check market prices for their sellable goods, or catch up on news and information. News organizations face many challenges trying to reach this growing audience. Among them are: 1) lack of a fixed telecom infrastructure in developing nations, 2) the lack of mobile broadband (3G, LTE, WIMAX...), 3) a variety of handheld devices in the marketplace, and 4) varying news consumption habits market to market.
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Business Models, Community
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Yes
No
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Len De Groot, Jeremy Rue, Knight Digital Media Center, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism |
Census tool kit: How to visualize the data
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Understand the data and tools needed to visualize the census. See how GIS software
merges data with the Census Bureau's map files to create interactive maps. Companion
to hands-on multimedia lab
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Content, Design, Education, Storytelling
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Yes
No
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Bora Zivkovic, Science In The Triangle |
Today's Science Journalism is a Very Different Animal
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At the time when so many policy decisions rely on science and when science newsrooms are cut to the bone, scientists, bloggers, press information officers and freelance journalists are starting to work together to provide accurate and timely scientific information online. We'll discuss the forms of such collaborations and show some examples.
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Business Models, Content, Education
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Yes
No
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Matt Thompson, National Public Radio |
Building a content network for fun + profit
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Bloggers and media companies are exploring the notion of joining or creating content networks of niche or hyperlocal sites. In this session, panelists who’ve managed different kinds of content networks will explore how they structured their networks, key technology decisions, collaboration, and scale.
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Business Models, Community, Content Gathering, Editorial, Leadership
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Yes
No
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Wendell Cochran, Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University |
What happened to links?
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When the Web began, news organizations routinely linked out to other sources. Now, links to outside sources -- the feature that make the Web the Web -- seem really rare. This is especially problematic for the non-mainstream sites that create so much content these days.
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Business Models, Editorial, Law and Ethics, Storytelling
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