This post is a bit different from the usual on The Bivings Report. But I’m a big believer in transparency in government, and watch with interest what ProPublica, a new non-profit investigative newsroom, is up to. It’s an important experiment in contemporary journalism. ProPublica has been keeping tabs on the stimulus funds;...
Continue ReadingA shiny new NPR.org revealed itself Monday with a simpler homepage design packed with multimedia features and customizable choices.
Like most major media websites still afloat, NPR.org aims to keep radio content its core but offer up multi-platform, all-purpose news.
The new site is a major improvement to its tightly-fonted,...
Continue ReadingThose of us familiar with rat race involved in nabbing a coveted internship at a well-known news organization know all too well the pressure of stacking your best clips, skills and assets against a sea of competitors.
Those who do get through are usually more than grateful to be working for that news organization for free,...
Continue ReadingThe week of President Barack Obama’s inauguration, the Pew Center for Excellence in Journalism launched its New Media Index.
The NMI is a partner project to its News Coverage Index, which tracks the top five stories across traditional, U.S., print-based media on a week-to-week basis.
The NMI was designed to combat criticism that monitoring traditional media sources only is missing the boat....
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