Category Archives: Links

University of Colorado may shut down journalism school to create a more tech-oriented degree program

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Einar Thorsen

Stefanie Chernow writing at the Editors Weblog: Digital trends in the media are affecting every aspect of the journalism field, including education. The University of Colorado at Boulder is pondering closing its journalism department in favor of a new degree … Continue reading →

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How reporters mangle science on Gulf oil – CNN.com

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Einar Thorsen

Christopher Reddy: As the number of science journalists gets smaller, this problem will grow. One solution is for scientists to gain skills needed to bridge the communication gaps between the academic world and the lay public, media and policymakers. In … Continue reading →

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How NRK mined the WikiLeaks SQL database

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Einar Thorsen

Great article by Espen Andersen describing how NRK made use of the WikiLeaks SQL database file to identify incidents involving Norwegian troops. [in Norwegian] External link

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Facebook + Media = Best Practices for Journalists?

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Einar Thorsen

Facebook's own take on best practices for journalists… for using Facebook: GAIN SHORT TERM DISTRIBUTION Get in your readers' News Feeds Interact with your audience BUILD LASTING CONNECTIONS Create a Facebook Page Place the Like button with additional tags next … Continue reading →

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Putting Quality First – BBC’s new product centred strategy

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Einar Thorsen

Erik Huggers explaining BBC's new 'product' centred strategy: It's a self-contained entity within BBC Online, which unites technology and editorial to meet a clearly defined audience need. Each product has a simple and concise proposition that's easily understood by the … Continue reading →

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The future of public service broadcasting

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Einar Thorsen

Eirik Solheim on NRK's experiment with torrent distribution of public service broadcasting content: This software has helped the government-owned broadcaster distribute terabytes of data to thousands of people. Through a technology that is feared by the media industry, yet extremely … Continue reading →

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Climate Change Impact Using Google Earth

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Einar Thorsen

The Foreign Office (FCO) and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc) launches Google Earth KML (mapping layer) to illustrate how the world would be affected by a global average temperature increase of 4C. Ed Parsons from Google: This … Continue reading →

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BBC News website redesign – comments from editors and designers

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Einar Thorsen

Steve Herrmann, editor of the BBC News website: What’s new: • a fresh, updated design, with more space for the main stories of the day • better use of video and images • clearer and more prominent labelling and signposting … Continue reading →

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BBC News website redesign

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Einar Thorsen

Steve Herrmann: And we've done something which will be less obvious to you, but hugely important to the journalists working on the site. We've completely rebuilt the content production system (CPS) which we use to create content and run the … Continue reading →

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The Twitter World Cup

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Einar Thorsen

James Pearce: I was initially cautious. As a broadcaster who is used to rabbiting on for ages, I was always going to find it difficult to condense my thoughts into 140 characters. But my appreciation for what Twitter can provide … Continue reading →

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