Archive for April 20th, 2007

Your mind will now be blown »

OMGWTFBBQ, what an awesome Interweb find.
How I got there: Mike Stucka three weeks ago posted to NICAR-L a link to Flash Earth, a very cool “experimental application that uses satellite and aerial imagery from from online mapping websites.” Followed link from Flash Earth to the site of its creator, Paul Neave, “serial Flash fettler and [...]

How fast is your newsroom evolving? »

Reading Lucas Grindley’s rundown of first-quarter earnings reports from a few major media companies, I wondered whether the revolutionary changes to newspapers’ business model are being truly reflected in the newsroom.
I’m not talking about layoffs and other cost-cutting measures. I mean in philosophies, policies, priorities and goals. I know everyone’s newsroom is evolving, at varying [...]