Archive for December, 2008

SUPER COMPUTERS – WHAT ARE THEY?

Tuesday, December 30, 2008 20:31

Worlds Top 500 Super Computers Reviewed MANNHEIM, Germany, BERKELEY, Calif., and KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—The 32nd edition of the closely watched list of the world’s TOP500 supercomputers has just been issued, with the 1.105 petaflop/s IBM supercomputer at Los Alamos National Laboratory holding on to the top spot it first achieved in June ...

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ONE WEEK LEFT TO ENTER THE “I AM THE FUTURE OF JOURNALISM” CONTEST

Wednesday, December 24, 2008 5:47

There’s one week left to submit an entry to the “I Am The Future Of Journalism” Contest. The deadline is December 30. We’ve gotten some great entries by journalists who are thinking creatively, passionately, and positively about the future. You can show your support for them by helping to rate the ...

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WHEN A NEWSPAPER STOPS PUBLISHING IN PRINT, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PRINT ADVERTISING DOLLARS?

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 7:44

With all the debate over the future of newspapers, here’s a question I haven’t heard anybody ask (much less answer): If a metropolitan newspaper suddenly ceased to publish, leaving the city with no newspaper, what would happen to all of that newspaper’s ad dollars? Most newspaper companies’ strategy right now is ...

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BREAKING NEWS LINK JOURNALISM: BLAGOJEVICH ARREST

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 7:23

So you’ve got a big breaking story right in your backyard, e.g. the governor gets arrested for trying to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the President Elect. Your newsroom is on the case, but the story is still developing. There are national ramifications, so reporting goes beyond the ...

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CROWDSOURCING, CITIZEN JOURNALISM, AND THE LESSON OF SCRAPBOOK NEWS

Tuesday, December 9, 2008 3:09

I want to further explore the idea of “scrapbook news” as a way of reframing the crowdsourcing/citizen journalism discussion. One reason mainstream news organizations haven’t embraced the concepts may be that the spirit (if not the letter) of the cit-j discussion tends to focus on the people involved rather than the ...

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WHY NOT WRITING A STORY IS INNOVATION

Monday, December 8, 2008 5:11

Discussions about journalism innovation usually focus on technology: Twitter, RSS, Flash, Django, data visualization, and all the other cool stuff that’s making online news so rich. But there’s an equally important conceptual aspect of journalism innovation. Newsrooms have to rethink the kind of stories they cover and the way they tell ...

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FIRST ENTRY IN THE “I AM THE FUTURE OF JOURNALISM” CONTEST: DANIEL BACHHUBER

Friday, December 5, 2008 4:17

The “I Am The Future Of Journalism Contest” has its first entry, and it’s awesome. Daniel Bachhuber is a journalism student at the University of Oregon, a photographer, web developer, member of CoPress, and a journalist with a compelling vision of the future: Here’s the text of Daniel’s entry: There are three ...

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ANNOUNCING THE “I AM THE FUTURE OF JOURNALISM” CONTEST

Tuesday, December 2, 2008 7:53

Publish2 is launching a contest for journalists to promote themselves as the future of journalism. We believe journalism has a bright future, and we’re betting everything on that belief. The winner of the “I Am The Future Of Journalism” Contest receives a prize that we know is increasingly valuable in journalism ...

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BEST WISHES FOR A HOLIDAY SEASON 2009!

Monday, December 1, 2008 0:00

In appreciation of our successful cooperation over the past year our entire multinational company joins in sending our very best wishes for a Happy Holiday Season to you, your dear ones, and your organizations!

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