http://www.ryanthornburg.org Journalism innovation, leadership, research and editorial product development Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:07:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We kicked off the fall semester of Public Affairs Reporting for New Media at UNC yesterday by brainstorming in 10 minutes at least 50 questions that we were going to need to answer in order to create a new "Everyblock"-style community information database for small newspapers. It's a great example of ... Syllabus is here. Calendar is after the jump Related posts:Welcome to JOMC 491: Public Affairs Reporting for New MediaOnline Class Discussions and Twittering Breaking News First of all, I don't even want to talk to you about this post's headline. Unless you're my therapist or in need of SEO consulting. But I do want to bring you another attempt at headlines I've culled from my tech/social filters... and yet still don't have time to read. Mashable ... Clay Shirky said we don't suffer from information overload, but filter failure. That sounds right to me. Despite by efforts to use social and technical filters to focus my daily doses of e-mail newsletters, RSS feeds and tweets, I still find myself swamped with more words than I can read ... With only a few weeks left before the start of the fall semester, I wanted to quickly give registered and prospective students a little bit of an idea about what we’ll be doing in Public Affairs Reporting for New Media this semester. Seats are still available, so act now! The goal ... “Convergence” has always been my least favorite word to use to talk about newsrooms. Yesterday's AEJMC conference presentation by John Russial and Arthur Santana reminded me why. Oh, their presentation was very good. Russial's research about newsroom technology and roles is always enlightening. But a blog post from Alfred Hermida (who, by ... Curating Links in News Stories Related posts:Tip Sheet for News BloggersCitizen Journalism, Public Health Stories and Ooze News Writing a Blog That Isn't Blah Related posts:Tip Sheet: Curating Links in News StoriesOnline News Writing & Editing The Web: Not Just Another News Network No related posts. One of the partners for my Public Affairs Reporting for New Media class this semester was the N.C. Center for Voter Education, long known for its efforts to change the way judges are elected in North Carolina as well as the voting guide it creates in partnership with UNC-TV. That ...