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Can US citizens overcome racism to elect black president?
That is the question all newspapers and all news media should be asking themselves now that it seems imminent Barak Obama will become the Democratic presidential candidate to face off against Republican candidate John McCain.
This is where newspapers can really do their service to the citizens of […]

Thanks to one of the reporters behind ReporTwitters, I learned about the free live blogging software, Coveritlive.
Also, ReporTwitters, which currently has 80 plus reporters posting news via Twitter, is seeking more people to join their forces. Check out their blog.
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The Wall Street Journal has a two-minute video review of the smart Car, which seems more like a promotion of the car than a well-rounded review of the pros and cons of the car. The reporter, John Stoll, does address the limited horsepower and concerns of safety in a vehicle so small. Stoll talks up […]

NPR, by far has the best online election coverage compared with other professional journalism sites. It’s fairly comprehensive and well-designed making it easy to navigate. Plus, during an actual vote count, NPR updates results quite often. Their quickness rivals Wikipedia’s updates (Link is example for upcoming Virginia Democrat primary).
They’ve set their standards appropriately, yet other […]

The Washington Post, like many media outlets, is gaga over cool, interactive software.
This is a good thing.
But sometimes, it can lead to fluff, leaving readers with nothing more than pretty interactive graphics and nothing relevant to learn.
A good example is The Washington Post’s use DayLife’s software to generate an infographic showing a story count of […]

Audio, video, interactive maps and charts, RSS feeds, automatic updates, candidate match-up quizzes, fun and engaging.
Network news and public radio websites may have the more visually-friendly election coverage, but along with newspapers all three entities are using the above devices/elements to cover the U.S. Presidential Election 2008.
From what I’ve observed so far, the one attribute […]

A great website I stumbled upon several weeks ago deserves acknowledging:

Regret the Error >> Mistakes Happen created by Craig Silverman, a freelance journalist and author based in Montreal.
Silverman’s 2007 roundup of printed errors
All good journalists admit to making mistakes. It’s the first step to making fewer errors and growing as a journalist.
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Surfing for news, I took the link to YouStreet.com expecting to get a generic front page. Instead, it took me straight to where I live: Grand Rapids. No entering my zip code needed. Like a growing number of websites, YouStreet.com knows where you are.
YouStreet.com is similar to topix, plus it adds a http://maps.google.com/ map to […]

Professor Alfred Hermida of Reportr.net shares a test pilot between Reuters and Nokia called mobile journalism toolkit.
Leave your laptop at home.
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One trend prevalent on the internet that needs extra careful attention from editors is the republishing of old stories which may have some life still left in them.
I’ve seen Yahoo! do this a lot with their wire stories. The story may still be appropriate to run, especially if readers may not have caught it the […]