Mashable: Reuters frees content with new API
Posted on May 13, 2008 - Filed Under Editors' pick, reuters, multimedia experiments, Technology, Handy Technology, Online Journalism | Leave a Comment
Reuters Thompson is opening up the way people can use its content across the web by making available a limited range of non-commercial API opportunities (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/API) through the Reuters Lab.
Reuters could be looking to extend its distribution through this experiment as it will allow developers the change to build new editorial web-based applications using content from Reuters.
However, developers have to make requests to the lab for permission to develop new applications claims Mashable.
Read More..>> Full story...Nashua Telegraph experimenting with Qik
Posted on May 12, 2008 - Filed Under Mobile, USA, Video, Newspapers, multimedia experiments | Leave a Comment
The Nashua Telegraph is experimenting with live video from mobile phones on its website using streaming service Qik.
The Telegraph is using the tool to stream footage from N95 handsets to provide behind-the-scenes coverage of its online food show, The Doorbell Gourmet.
Qik’s popularity with publishers seems to be growing - last month the Sacramento Bee used […]
Social Media Journalist: “The problem with most news organisations is a lack of editorial understanding of social media” Kevin Anderson, Guardian blogs editor
Posted on May 9, 2008 - Filed Under Newspapers, RSS, guardian, Social Media Journalist, Bookmarking, social networks, Facebook, multimedia experiments, Online Journalism, online communities, blogs, Twitter, Journalism | Leave a Comment
Journalism.co.uk talks to reporters across the globe working at the collision of journalism and social media about how they see it changing their industry. This week, Kevin Anderson, Guardian.co.uk.
1) Who are you and what do you do?
Kevin Anderson, blogs editor at Guardian.co.uk.
My title is misnomer seeing as desk editors handle most of the commissioning.
My role […]
OJR: tools for covering the US elections online
Posted on May 8, 2008 - Filed Under us, widgets, Editors' pick, multimedia experiments, Politics | Leave a Comment
The Washington-based Sunlight Foundation demonstrated a range of tools at last weeks NewsTools 2008 conference for covering the US election online.
The tools include: a widget that creates a pop-up link to a profile of a member of Congress when someone scrolls over their name on a webpage; and the ‘under-development’ Influence Explorer, which will offer ‘one-click disclosure’ of candidates’ political and campaign expenditure.
Read More..>> Full story...Sky News creates multimedia timeline to mark disappearance of Madeleine McCann
Posted on May 2, 2008 - Filed Under Sky, multimedia experiments | Leave a Comment
Sky News has produced a multimedia timeline detailing the events and news coverage of Madeleine McCann’s disappearance over the last year.
The timeline incorporates videos, pictures and analysis from Sky’s crime correspondent Martin Brunt. Users can scroll through the timeline, which offers over 100 screens of multimedia.
Backpacker.com joins Web 2.0
Posted on April 29, 2008 - Filed Under Mapping, magazines, launch, multimedia experiments | Leave a Comment
Backpacker magazine has relaunched its website, which now contains new multimedia and GPS supported content.
The site features an interactive map containing more than 1200 GPS-supported hikes, expert blogs and on-the-scene video.
“Our primary focus was to create the ultimate outdoor adventure renaissance experience on the web” said editor Anthony Cerretani in a press release.
“We wanted users […]
Online Journalism Scandinavia: “Computer programming is journalism”
Posted on April 28, 2008 - Filed Under Mapping, Online Journalism Scandinavia, Data journalism, Geotagging, Europe, Online Journalism, Citizen journalism, multimedia experiments, Journalism | Leave a Comment
Online Journalism Scandinavia this week looks at innovate use of Google mash-ups and online databases by the Norwegian press.
“Computer programming is also journalism,” Espen Andersen, the man charged with bringing the current affairs flagship of Norway’s public broadcaster (NRK) kicking and screaming into the internet age, told Journalism.co.uk.
He should know. Andersen is one of Scandinavia […]
Wilbert Baan rethinks the news website with EN.nl
Posted on April 25, 2008 - Filed Under multimedia experiments, Online Journalism | Leave a Comment
Wilbert Baan, interaction designer for de Volkskrant, is part of the team behind EN.nl - a bold project to redesign the news site. The site makes the most of its users in reshaping its design and includes a healthy dose of technological innovation alongside this wiki attitude.
Baan says the team built a version of the […]
Innovations in Journalism - live streaming video from mobiles developed by Qik
Posted on April 23, 2008 - Filed Under Mobile, MoJo, Innovations in Journalism, USA, Video, Online Journalism, multimedia experiments, Digital video, Journalism | 2 Comments
We give developers the opportunity to tell us journalists why we should sit up and pay attention to the sites and devices they are working on. Today, it’s live video streamed over the web from mobile phones from Qik.
1) Who are you and what’s it all about?
Hi. I’m Bhaskar Roy, co-founder of Qik.
Qik’s vision is […]
Guardian PDA: Publishers need to mimic tech firms, says FT.com chief
Posted on April 21, 2008 - Filed Under Editors' pick, ft, Newspapers, multimedia experiments, Online Journalism, Publishing, Journalism | Leave a Comment
Ien Cheng, publisher and managing editor of FT.com believe that newspaper websites need to be more responsive to the whims of the web and act like technology companies - adapting to the almost constant changes of the online environment.
Guardian PDA highlights Cheng’s strategic approach:
- Improving the development of new editorial products
- refining the subscription model
- changing the way the business works internally
