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Friday, November 16, 2007

Worth a look 16 Nov

Worth a look, 16 Nov

Crime map - bay area news [del.icio.us]

Posted: 16 Nov 2007 10:14 AM CST

An award-winning piece of multimedia interactivity from the Bay Area News Group. A number of US papers are making good use of mapping community stories, particularly using their crime data. This is a prime example.

News.blog: YouTube tests high-quality video, News at CNET.co.uk [del.icio.us]

Posted: 16 Nov 2007 05:33 AM CST

THe experiment "will change user experience"

Journalists must unlearn misconceptions to improve writing - Editors Weblog [del.icio.us]

Posted: 16 Nov 2007 05:22 AM CST

Three misconceptions: that kids have short attention spans; that they don't want detail; that they can't understand maths or data

Feels like fall at MultimediaShooter [del.icio.us]

Posted: 16 Nov 2007 04:30 AM CST

"New-wave vignetting": a term to add to the growing dictionary of storytelling techniques.

Amazon to debut Kindle e-book reader Monday CNET News.com [del.icio.us]

Posted: 16 Nov 2007 04:26 AM CST

e-book reader will also display newspaper digital editions

Readership Institute: Get Smart About Your Readers [del.icio.us]

Posted: 16 Nov 2007 04:24 AM CST

Data as journalism, journalism as data

Web Design: 23 Actionable Lessons from Eye-Tracking Studies [del.icio.us]

Posted: 16 Nov 2007 04:23 AM CST

"Contrary to what you might think, the first thing users look at on a web site isn't the images."