April 7th, 2008 | by Derek | published in Data, Journalism
There have been a number of job listings lately looking for folks with database and Web skills. Just highlighting a few:
The Tulsa World wants “web programmers” and an Online Database Coordinator.
The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle is seeking a Data Desk Manager to oversee its team of database folks.
AP is looking for a business news data [...]
March 7th, 2008 | by Derek | published in Journalism
I was told on my first day at the Palm Beach Post in 1995 that the paper’s publisher, Tom Giuffrida, made it a habit to commit to memory the headshots of new employees so that he would recognize them in the halls of the building. Since to me the Post seemed a huge company, I [...]
January 25th, 2008 | by Derek | published in Data, Journalism
So EveryBlock has launched to various reactions around the journalism community. Some of the common threads I hear in the CAR community come from guys like Mark Schaver and Ryan McNeill, who are both impressed with and unsure of this new thing.
It’s important to say that Adrian Holovaty, the founder of EveryBlock, is both a [...]
November 15th, 2007 | by Derek | published in Journalism
What’s connecting those users and that data is HTTP - the “lingua franca of our age,” as Jacob puts it. Being “on the Web” - particularly for database applications - is not enough. We must strive to be “of the Web.”
November 14th, 2007 | by Derek | published in Journalism
In the past several weeks I’ve noticed some unusual referring URLs showing up in my site stats. The Scoop has always had sporadic visits from internal newsroom sites at several papers, but these were different for another reason. Both of the URLs came from news organizations and have “innovation” in them. The visits came from [...]