Current Location: Dividing time between Washington, D.C., and San Francisco. Current Gig: Managing director, Bolden Strategic Partners, a communications firm. We’re working on a media start-up to provide premium and … Read more.
What Journalists Can Learn From: Web Theorists
1. Imagine possibilites to find new story angles Being mentally flexible can help journalists break out of rigid story ideas and frameworks. One of the topics explored at the recent … Read more.
Featured Member: Helen Popkin
Current Location: New York, N.Y. Current Gig: Deputy editor Tech & Science/Social media columnist, msnbc.com Quick and Dirty Resume: St. Petersburg Times. Then, Consumer Reports. Now, msnbc.com. Six-word memoir: Just … Read more.
Test Drive: Pressfolios: Data in, pretty out
BREAKDOWN Web-based website generator Beautiful, easy interface More advanced users may be frustrated with limited features Cost: Free version, premium upgrade possibility About a year ago, I was about to … Read more.
Personalized storytelling: You can’t do anything wrong
Last fall, I found myself in a blizzard-like storm in New York, fighting my way through a thick wall of snow. I had just left my position at the Wall … Read more.
How They Did It: Symbolia
Tablet technology has captivated the journalism world with its seemingly endless possibilities for expanding the form, yet most tablet-based publications are still cribbing from the traditional magazine format. Enter Symbolia, … Read more.
Five lessons from deep beat reporting
Since last September, I’ve been working on a little side project called “Beyond the Blotter: The Homicide Watch Handbook.” It’s a simple WordPress site, and I’ve been spending spare moments … Read more.
What Journalists Can Learn From: ROFLCon
What exactly is ROFLCon? According to the organizers: It was a classic story as old as time: college kids grow up online, decide that it’d be a great idea to … Read more.
Vision, paperwork, records: A behind-the-scenes guide to launch
As I told Alex Howard recently, Homicide Watch, the website, started with a spreadsheet. But starting Homicide Watch, the business, took much more. There are a lot of resources out … Read more.
Featured Member: Christian Erichsen
Current Location: Bethesda, MD Current Gig: CEO, Mobiletech Quick and Dirty Resume: Learned to drive small boats fast in the shallow waters with the Norwegian Naval Academy. Used that skill … Read more.