Monthly Archives: July 2010
How history and news can work together
I’m breaking my own rule. Until recently I’d sworn off subscribing to magazines because too often they pile up in a corner unread and mock me. But I’ve decided to subscribe to Lapham’s Quarterly. Partly because it’s a quarterly and I reckon I can handle four issues a year. Partly because the magazine’s sturdy enough [...]
Our brains, digital media and journalism
From the Nieman report The Digital Landscape: What’s Next for News? comes a few thoughts about our brains, the way we respond to digital media and what that might mean for journalism. Ooh, shiny shiny Russell Poldrack, a professor of psychology and neurobiology and director of the Imaging Research Center at the University of Texas [...]
How Google works – the graphic
I came across this via a link on Twitter (can’t remember who, sorry) and thought I’d post it for my students.
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Talks on future of news in NZ + live storytelling
The future of journalism in New Zealand There’s a lunchtime series of talks coming up about the future of ‘serious journalism’ in New Zealand that looks interesting. Organised by the University of Auckland, the talks will run each Tuesday lunchtime (1pm) from July 20 to August 24 at the Maidment Theatre in Auckland. The topics [...]
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Mark Twain on what it’s like to be interviewed