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Got a digital news project that needs funding?

By Julie Starr | Published: November 9, 2009
Got a great idea for an open-source, digital, local news project? Need some money? It’s not too late to apply for this year’s Knight News Challenge in the US. The deadline for entries has been extended until December 15 and Knight does sometimes fund projects outside the US. They are looking for projects that: Use [...]
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More than 2bn iPhone/iTouch apps downloaded

By Julie Starr | Published: September 29, 2009
More than 2 billion apps have been downloaded from Apple’s app store for iPhones and iTouch devices, Apple announced yesterday. There are now more than 85,000 apps available to the more than 50 million iPhone and iPod touch customers worldwide and over 125,000 developers in Apple’s iPhone Developer Program. Today, iPhone and iPod touch customers [...]
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Emily Bell: Go where the audience is

By Julie Starr | Published: May 22, 2009
A couple of nice points here from Emily Bell's lecture to University College Falmouth. Emily is director of digital content at Guardian News and Media.
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Things that bug me about news: it’s in boxes

By Julie Starr | Published: March 27, 2009
Thinking out loud for a presentation I’m working on… News has traditionally come in boxes. The newspaper comes in a box whose dimensions are defined by number of pages, available space for stories once the ads are sold and how much time there is to work on it before the printing deadline. The radio bulletin [...]
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Find and follow news feeds on Twitter

By Julie Starr | Published: March 16, 2009
If you want to know who's who in news on Twitter, check out http://wefollow.com/tag/news. It lists the news feeds and news commentators with the most followers on Twitter. They may not be all to your taste but you'll almost certainly find a few news feeds and news voices in there you hadn't come across before.
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