New media skills for traditionally trained journalists
Thursday December 23rd 2010

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Google Accounts, Google Apps and Domain Names

There are a few things you’ll need going forward. First, if you don’t have one, get a Google account here. This serves a lot of purposes, including signing in to the tremendous number of Google apps the big G offers for free. GMail, Calendar, Reader, Docs, these [Read More]

Macs and Linux

Listen, I’m only mortal, and I can’t cover every single facet of new media journalism, much as I might like to. One gaping hole I plan to intentionally leave is coverage of Macs and Linux. Many of the topics covered will not be any worse for this (a mic is a mic [Read More]

What’s this all about, then?

Welcome to Journalism Fast Forward. This site aims to give traditionally trained journalists new media skills that they haven’t acquired through journalism school or on-the-job training. I hope it’s also the culmination of my journey toward a master’s [Read More]

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Pulitzer board allows “any available tool” for journalism prizes

The Pulitzer Prize Board announced that 12 of the 14 journalism categories may now use text, video, databases, [Read More]

If every journalist is an online journalist, journalists who aren’t online don’t exist

Here’s a bombastic statement: There is absolutely no valid reason not to be online at this time. If you’re [Read More]

Curmudgeonry in journalism

Bryan Murley dismembers some journalism pundits’ recurring concerns that journalism education is ditching the [Read More]

Reporter/Blogger/Reporting/Blogging

Tim Carmody tries to take apart both the reporter/blogger split and the reporting/blogging split. Now, are different [Read More]

Talking to managers that aren’t the solution

Everybody has blind spots, handicaps in the way we see and perceive the world. I know people who are smart and [Read More]

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