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“Nairobi is home to a digital brew that invites optimism about its chances for creating unusual innovations. The city has relatively few wired phone lines or networked personal computers, so mobile phones are the essential digital tool. “
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How important is comprehensible data presentation to new journalism?
“visualisation is a way to turn usually a lot of numbers into images, so you can look at all the data that you have at the same time and try to see patterns - or interesting trends…” -
“we MUST understand and then embrace the notion that print is no longer our primary focus.
..reporters chained to desks working with large desktop computers..so last century..Transition them to laptops..get them out of the newsroom and into the community” -
It’s big call, but tempered by:
“one of the most important jobs to be done is not information creation— but retrieval. ..point to the best of it as soon as it’s available..Do that work for your readers-finding good stuff fast, and they’ll never leave yo -
“..the same, tired old ground. The new “participatory”&“citizen journalism” would never be Real Journalism, because RJ is..&involves..&has..But “these people”, as bloggers get labelled,..just sit around in their PJs &write whatever comes into
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1.link to original docs?
2.pics(related videos,sound,slideshows)?
3.map it?
4.link to past stories?
5.post audio/video of interview/performance/meeting?
6.send readers to authoritative(external)site for more info?
7.invite comment/start conversation?
links for 2008-07-21
July 21st, 2008 | Delicious
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