Category Archives: media

Nats + flickr + PicLens = wow!

Posted on April 3, 2008 by Rakesh Agrawal

Check out the great pictures on flickr from opening night at the Nats’ new stadium. This crowdsourced collection is much more captivating than the skeletal slideshow at washingtonpost.com. For best effect, install the PicLens Firefox extension. See also: Flickr vs. … Continue reading →

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Occasional reader – WSJ, GPS, food orgies, tax rebates

Posted on April 2, 2008 by Rakesh Agrawal

Some interesting reads from the last few weeks: Wall St. Journal Makes Politics Its Business (Washington Post) – Media critic Howard Kurtz takes an in-depth look at changes at the Wall Street Journal since its takeover by Rupert Murdoch’s News … Continue reading →

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Ho`omaika`i Honolulu Advertiser

Posted on April 1, 2008 by Rakesh Agrawal

The Honolulu Advertiser has done an absolutely terrific job with its saturation coverage of the abrupt shutdown of Aloha Airlines. The coverage is exactly what local papers should be doing on big local stories. In addition to in-depth news stories, … Continue reading →

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Occasional reader – Hulu, Tellme, slum tourism, layoffs

Posted on March 17, 2008 by Rakesh Agrawal

Some interesting reads from the past couple of weeks: Hulu: Great Product, Still Screwed (Silicon Alley Insider) – The much-hyped video site from NBC and News Corp. is now out of beta. Hulu offers free access to full episodes from … Continue reading →

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Occasional reader – Jon Stewart, privacy and Fauxbama

Posted on March 1, 2008 by Rakesh Agrawal

Some interesting items from the last few weeks: Jon Stewart’s pre-Oscar interview on Larry King Live (CNN) – This interview is a perfect example of why people like me are watching The Daily Show for news. Stewart is sharper and … Continue reading →

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Lighting up Google Maps in red and green

Posted on December 21, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Creative Commons image from flickr user listentoreason. Google’s LatLong blog reports that The Ledger in Florida has published a Google My Map of Christmas lights in and around Lakeland, Fla. It’s great that newspapers are finally starting to use open … Continue reading →

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Trying new ways to cover fires

Posted on October 26, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Crises force people to think differently. Faced with a rapidly moving story, media outlets in Southern California have done an outstanding job in adopting Web 2.0 tools to keep readers informed during the tragedy. SignOnSanDiego, the Web site of the … Continue reading →

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Forgetting our freedoms

Posted on October 20, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Very few occupations are constitutionally protected. Journalism is one of them. The first amendment says: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the … Continue reading →

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What’s the most screwed up media business?

Posted on October 13, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Among television, movies, newspapers and music, which industry is the most screwed up when it comes to adapting to the new world? The newspaper business won some serious points this week in the “screwed up” race with Roy Peter Clark’s … Continue reading →

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Using photos to show the story

Posted on October 3, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

A common refrain in journalism schools is “show don’t tell.” It means to make your writing sufficiently descriptive that readers can visualize what you’re talking about. Instead of writing that the “laptop looked old,” you should write “The laptop bore … Continue reading →