energy news
The largest private user of electricity in the US goes green.
The St Pete Times' David Adams informed blog viewers this week that Wal-Mart is moving toward green energy. The billion dollar retailer is taking actions toward environmental sustainability. Wal-Mart plans to use less gasoline in it's trucks, 30%less energy in it's stores and non-petroleum plastics for packaging.
Adams blogs are updated daily with breaking energy news. His reflections are informative and unbiased. His layout is well organized and interactive. I <3 this blog.
USA Today
some thoughts about the USA Today population piece...
here
blogging blog reflections
The first blog that captured my eye and thought was Peter Foster's blog on the economic divide in India. He writes personal antidotes that give you a vivid picture of the poor laborers waiting hand and foot on the "properly rich" folk. He makes me laugh while presenting the seriousness of the situation. His final words are my thoughts best reflect my opinion, though he writes better than I and with an English twist. “If I ever make my millions (fat chance) I’ll still be dying to mow my own lawn, make my own tea, and even wash my own hands which, lest we forget, God gave us for doing stuff."
Secondly I would like to give a breif overview on the fuel blog I have been reading. The prices have been going down at the pumps. Good for all of us who fill up at the pumps each week, for now.
Through a political eye, Republicans find hope in the 'falling gas price' headlines, thinking that they make the governemnt look better. Democrats, on the other hand, believe that people remeber that pricess were much lower two years ago and the price of gas is likely to reach $3 again soon.
weekly blog review~two
Click
here for Brant's weekly blog review.
Whew! Beat the 4 p.m. outage.
Blog review part 2
I made my post for the second blog review on my blog,
fancypants. See ya!
USA Today interactive graphics: cool!
All,
Check out the interactive graphics based on DATA ANALYSIS with this link: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-07-04-us-population_x.htm1. try out the "rollover" landmark years population map at the top of the web page
2. next, check out the "scrubber" globe down the page a bit on the left in the box labeled, "Where Immigrants Hail"
Is the globe really spinning?3. last, look two paragraphs under the byline for the phrase, "Graphic shows USA'a population growth" -- click this link, then hover your mouse over a state and click to see details -- try
two or more and see how the chart tracks your choices; check out the "international" tab too.
One of the names in the pop-up "Credits" tab (extreme lower left corner) is a long-time colleague of mine I know through the Investigative Reporters and Editors, Paul Overberg.
These graphics represent awesome number crunching among those journalists covering Census data AND the troops at
USA Today are quite proud of the way the interactive graphics turned out.
What do you think of the presentation?Blog your thoughts.
Cheers!
Blog review
Just making a post to say that I have submitted by blog reviews on my site,
fancypants. I made the post on Friday night but forgot to make a post here. See everyone in class.
weekly blog review~one
Check out my first week's blog review at ... www.jukeboxdancer.blogspot.comP.S. It's 5 p.m. somewhere, isn't it??
P.P.S. The pixel art is Andy Warhol, not Sally Jessie Raphael. Her glass rims are red.
An altered "Happy Birthday"
Folks, below is the content of an e-mail message I received today as a "graphic.com" newsletter subscriber:Have you noticed that when someone is celebrating their birthday in a national restaurant chain, the waiters and waitresses sing something slightly different than the traditional 'Happy Birthday' we all know?
Why would this be?
The reason is that "Happy Birthday" is a copyrighted song that earns roughly $2 million dollars per year for the copyright owners. Although the song was written in 1893, it was not copyrighted until 1935, and subsequently renewed in 1965. If someone sings "Happy Birthday" on The Tonight Show, for example, NBC must pay royalties to the copyright owners.
The same principle applies to many well known Christmas songs, including "The Christmas Song", "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer", and"White Christmas." Each of these songs remains under copyright, and may not be used without paying royalties. The problem of copyright and royalties can therefore come into play when it comes to background music and music-on-hold for your business during the holiday season.
At RoyaltyFreeMusic.com we have an extensive collection of well known, highly recognizable holiday music, all available royalty-free.
Latest happenings at RoyaltyFreeMusic.com
On a personal note, I've had the pleasure of working with Jupitermedia, new parent company of Royaltyfreemusic.com, in transitioning operations of the site. I'm thrilled about the things we're working on together. In addition to 4,000 new tracks soon to be available on www.royaltyfreemusic.com, be on the lookout for subscription features that allow you to download unlimited tracks from our library for one low fee.
I'd like to wish heartfelt thanks to all our loyal customers and clients that have used our music over the years. Stay tuned for great things from
www.royaltyfreemusic.comsigned: Shaun Harris, founder of RoyaltyFreeMusic.com
Official start time for your blog summaries: this week
All,
From now until the end of the semester, post summaries of the three journalism-related blogs you chose earlier by each Saturday at 5 p.m.
Your participation in this exercise counts toward your class participation score. Part of being a professional journalist is discipline along with the ability to nimbly summarize content for your colleagues and the public.
I'll be checking this blog during the coming weeks and responding often to posts. If you have any questions about how to post to this blog, edit a post, etc., let me know.
special notes regarding podcasts
All,
Talk about cutting edge --
NPR (National Public Radio) is experimenting with podcasts: "This service is our first step in podcasting and we are experimenting with a number of program formats. Among other considerations, many NPR member stations incorporate local stories as they air national programs; we are currently unable to integrate local and national content into a combined podcast, and thus cannot reflect the radio experience listeners enjoy - and expect - in their individual markets. Additionally, podcasting full-length programs such as Morning Edition and All Things Considered could be extremely expensive.
Over the next several months, NPR and its public radio partners will be experimenting with a number of formats and offerings, and we invite your feedback." Check out their listings at:
http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.phpAnd, worth reading, "Can technology close journalism's credibility gap?" --
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5539175.html
blogs worth my time
1.
Infomaniac (
http://newsresearch.blogspot.com/) -- I have dibs on this one which is why I provided it as an example on the CD of a journalism blog worth regular visits. Liz Donovan is a retired news librarian/news researcher. I've known her for years through professional news researcher/librarian and investigative reporting groups. For news behind the news and public records junkies, Liz's site is worth it's weight in gold.
Two related links:
http://www.resourceshelf.com/ by Gary Price and others.
http://www.virtualchase.com/ for those interested in legal research.
2.
iDigAnswers (
http://www.idiganswers.com/pages/stories1.html) -- Joe Adams is another professonal colleague of mine who has a really cool web site that mines Florida public records. This PART of his web site is a blog where he tracks news stories based on "hit records." In it, he links news stories published in various media outlets to resources in his famous book: Florida Public Records Handbook. If you go to this blog, check out the very last link in the left-hand sidebar.
3. Talk about convergence -- here's a site that's hounded by the professional media:
Cyberjournalist (
http://www.cyberjournalist.net/). I met and heard the founder of this blog -- Jonathan Dube -- at Poynter in 2000. He had a solid and wonderful idea then and this blog is part of his dream. See also: the
Media Bloggers Association (
http://mediabloggers.org/)
To keep your sanity while tracking three news blogs consider making them one-stop shopping! See:
http://www.bloglines.com/And, I've gotta have some fun:
http://info.detnews.com/photoblog/index.cfm Outtakes from Detroit News photographers.
three journalism related blogs
The three blogs that I decided to visit and would like to visit again were.
commonsensej.blogspot.com I really enjoy yhis blog the man is Douglas Fisher. He is a Editor and Instructor at the University of South Carolina. I like his veiw on teaching and his opions. I like how he says "Journalism is just plain common sense". The second blog I chose was
blog.realtravel.com. I loved this blog. I love to travel and this was a great way to see other countries. It has the best travel stories, recommendations and beautiful photos. The last blog I chose was
onadiet.wordpress.com. This one caught my attention because it was about a women and her struggle with her weight. She would tell about her obession to lose weight and her battle to keep it off. -- by Ashley Krapf (posted by Deb)
Blog Picks
My three blogs are listed at
www.jukeboxdancer.blogspot.com under BLOG PICS.
Blogs of news and enjoyment
Hi all, these are the blogs I have chosen.
Blog O’Matters (by Gregory Bryant, Cape Cod Times)
Gregory Bryant is witty and entertaining. He covers entertainment and I know I will learn much and laugh as I read his blogs. My only concern is that he may not update weekly… I will look for another one in case.
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/edits/cctblogs/gb/archives/2006_08.htmTelegraph Blogs
I like this blog because it has many authors. Also I would like to read an international blog for a different perspective.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/If multiple authorship is not what you desire, I like Colin Randall. Currently he is writing from Paris! If I can't be there why not let his writing take me there.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/foreign/colinrandall/september2006/splendidlytacky.htmWhat could be better than reading a locally written blog that will educate me on the latest news in energy?
http://blogs.tampabay.com/energy/By David Adams and Craig Pittman.
my 3 choices
can be seen
here
Blogitty blog blog blog
This is just a quick note to say that I selected 3 blogs to follow for this class. I made a post in my blog,
fancypants, with brief descriptions of each and links to them as well. So, I guess that's it. Check it out. I'm sure we will go over everyone's in class. Cheers!
Ok folks, I have officially changed my post. I have created a new beta blog for this class. I was originally going to use my existing, darker blog, crankypants; but I decided to create a blog on the lighter side, fancypants, for the purposes of this class. The picture to the left is a link to that blog. There is a link to my other blog within that blog. I am feeling really redundant using the word "blog" over and over. So, as I stated in my last post which no longer exists; I am looking forward to this class. It will be fun and a great learning experience... blog blog blog. I mean blah blah blah. See ya there.
Atlanta Journal Constitution multimedia
Yo everyone....
I mentioned this in class the other day, it's an AJC multimedia presentation that corresponds with the 22-part series that ran in the paper.
Be sure to check out the "Video Preview" tab at the bottom left of the page. It requires a quick registration, but I think it's well worth it.
Here is the linky:
http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/twohospitals/
Brant's Blog Link
Mary Ellen Mark created this image in Miami, circa 1979.
Wish all of our interactions with technology this
semester be as joyful as this woman's.
Deb's blog for the semester
OK gang, here's the link to my blog for this semester: http://canyonwolfe.blogspot.comTo create the above site, I used the special "beta" version of Blogger. You may wish to try this experimental version too instead of using the more traditional blogger interface. In either case, check out my blog, then if you like take my "challenge!"
Experienced bloggers: To make it easier for those in class who are not as used to blogs as you are, please post a message to this official class blog that includes the URL to the personal blog you'll be using for this course -- just as I have done above. If you like, you may use an existing blog like Brant is planning to do ... if you don't mind including items related to Media Convergence.
