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A reminder about spam, pitches

If it looks like spam, and it smells like spam, and it feels like spam, it might as well be spam.

Hi all -- Just a quick note to point out that there are better ways to get exposure for your new site, effort, project, or opinion than leaving the exact same comment for dozens of Wired Journalists members.

If you really want to reach everyone, write a blog post.  Leaving impersonal identical comments for people you don't know is a real… Continue

Created by Ryan Sholin Feb 11, 2009 at 4:55am. Last updated by Ryan Sholin Feb 11.

 

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We are looking for editorial contributors for a new online magazine all about women at home. These are mainly women who use their home as an office and also those who are at home because they’re bringing up kids. We need articles about your person...
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Perhaps you've heard of social news sites before. Digg, Propeller, StumbleUpon and Reddit let readers decide what the most important news story of the day is. But journalists can use these as tools to stay informed and spread their work around.
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Picking up a video camera for the first time? Press record and start here.

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Rick O'Brien

Recording device with a land-line phone

Does anyone know of a quality recording device to record a conversation on a land-line home phone (single line)? Does Radio Shack or other outlet have any good ones available???

Posted by Rick O'Brien on July 3, 2009 at 6:53pm — 1 Comment

Joey Baker

The Vancouver Project


A good friend of mine, Andrew Burton, and I have been talking for a couple of months about the rise of DSLRs with video capability and what it the implications for sports photographers.

Andrew had the foresight to see that this new technology would come to head in the very near future – namely the coming winter… Continue

Posted by Joey Baker on July 3, 2009 at 1:57am

Daud Abdi Daud

SOJRA is assessing a good effort of how the Somalia’s journalism could be helped while the problems affecting the Somalia’s journalism is still exists

Nairobi:: 01 July, 2009 In order the United Nations be helped the Somalia’s journalism the SOJRA Director had a meeting with the UN Special Representative for Somalia Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah he indicated his worry regarding the problems of the Somalia’s journalism during his interview with the V.O.A also he spoke that now how the Somalia’s journalism could be helped upon their problems.

Mr. Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah has executed the Somali journalists for his interview of that he did not mean to insu… Continue

Posted by Daud Abdi Daud on July 1, 2009 at 7:33am — 1 Comment

Bilhá Calderón

Short Documentary on Human Right abuse in Puebla, México

A recent documentary published at elchahuistle.com (spanish)
http://elchahuistle.com/2009/06/26/maestros-golpeados-en-puebla-cortometraje-documental/

Posted by Bilhá Calderón on June 30, 2009 at 11:04am

Casey Cora

Finding local bloggers?

So, I've been asked to find local bloggers in our coverage area for a possible ongoing print feature.

I thought that would be relatively easy, but I'm having a crazy hard time. That could be for a number of reasons, but I'm beginning to believe that no one's blogging local affairs in our patch on a regular basis.

Why? Most reporters here say their beats aren't being touched by anyone else. Ditto for other general local affairs. (Which is great for leverage in our news coverage, but that's a wh… Continue

Posted by Casey Cora on June 30, 2009 at 8:52am

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