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posted this text on my blog a few days ago but thought it would made sense to post it here as well. -- i always thought that internet and globalisation will eventually empower local media. it’s easy to get the latest about the major events on the other side of the world but the easiest it is to access that information, the bigger it is the need for people to get information about their own community (and this doesn’t only apply to a certain geographic area, but rather to any group that shares… Continue

Hi everyone, here's a suggestion of something I think it's worth writing about. I'm pasting the press release below so you all know what I'm talking about. POSTCROSSING HITS ONE MILLION EXCHANGED POSTCARDS Project created in 2005 has over 47 000 users from all over the world Who said the online and the offline world couldn’t co-exist? The Postcrossing project proves they can. Moreover, it proves they should. Created in July 2005 by Paulo Magalhães, the project has now reached a millio… Continue

As I was driving to work this morning, I was listening to this debate on the radio and, as it so often happens, I couldn't exactly make up my mind about which side I agreed more with. Maybe you can help me. Here's the situation (I'll try to spare you the boring details):

A journalist is doing some investigation about something a politician did in the past. In order to get some information, he needs to contact some of the members of that party. The t…

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I know we all need to adjust ourselves to new times, I know we all should be able to multitask, I know all that. But, sometimes, being a 'multimedia journalist' can be a lot of hard work.

For example, this afternoon I went to the birthday party of a man that turned 100 years old. Sounds like a fun and light thing to do. Yep, it's true. But when you're told to talk to the person and the people around him, take pictures and also shoot a video, it beco…

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