Author Archives: A. Adam Glenn

Finding photo fakes; Getting started in podcasting | Knight Digital Media Center

Posted on March 29, 2011 by A. Adam Glenn

If you’ve ever worried about photo fakery on your news outlet, you may soon have a detection tool to help uncover it.A digital forensics expert is working to develop commercial software that detects subtle changes to the standard jpeg format … Continue reading →

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Another Discovery Freelance Blogging Opportunity

Posted on March 26, 2011 by A. Adam Glenn

A former colleague who’s now a managing editor at Discovery News is looking for J-school students or recent grads looking for work blogging about animal news. She admits pay isn’t great, but it’s a good way to get clips. This … Continue reading →

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Good Networking Opportunity

Posted on March 24, 2011 by A. Adam Glenn

The folks at the well-read PBS blog MediaShift are looking for a J-School student or two who’d be willing to help out at a MediaShift mixer in the East Village, staffing the door on the evening of April 5. In … Continue reading →

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Week 8 Assignment – Multimedia Pitch

Posted on March 24, 2011 by A. Adam Glenn

Folks – Below you’ll find a detailed description of the upcoming multimedia project, along with your first assignment for it: a multimedia pitch due at the start of Week Nine class. Please read the description of the project thoroughly, before … Continue reading →

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Freelance opportunity

Posted on March 17, 2011 by A. Adam Glenn

A former student of mine who’s now an interactive producer and editor at The Discovery Channel’s web sites is accepting short (100 word) travel/adventure blog posts with a green angle for $25 a pop. If you’re interested, let me know … Continue reading →

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New York Times launches paywall—and why most news orgs shouldn’t: News for Digital Journalists | Knight Digital Media Center

Posted on March 17, 2011 by A. Adam Glenn

Here’s why the plan might work, at least somewhat, for the Times—and why the vast majority of other newspapers should not try this approach… via News for Digital Journalists | Knight Digital Media Center.

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The Poynter Institute | EyeTrack07

Posted on March 17, 2011 by A. Adam Glenn

We used eyetracking equipment to give us a precise account of how 582 people in four U.S. cities viewed their hometown newspapers and Web sites. Four organizations partnered with us, enabling participants to view two broadsheets the St. Petersburg Times … Continue reading →

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Watch the Growth of Walmart and Sam’s Club Across America | FlowingData

Posted on March 17, 2011 by A. Adam Glenn

Walmart (blue) started slow in 1962 and then spread like wildfire in the southeast, starting in 1970, and then made its way towards the west coast. Sam’s Club starts to sprout up in the 1980s with bursts up to present. … Continue reading →

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The Twisted Psychology of Bloggers vs. Journalists: My Talk at South By Southwest » Pressthink

Posted on March 17, 2011 by A. Adam Glenn

Six years ago I wrote an essay called Bloggers vs. Journalists is Over. It was my most well read piece at the time. And it made the points you would expect: This distinction is eroding. This war is absurd. Get … Continue reading →

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Why Curation Is Important to the Future of Journalism

Posted on March 14, 2011 by A. Adam Glenn

Andy Carvin, senior strategist for NPR who runs their social media desk, finds meaning in the word “media.” “It means being in the middle — in this case, between sources and the public. So curating … really isn’t that different … Continue reading →

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