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Tools for public service journalism: Tips and tricks for Glitch, MapBox and more
We experimented with a few of the tools that journalists can use in public service journalism to help visualize and represent data
Journalists uncover lessons from the 1918 pandemic useful in covering COVID-19
As readers of The Charlotte Observer found out on a recent Sunday, the common story of how the city escaped major illness and death in the pandemic of 1918 had one big problem: It just wasn’t true.
Newsroom communication in the time of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has newsroom managers facing an extraordinary moment in journalism — our entire profession forced to adjust on the fly to how it goes about its daily work.
Tools for public service journalism: Q&A with Casey Miller
We spoke with Los Angeles Times’ Casey Miller, a data journalist who helps the organization track earthquakes, wildfires, and other disasters through automated tools like Quakebot and Fire Map
Pictures of the Year presents Virtual Conversations with 77th competition and 74th CPOY winners
Pictures of the Year and College Photographer of the Year will celebrate this year’s winners virtually during the “Virtual Conversations with 77th competition winners and 74th COPY winner” event that takes place throughout next week.
Newsroom Notes: Meet your new anchorman. He’s also your governor
Gov. Mike Parson began what he called a daily news briefing a few weeks ago. Broadcast organizations in Missouri immediately offered to help distribute the daily offerings, but Parson insisted on using only Facebook.
Tools for public service journalism: Columbia businesses during COVID-19
We used MapBox and Glitch to create a COVID-19 business map for Columbia, Missouri
The coronavirus crisis has made it clear: The future of journalism must be collaborative
If there’s one lesson Jim Brady has learned over 25 years in digital journalism, it’s that new ideas, new opportunities and new technologies are no match for old habits.
What’s Working: The coronavirus crisis has lessons for us about service journalism
If service journalism has a time to shine, it’s during a crisis. When things are going wrong, people need good, specific information to deal with the situation.
Newsroom Notes: The New Normal
It’s Friday morning and we are closing in on our first week of “new normal” at KOMU. I am blessed that my “new normal” is only disrupting my intended trips home.