Tag: Columbia Missourian
Edward McCain: Goals of the conference
Video of Edward McCain discussing the goals of Dodging the Memory Hole 2016: Saving Online News.
Missouri School of Journalism reporters put virtual reality into deadline news
Mizzou VR Journalism hit a benchmark recently by publishing a 360-degree illustrated news feature on normal online newspaper deadline. In an Oct. 26 article in the Columbia Missourian, Emily Shepherd wrote about a Harry Potter-themed astronomy lesson that night at the University of Missouri’s Laws Observatory. Stephanie Miller provided normal photographic coverage, but Claudia Chong and … Continued
We asked journalists: How do you fit in time to learn about industry information?
In the midst of so much to do, how and when do journalists take the time to learn more about our industry? And what formats or platforms make learning easy? I’ve been asking those questions as I wrap up a really cool project and want to share what I’ve learned in ways that are useful … Continued
Missouri high schoolers in Talk Story, Write Story offered more than $700,000 in scholarships
Originally published on The Columbia Daily Tribune website Leaving his wife and baby asleep, Erik Potter slipped away into autumn darkness every Monday and Friday morning to drive to Hickman High School, where an early-bird secretary buzzed him in. With just 90 minutes available in an empty conference room, Potter and senior Vy Le always … Continued
Community collaboration key to successful launch of Talk Story, Write Story in Missouri
Mentoring program that helps high school seniors prepare for college entrance essays is a new way to engage with community
Models for preserving news archives that long served the industry leave digital content in peril
Edward McCain, digital curator of journalism at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute, spoke about the growing loss of born-digital content at Dodging the Memory Hole: Beyond NDNP, a meeting of concerned archivists, journalists and other stakeholders held on Sept. 16 in Washington, D.C. Below are his remarks. How many of you read George Orwell’s novel … Continued
Preserving a visual record, Part 2
The drive to create a born-digital photo archive at the Columbia Missourian
Preserving a visual record, Part 1
The drive to create a born-digital photo archive at the Columbia Missourian
Embarking on third retirement, Fidler reflects on tech evolutions, his 1981 prediction about tablets
Mobile media scholar’s journalism career extended over more than half a century
Looking at a photographic image from another point of view: Yours
Good writers can conjure a vivid image in our minds with just words. But journalists also have long relied on illustrations, photographs and videos to enrich a story. Photographs and, by extension, videos have an important limitation. The story is told from one point of view – that of the photographer. The photographer structures our … Continued