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NOLA.com: Flood graphic

NOLA did a very compelling online graphic of the Katrina flooding sequence a couple of Sundays ago.

Book blogs

Santa Cruz: The Book Eater (Feed)
Cape Cod: Bookmarked (Feed)

Anyone else have book-related pages out there?

Santa Cruz UGC

From: Len LaBarth [mailto:llabarth@santacruzsentinel.com]
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 1:32 PM
To: spolay@ottaway.com
 

http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/specialprojects/mountmadonna/index.html

 

Students at school here go to D.C. every two years as part of a government in action program. They meet with lawmakers, journalists, etc. This year they’re doing a blog, complete with fotos and audio files, archives. The blog entries are a little long, but that’s to be expected. Cool community stuff.

 

Len

 

Len La Barth

New Media Editor

Santa Cruz Sentinel

(831) 429-2411

(831) 429-9620 (FAX)

www.santacruzsentinel.com

 

More Seacoast UGC

FLOODING....How is it where you are? - SeacoastConnects Forums -- with photos in some of the posts.

Seacoast UGC

Seacoast Connects Photo Gallery: 2006 Portsmouth Junior Prom Photos

Graduations, anyone?

UGC in Pocono

Bear in Stroudsburg!

Nieman Reports: Newspaper Survival

I know what I'll be reading on the plane when I travel later this week: Nieman Reports: Newspapers' Survival.

Quick peak reveals this first headline atop Tim Porter's article:
If Newspapers Are to Rise Again
'Reinvent or die. It's that simple.'

Full report: PDF-friendly | HTML

Steve Outing » A magazine brings its editors out into the open

It's a familiar rant for Steve Outing: Allow newsrooms to become more transparent through blogging. His latest post on the subject highlights what's happening at Bike magazine.

FW: DailyCandy Dedicated E-mail - Call the Shots

I like this UGC idea. Turn the users into assignment editors.

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From: today@dailycandy.com [mailto:today@dailycandy.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 1:38 AM
To: spolay@ottaway.com
Subject: DailyCandy Dedicated E-mail - Call the Shots

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WSJ.com - The Perfect News Site, 2016

Pointed out by Romanesko today: WSJ.com - The Perfect News Site, 2016. No surprises, really, but a good read nonetheless.