I just got back from a trip to Paris, a gift from my husband for our wedding anniversary. Along with my memories of seeing the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame, I brought back a few impressions about – yes – … Continue reading
For the last two years, I’ve been working on two projects that I’ve largely kept separate from each other – the Journalism Accelerator collaboration tool and the ongoing development of the Block by Block community of independent news publishers. Since the fall, those two … Continue reading
This post isn’t directly about journalism but trust me, it is all going to connect in the end. It’s connections that have me thinking this morning – the ways we can use technology to connect people so that they can … Continue reading
School is wrapping up for the year. My children are finishing up class projects and eagerly awaiting a family vacation in North Carolina. As the daughter of a teacher, I’ve always tuned my year to the school year, and having … Continue reading
My days are so filled with juggling kid schedules, work, wrangling two cats, taking care of the guinea pig and the chinchilla (not to mention burying the gold fish that my daughter won at the fair) that I rarely get … Continue reading
I was in a meeting last week in which the topic was civic engagement – how to foster it, how to encourage it, how to help it thrive. We were discussing how difficult it can be to get people to … Continue reading
It’s not enough for journalists to focus on craft and good content ideas. We have to think about that nasty little question — how will we pay for journalism? Continue reading
I’ve been asking – and attempting to find answers to – some pretty basic questions so far in this blog. What is journalism? Who is a journalist? You’d think these would be questions we’d have figured out a long time … Continue reading
If reporting has a DNA code, it would look like this: 5Ws and an H. It is drilled into all journalists from their days as a baby reporter. Every story needs to answer these six basic questions: Who? What? When? … Continue reading
The real value of journalism is embedded in journalists who understand the communities they cover so deeply that they know where true expertise lies and then use that expertise to advance both knowledge and action. That’s how I answered my … Continue reading