by Tim Windsor on October 21, 2008
The current topic at the Carnival of Journalism is:
What are small, incremental steps one can make to fuel change in their media organization?
(Yes, we’d all like to swing in our newsroom, lay some boot heels on chests, hoist the black flag and change everything by the end of business on Monday — but the reality is, [...]
by Tim Windsor on September 29, 2008
Tip of the hat to the folks at bthesite.com for including prominent links out to Baltimore based and Baltimorecentric blogs in the main well of the recently redesigned site.
(Disclosure: I helped create bthesite.com and argued loudly for the inclusion of local blogs)
The local blogs have been there since day one, but were somewhat hidden in [...]
by Tim Windsor on September 24, 2008
Newspapers and TV stations have been throwing around the hyperlocal buzzword for years. Some have actually done something with it and launched web sites focused on tight geographic areas. But many of these are thinly-resourced and dependent on user-generated content that’s been slow to come.
So what happens when a media-adept resident of a neighborhood looks [...]