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Thursday, March 27, 2008 3:00 AM

Your neighborhood news web site

The Palm Beach Post wants to deliver news to the neighborhoods.  I’m not talking about those old “Neighbors” sections that languished and failed so miserably in our print editions. I’m talking about Backyard Post. It took
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008 2:39 AM

Class Act

If you want to revive your enthusiasm for the future of journalism, spend an hour in a college J-class. Not only have I met some really brilliant students online through social networking and SPJ, the occasional invite to speak to a class
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Sunday, October 21, 2007 1:48 AM

No. 3: Embrace databases

I started out my career putting together the agate page for a sports department at a midsize Midwestern daily.  I was 17. It didn't take long to learn the value of my job.  My sports editor used to say more people would read the agate page,
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Tuesday, September 04, 2007 3:05 PM

A million-dollar idea

To accompany a story about an increase in homes costing $1 million or more, The Des Moines Register created a cool multimedia project for the web. Be sure to watch the video flyover of the homes using Google Earth Pro. I can think of an array
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Friday, June 22, 2007 5:44 PM

Quest for maps

It’s easy to be seduced by video and audio slide shows. They are like magic to print reporters who, until now, have been confined to words and the dreaded “info” boxes to relay information. But multimedia isn’t just about pictures that move
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