The Online Journalism Review's Mark Glaser takes a look at the way some publications in the United States are going about collecting, editing, and publishing the news:
The New Voices: Hyperlocal Citizen Media Sites Want You (to Write)!
From Bakersfield, Calif. to Columbia, Mo. to Skokie, Ill. and to small-town ... more »
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Who pays for this blog? I receive no fees, considerations, etc. etc. for the posts on this blog nor do I have any plans to accept any. My salary is paid by Canwest Global Communications Corp. I work for that company as the Ottawa-based National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service. The blog publishing platform used here is called Blogware and it's developed by Tucows Inc. of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. My use of Blogware should not be taken as an endorsement of that company. Like all Blogware users, I do not pay any fees for the use of this service. I participate in program. Google pays me some money and, for that, I give Google some space on this site to display ads. Google sells those ads and Google, not me, decides what advertising content you are seeing. I do not filter these ads and take no responsibility for them. Readers should not assume I endorse any of the products or services advertised here. If you think other disclosures are appropriate in this space, I'd like to hear from you. All of my contact details are always at www.davidakin.com You can read more about this section |
Wednesday, October 27
Citizen journalism, participatory journalism -- what's it all about?
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DavidAkin
on Wed 27 Oct 2004 06:05 AM EDT
Tuesday, October 26
John Peel, dead of heart attack
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DavidAkin
on Tue 26 Oct 2004 11:22 AM EDT
 For those of use who grew up while Brit punk, new wave and alternative music was growing up, BBC DJ John Peel (pictured left) was a central figure. The BBC is reporting today that Peel, just 65 years old, died of a heart attack.
Just as Alan Freed might be ... more » Monday, October 25
[What they said] Announcing Flackster
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DavidAkin
on Mon 25 Oct 2004 09:59 PM EDT
Toronto blogger and PR pro Michael O'Connor Clarke has this today:
"Announcing Flackster Those fine blokes at Corante have invited me to set up a new weblog as part of their stable of "Industry Insiders". As both a PR guy and a blogger, they thought I might have something interesting ... more » Sunday, October 24
[What they said] HP asks to fell heritage tree
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DavidAkin
on Sun 24 Oct 2004 11:06 PM EDT
The San Jose Mercury News reports
that Hewlett-Packard Co. is asking to chop down the tree that shades
the famous garage that Hewlett and Packard founded the company in . . .
"The majestic oak tree that shades the garage where
Hewlett-Packard was founded more than 65 years ago was ... more »
Friday, October 22
Xerox turning things around
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DavidAkin
on Fri 22 Oct 2004 07:31 AM EDT
 During a visit to Toronto a few months ago, Xerox Corp. chief executive officer Anne Mulcahy (pictured, left) spoke enthusiastically about a bright future for the Stamford, Conn.-based company, known chiefly for its photocopiers.
After all, she said, all she had to do when she took over the ailing ... more » Thursday, October 21
Public Library of Science launches using open-access publishing
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DavidAkin
on Thu 21 Oct 2004 11:24 PM EDT
I was tipped off today to the Public Library of Science, which, this week, launched a new peer-reviewed medical journal. Why is this important? This journal, unlike most academic journals, is available online to anyone who wants to read it -- for free. This is called the Open ... more »
More mainstream Canadian journo-bloggers
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DavidAkin
on Thu 21 Oct 2004 10:48 PM EDT
In the U.S, they're everywhere, but up here in the Great White North, bloggers who are also staffers at mainstream news organizations are a much rarer sight. I've been trying to keep track of those staffers that blog (just in case we have to form an association, a fire drill, ... more »
PureTracks grows up, leaves home
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DavidAkin
on Thu 21 Oct 2004 10:00 PM EDT
In the U.S., Apple Computer is taking the world of online music by storm. But here in Canada, Apple's music store has not yet been switched on (although my friend and former colleague Robert Thompson of the National Post reported last week that Apple was ready to light it up ... more »
There goes the dollar . . .
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DavidAkin
on Thu 21 Oct 2004 09:25 PM EDT
So the Canadian dollar has crested above 80 cents U.S. That's an 11-year-plus high for the loonie. A few years ago, the Canadian loonie used to be worth around 65 American pennies. When I was a kid in the 1970s, the Canadian dollar was worth a lot more than the ... more »
What the heck is RSS?
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DavidAkin
on Thu 21 Oct 2004 08:57 PM EDT
BusinessWeek raises the profile of RSS in its Oct. 25 issue. Apple, as its fans may know, will be building an RSS reader into its browser with the next release of its operating system. Good thinking. Those who use RSS feeds, either through Bloglines, NewsGator or NetNetsWire know how ... more »
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