"Figure out what you want to do, and get really good at it." That's been the overarching advice I've heard in the past few weeks, as I seek to understand where I might fit in the "new media" world. It all sounds fine, although the more I meet interesting people who've been looking at data analysis and web presentation for a long time, the more it becomes apparent that getting "really good at it" is a lifelong endeavor Read More...
I am, for the second time in two days, going to bring up Derek Willis, member of the Interactive News Technology Group at the New York Times and one of my current professors. Corny as this sounds, that class has literally changed my life, as I have reaffirmed my desire to become one of that sadly rare breed of journalists with programming skills Read More...
Oh, why can't we just get along? There's been a lot of talk recently about the cuts at the Washington Post of workers in the separate print and online departments. There's been an outpouring of comments on the nature of the news business due to this issue. Some say the web is all about presentation, and without print journalists, there won't be anything to post Read More...
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