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2009 Carnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education

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This is the Flash file that created "The Charter Explosion" map that shows the dramatic growth of charter schools from 1992 to 2008. CharterExplosionCS4.flaIt is free for use or adaptation.
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I thought I'd share two things that Britton brought to my attention that are exemplary approaches to storytelling.A NYT Magazine photo presentation on the bedrooms of U.S. soldiers who have died. Syracuse: What if you pull together a gallery of plac…
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Here are the syllabi for the eight interdisciplinary seminars tied to the eight universities that will host summer newsrooms in 2010.The in-depth study of the topic during the spring term is at the foundation of the students' summer projects.ASU New…
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How May Photos Should Accompany a Text Story?

In 2009, McClatchy-Tribune News Services, one of our distribution partners, released about a dozen of our News21 stories to its clients. Gannett's Content One distributed a similar number, though with fewer accompanying photos.

Here are two editors' perspectives on improving the odds of publishing, depending on visuals.

From Carol Johnson, newsfeatures editor, MTNS:
"That’s a great question about photos. For your students, I would te… Continue

Posted on May 11, 2010 at 1:23pm —

Jody

How Long Should a Text Story Be on the Web?

Here is a response from Gannett Content One editor Laura Rehrmann. I had shared with her an example of a 2009 Maryland story about Columbia, a town created to be a model for community diversity. It runs 2,300 words (63 inches) and the "nationalized" nut graph was about 25 inches into the story, with particular relevance to other highly diverse communities across the USA.

I asked her, "What do youContinue

Posted on May 11, 2010 at 1:00pm —

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Columbia's Charter Explosion code

This is the Flash file that created "The Charter Explosion" map that shows the dramatic growth of charter schools from 1992 to 2008.

CharterExplosionCS4.fla

It is free for use or adaptation.


Posted on April 22, 2010 at 8:54am —

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Visualizing stories, ensuring impact

I thought I'd share two things that Britton brought to my attention that are exemplary approaches to storytelling.

A NYT Magazine photo presentation on the bedrooms of U.S. soldiers who have died. Syracuse: What if you pull together a gallery of places where displaced veterans are living in the U.S.? How many live at home? In an apartment? In a box un… Continue

Posted on March 19, 2010 at 12:00pm —

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News21 Spring Training 2010

Here's a link to a collection of all the presentations, held Feb. 26-28 at ASU's Cronkite School.

Posted on March 3, 2010 at 11:47am —

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Jody added 2 blog posts
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This is the Flash file that created "The Charter Explosion" map that shows the dramatic growth of charter schools from 1992 to 2008. CharterExplosionCS4.flaIt is free for use or adaptation.
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Jody added a blog post
I thought I'd share two things that Britton brought to my attention that are exemplary approaches to storytelling.A NYT Magazine photo presentation on the bedrooms of U.S. soldiers who have died. Syracuse: What if you pull together a gallery of plac…
March 19
Jody added a blog post
Here's a link to a collection of all the presentations, held Feb. 26-28 at ASU's Cronkite School.
March 3
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Here are the syllabi for the eight interdisciplinary seminars tied to the eight universities that will host summer newsrooms in 2010.The in-depth study of the topic during the spring term is at the foundation of the students' summer projects.ASU New…
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Maybe this is worth considering in developing 2010 stories.
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