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Here’s one good reason why “U.S. Americans” need more good maps in their newspapers and online.
(Courtesy of Boing Boing)
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It seems the Internet has done as much for amateur cartographers as it has for budding pornographers.
As I promised earlier, I have a few resources to share on mapping, particularly of the Google Maps variety. I had actually been planning on posting this for the last few days, when I noticed this mention the Analytic […]

As the newspaper industry struggles to ensure its relevance in the changing media landscape, there are a few pioneers out there who have the right idea. One of them, Adrian Holovaty, created the innovative ChicagoCrime.org by databasing freely-available crime reports from the Web and mashing them up with Google Maps (more to come on […]

In our rush to embrace the Web, it’s interesting to keep in mind some of the limitations the medium could impose on journalists.
CNet News.com posted a story looking at how some of history’s best headlines might not hack it in the digital age. Here’s what they write about one of my favorites…
“Ford to city: Drop […]

One of the benefits of having no readers is that no one will be impatiently demanding that I have all my ducks in a row while I continue to get the new site up and running. I’d say I’m about 80 percent of the way there. I have a few design features I need to […]

Please bear with me over the next few days. I’m in the process of moving this site from a free host to my own server. Thus, there will be a lot of kinks to work out. But if you stop by, please leave a comment and say hello, and let me know what kind of […]

Amidst the shock and tragedy of last week’s bridge collapse in Minneapolis, journalists around the country embraced the power of computer-assisted reporting to enhance their reporting. One such reporter compiled a cool list of many of the great stories they produced.
Some of the praise for this response is owed to IRE and its database library. […]

From my old Web site’s bio:
There are times when I wonder what I’ve gotten into by becoming a journalist.
When I spent 11 hours a day working as a laborer for a story only to go to my temporary home with its shabby little bed in a rooming house, I pondered whether my reporting would make […]

I can think of no better way to launch this new experiment in blogging than to sadly note the passing of an icon of American journalism. As it was reported earlier this week, the venerable Weekly World News will soon go dark. This fine purveyor of insane fictional columnists and alien abductions has entertained shoppers […]