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February 05 2012

smarques
06:04

Python Web Scraping 101 (Hacks/Hackers)

Python Web Scraping 101 resources, links, etc. How to do it.
Tags: howto examples data journalism programming

June 19 2011

smarques
17:31

Facebook Navi Japan - First official Facebook navigation site opens

The Next Web :: Wanting to boost the profile of its social network and explain the advantages of its service in Japan, Facebook has authorised the creation of Facebook Navi“, a navigation service which provides its Japanese users with an overview on the service, its applications and Pages. The service lists four menu selections detailing “What is Facebook”, “Facebook user manual”, “Editors’ choice of Japanese Facebook pages” and “Editors’ choice of Facebook Apps” and is the first (official) of its kind.

Continue to read thenextweb.com

Visit the site f-navigation.jp

Tags: Facebook Japan Facebook Navi howto

June 05 2011

smarques
12:36

Updating Reporter’s Guide to Multimedia Proficiency

It’s been two years since I wrote this free guide. Do you think it’s worth my while to update it?

I’ve been thinking it might be good to put it on Wikia and allow others to edit and add to it. Then it could be updated any time, and translations could be contributed too.

Please comment.

 

It’s been two years since I wrote this free guide. Do you think it’s worth my while to update it?

I’ve been thinking it might be good to put it on Wikia and allow others to edit and add to it. Then it could be updated any time, and translations could be contributed too.

Please comment.

 

Tags: multimedia reporting teaching training guide howto
smarques
12:36

Updating Reporter’s Guide to Multimedia Proficiency

It’s been two years since I wrote this free guide. Do you think it’s worth my while to update it?

I’ve been thinking it might be good to put it on Wikia and allow others to edit and add to it. Then it could be updated any time, and translations could be contributed too.

Please comment.

 

It’s been two years since I wrote this free guide. Do you think it’s worth my while to update it?

I’ve been thinking it might be good to put it on Wikia and allow others to edit and add to it. Then it could be updated any time, and translations could be contributed too.

Please comment.

 

Tags: multimedia reporting teaching training guide howto

March 21 2011

smarques
19:19

Channeling the news brand: Persona and strategy

Questions to ask and tips to consider when setting a social media persona and strategy for a news brand. [...]
Tags: Social Media branding howto strategy Twitter

January 20 2011

smarques
21:07

Link roundup: Twitter news, tech tools and a shameless plug

On the Twitters

  • In their “The science of the hashtag” post, Twitter charts the lifecycle of a hashtag and spells out just what and who propelled it to popularity. In short – celebrities > media, as if you didn’t already know.
  • An alleged Twitter expert says research shows that to increase your chances of being retweeted, you should Tweet your links in afternoons, evenings and on weekends.
  • I don’t know if Jay Rosen is a Twitter expert, but he’s been known to craft a good 140 characters. He explains his process and what makes a tweet “beautiful”.
  • Nieman Storyboard makes the case that Twitter is a great community for building and telling a narrative story, using TBD’s Storify as an example.

Tips & Tricks

Random industry news

  • The Huffington Post may have created what many of us have dreamed of for years - a news recommendation engine based on collected data. Tie in advertising and we might as well all go home and let them take over the world.
  • Not everyone’s a fan of it, though, and with good reason.
  • Former TBD GM (and my former boss) Jim Brady chats with Jason Policastro about his work with Philly.com’s new collaborative journalism initiative, online advertising, funding hyperlocal sites and more.
  • Ken Doctor outlines the metrics and numbers journalism outlets should be keeping an eye on in 2011. This goes way beyond web traffic and Twitter analytics. Great read.
  • The NY Times reports Steven Brill’s Journalism Online experiment, which developed a system to charge newspaper sites’ most frequent online visitors for content access, has good news. They analyzed preliminary data from the project’ initial sites and found that “advertising revenue and overall traffic did not decline significantly despite predictions otherwise”. The Times, of course, really really wants this to succeed.

Shameless plugs

Tags: Industry News & Notes Recommended Links howto links Social Media tools Twitter
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