Category: Future of News
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By: Laura Pearson, Center Square Journal Beat 1724 has been relatively quiet in comparison to other beats, said Chicago Police Sgt. Kristin Barker in a monthly CAPS meeting last night at …
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The Knight Foundation announced the winners of 2010 News Challenge this week, and two of the winners list Chicago as their home turf. The Knight Challenge awards $2.74 million to 12…
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Video: Borris Lukic on the Road As the sun begins to set on a warm Sunday afternoon in April, Boris Lukic turns on his 53-foot truck and begins the paperwork to hit the road. Once the…
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Scripting News: New feature: Blog post sub-text! Dave Winer is looking to move blogging and online writing to the next level. He calls it “sub-text” and instead of adding hyperlinks within the run of sentences, you can add a “+” by any text and that will expand/hide additional information. I think this looks like a very effective way to end up producing thoughtful writing online. No more clicking away from a page, and you can expand/hide just the information that you need. It allows for a quick skim and then you can go back and grab the details of interest. I wish I was a better programmer so I could help out at this stage, but that’s not happening for me now.
