links for 2007-12-08

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[Write your own laws – web – Technology – theage.com.au](http://www.theage.com.au/news/web/write-your-own-laws/2007/09/26/1190486375202.html)

“Due to a new wiki launched by the New Zealand police, members of the public can now contribute to the drafting of the country’s new policing act.” If you could do that in your own country, what law would you write?

(tags: [wiki](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/wiki) [fun](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/fun))

[Information Architects Japan » iA Notebook » 10 Newspaper Myths Deconstructed](http://www.informationarchitects.jp/10-newspaper-myths-deconstructed)

May be old but worth re-posting every once in a while

(tags: [blog](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/blog) [newspapers](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/newspapers) [journalism](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/journalism) [media](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/media) [newspaper](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/newspaper) [design](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/design) [online](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/online))

[iA Web Trendmap 2007](http://www.informationarchitects.jp/slash/ia_trendmap_start.html)

Again it my be old but this is very cool

(tags: [art](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/art) [map](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/map) [internet](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/internet) [trends](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/trends) [visualization](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/visualization) [future](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/future))

[Farewell to the BBC.co.uk logo. Thankfully. – currybetdotnet – 7 December, 2007](http://www.currybet.net/cbet_blog/2007/12/farewell_to_the_bbc_web_logo.php)

“Details of the new design of the BBC homepage have gradually been ‘leaking’ onto the web.”

(tags: [bbc](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/bbc) [webdesign](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/webdesign))

[MediaShift . Reconstructing Reporting::Revamping the Story Flow for Journalists | PBS](http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2007/12/reconstructing_reportingopenin.html)

Mark Glaser reads my mind via channelling a post by Mindy McAdams

(tags: [kournalism](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/kournalism) [reporting](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/reporting) [web2.0](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/web2.0))

[Ifra publishes newsroom, mobile services research results](http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/90/20358.html)

Ifra publishes newsroom, mobile services research results

(tags: [ifra](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/ifra) [newspapers](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/newspapers) [mobile](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/mobile) [news](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/news))

[Teaching Online Journalism](http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/)

“Flash is not a magic elixir. ” And if Mindy says that then you better start listening

(tags: [flash](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/flash))

[howardowens.com: media blog » Blog Archive » Online journalism is more than just Flash](http://www.howardowens.com/2007/online-journalism-is-more-than-just-flash/)

“Only Nixon could have gone to China, and only Mindy McAdams could write a post entitled “Flash is not the answer.””Howards take on Mindy’s post

(tags: [flash](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/flash) [howard](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/howard))

[allmediascotland : Two More Titles Join Hyper-local Trend](http://www.allmediascotland.com/articles/2103/07122007/two_more_titles_join_hyper-local_trend)

“The latest addition to a growing list of hyper-local media in Scotland sees two community magazines ” Via Martin Stabe

(tags: [hyperlocal](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/hyperlocal))

[Is narrative video worth the time it takes to produce it? : the x degree: exploring and redefining multimedia storytelling](http://www.melissaworden.com/blogs/xdegree/2007/11/is-narrative-video-worth-the-time-it-takes-to-produce-it/)

Melissa Worden’s take on the AJR article that I got a mention in.

(tags: [newspapers](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/newspapers) [storytelling](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/storytelling) [video](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/video) [AJR](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/AJR))

[NUJ Multimedia Working Report Out, Union Still Clueless on Blogging – One Man & His Blog](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2007/12/nuj_multimedia_working_report_out_union_still_clue.html)

Adam Tinworth comments on the NUJ report and the tragic missuse of Blogit on their website

(tags: [NUJ](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/NUJ) [blog](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/blog))

[Newspaper video catches up « Advancing the Story](http://advancingthestory.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/newspaper-video-catches-up/)

“Yes, a lot of the video on newspaper sites isn’t great. Some of it’s atrocious. But it’s getting better fast.”

(tags: [newspaper](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/newspaper) [video](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/video))

[The Outernet – Integrated Multimedia VideoJournalism: New media training for the newsroom](http://viewmag.blogspot.com/2007/12/new-media-training-for-newsroom.html)

David Dunkley Gyimah outlines why journalism training has never been more pressing in today’s climate.

(tags: [training](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/training) [multimedia](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/multimedia) [video](http://del.icio.us/digitaldickinson/video))

[Recovering Journalist: Thinking Strategically](http://recoveringjournalist.typepad.com/recovering_journalist/2007/12/the-road-to-rec.html)

“Everybody, at all levels, needs to be thinking strategically and fully understanding where things are headed.”

links for 2007-12-08

Wordpress as a cms for journalists

[Tweet](https://twitter.com/share)Alf Hermida has a great post on how he [beat a tight budget by using WordPress as a CMS](http://reportr....

links for 2007-12-09

[Tweet](https://twitter.com/share)- [Digital daze… « VideoJournalism](http://cyndygreen.wordpress.com/2007/12/08/digital-daze/)“We are all storytellers and together we can publish...