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Category Archives: Technology
Dec. 24, 1968: The day everything changed
This Christmas Eve marks the 50th anniversary of not only one of the greatest achievements in human history, but also one of our most transcendent moments. Here’s an article I wrote a few years ago about Apollo 8. —- On … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Technology, Uncategorized, World events
Tagged photography, space, wonder
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How to remove geotags from cellphone photos
Photos from sensitive places pose a challenge in telling stories. While conversations often center on creative ways to shoot a photo, or how to obscure someone’s face or location, one important factor tends to be neglected. Digital photos have invisible … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, sensitivity, Technology
Tagged photography, technology
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Every street; rainy day
Author Mark Sayers is one of today’s best cultural observers. In his new book, “Facing Leviathan,” he deconstructs our consumer / spectator culture and talks about the need for leaders to break free of it. The “society of spectacle” is … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, journalism, reporting, technology
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The iPad and Professional Journalists
The iPad for Professional Journalists If you’re an iPad user, or thinking about getting one for journalistic work, here’s a useful blog post from iPad Appstorm.
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The unavoidable task
Today, I’ll depart from some of the big-picture thoughts from the past week and take you behind the curtain to show you how the journalistic sausage is made. A week after getting home from Egypt, we’re almost through the most … Continue reading
Posted in Reporting, Technology
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The one-man band
Last Thursday was a good reminder to me of how much reporting has changed. I do some communications work for our local rescue mission, and Thursday I covered an event where they were receiving a major donation check. Not that … Continue reading
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Tagged equipment, journalism, reporting, technology
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Journalism’s revolution
A friend, the editor of a small daily newspaper here in Illinois, asked me (Jim) a tough question this week: What I would I tell a high-school senior who wonders if there’s a career anymore in being a reporter? Actually, … Continue reading
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Tagged journalism, reporting
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Transcribing interviews … ugh
Most journalists use voice recorders for interviewing, and then face the tedious task of transcribing those interviews. Here’s a workflow idea to speed up that process. Record the interview and create the audio file. My Olympus recorder plugs into the … Continue reading
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Tagged equipment, interviewing, journalism
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