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The basics of Pinterest and what it can do for your paper
Pinterest is hot. Henry explores the emerging platform and possible usage for newsrooms.
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The basics of Pinterest and what it can do for your paper
Pinterest is hot. Henry explores the emerging platform and possible usage for newsrooms.
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Take two and text me in the morning
We’re taking a look at the tablet market and its impact on the news industry and readers in this month’s piece for The Inlander.
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Writing for the Web: An overview
Learn the basics of writing specifically for the Web.
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Reading list for journos wanting to become more digital savvy
Henry gives suggestions on reading material for folks moving into digital journalism.
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Balloon Fiesta 2011
the ABQ Ballon Fiesta is international and I don’t go because. ON Oct. 8 we searched social media for reaction’s to this year’s balloon Fiesta. “ my feet are still…
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HTML5 More of what you need to know.
In the October edition of The Inlander, the newspaper of the Inland Press Association, you can see my first column on this broad topic of digital. At least in the…
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New York Fall Convention – Taking your social-media reporting to the next level
Notes and examples from the New York Press Association Fall convention in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. View “New story” on Storify Get digital news tips, news and updates in your email…
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DRAFT: Making a Google Map based on census data Part 2
In part one of this tutorial, we were able to retrieve a shapefile for a county from TIGER, upload it via Shape-to-Fusion, which transformed the shapefile into KML that Fusion…
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Making a Google Map based on census data Part 1
The first of two lessons on building a Google Map based on census data. This lesson covers how we get the shape of a county into Google Fusion Tables.
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Taking Social Media Reporting to the Next Level
These are slides from a Webinar I presented July 13 for Inland Press Association. The beginning is review then proceeds to Storify.
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An introduction to Search Engine Optimization
The point of this post isn’t to turn anyone into a Search Engine Optimization god, rather to acquaint folks with a working knowledge of SEO techniques, their importance and benefits.
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HTML Primer for Journalists part II
In this lesson, we’re takling about the assumptions your browser makes when you’re laying out your web page.
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HTML Primer for Journalists Part I
A very basic introduction to HTML and CSS with resources for further exploration. We look at the
tag and write a basic page.
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Teaching the live blog platform
Want to learn-teach live blogging techinques? Here’s a handy-dandy exercise that is challenging, instructive and fun.
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Guerilla editor’s test – The Cover It Live Ticker
Folks in the digital news industry who know me also know that I’m a big fan of the coveritlive live-blogging platform. The simple, powerful and free tools make connecting with…
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New trends in social media
From a Sept. 2010 presentation on new trends in social media, specifically location-based.
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Google maps for journalists 101
This was a presentation I gave at the 2010 Maynard Institute’s Multimedia Editing Program, where I had the privilege of teaching. I had students follow a fictitious story and add…
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An introduction to geo-location services and journalism
This is the first in a multi-part series about geolocation services and their uses to journalists. The genesis of this series is #wjchat, a Wednesday night twitter-based chat for digital…