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Newsroom Wiki Session

This morning’s session on newsroom wikis featured demonstrations of several research wikis in use at papers from St. Louis, Columbus and Raleigh. MediaWiki seems to be a popular choice for newsroom wikis, in part because it’s very customizable and visually … Continue reading

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An Intro to My Session

Newslibbers, please forgive the shameless plug, but I wanted to give an introduction to my session next week at SLA. Somehow, the title got a little muddled, so it reads as “News Researchers: News Research in the Newsroom,” which could … Continue reading

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Fixing Journalism…an article from Derek Willis on his TheScoop website

Fixing Journalism: The Washington Post’s Derek Willis has challenged news librarians and researchers to be information technology evangelists in their newsroom, after publishing an essay on what’s wrong with journalism on his TheScoop website. The link was posted to NewsLib … Continue reading

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SLA Conference 2004: Money in Politics

Money in Politics: Derek Willis is doing the seminar at the conference next week and finds he needs to expand his presentation due to illness of another presenter. Derek wants to know what attendees might like to see included in … Continue reading

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