SRCCON was my favorite conference last year, and in the running for favorite conference of all time. I liked it so much I’ve submitted two proposals for this year. You should too! Submissions are open until April 10th. Continous Integration for Content There’s lots of little attributes which define the “quality” of a piece of […]
Tag Archives: hacking journalism
Oregon Day of Civic Hacking
Oregon Day of Civic Hacking. All day on Saturday, June 1st. Ivar and I are planning to attend — looks like we might get a Code With Me contingent together too.
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Neat idea from Daniel Sicar tonight: non-technical journalists should learn enough HTML/CSS (and maybe JavaScript) to build a single-serving website for one of their stories. Originally it was pitched as a skill to learn in 30 days, but it could be great one-day workshop material as well.
#nyc12: Hacking WordPress in the Newsroom
This morning, I gave the second of three CMA NYC sessions I’m leading this week: You publish with WordPress, are comfortable with editing theme templates and making basic CSS changes, and you’re ready to take your site to the next level. Join Daniel Bachhuber, code wranger for Automattic’s WordPress.com VIP, to learn what you need […]
Matt Waite on the supply problem
You are number 114 on the list of people who have asked me if I have any students who are budding journalist-developers ready to start busting out apps in your shop. You are also deep on the list of people telling me you’re looking for people and having a hard time finding them. There’s 10 […]
News Developer Jobs
News Developer Jobs. Google Spreadsheet of positions available at mainstream news organizations, including Boston Globe, Huffington Post, Washington Post, The New York Times, Chicago Tribune and others. The sheer number is mind-boggling.
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Newspapers are technology companies, and more of them need to start acting that way.
The Bifurcation of Content Management and Delivery
I believe that, at some point, a vendor will decouple their delivery tier from their management tier and spin it off as a separate product that works with other vendor’s management systems. […] EPiServer CMS v6 R2 has one of the best features I’ve seen in a CMS in its Visitor Groups. This feature lets […]
Important news from the land of content management systems, publishing, and journalism
Lead by the ever entrepreneurial Will Davis, the Bangor Daily News made a complete switch to WordPress.
My NYTimes Wishlist
My NYTimes Wishlist. Four ideas from a post-NY Times Michael Donohoe. Make the website an application that knows everything you’ve read, and allow content to flow to where readers want to consume it.