One year ago, I left the Edmonton Journal. The overlap between what I was spending my time on and what I wanted to be spending my time on was not big enough, and it was making me crazy. So I quit. I spent a few weeks thinking, talking, imagining what I could do now that … More An offer I couldn’t refuse
The story of the week was the downtown arena project. I wish I had been free on Friday to Storify the reaction to city council’s decision to buy the land amid news of the negotiations between the city and the Katz Group with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman in New York. The volume of tweets on … More Edmonton New Media Roundup 21
This week, I’ve been thinking about the future of publishing and the power of going deep. The idea that the future of media depends on serving niches rather than being all things to all people is not new, but it becomes more meaningful when you meet people who are living that concept in real life. … More Edmonton New Media Roundup 20
West Edmonton Local is about to be reincarnated again, so this seems like a good time to explain and explore this gift to MacEwan journalism students, created last school year by Archie McLean and Lucas Timmons. I call it a gift because journalism is learned by doing. To have a real-life news website to work on, … More Edmonton New Media Roundup 18
I know I already talked about Pecha Kucha Night 11, but preparing for that night took up so much space in my brain that I scarcely had room for anything else, and there’s still more worth rounding up. For an excellent recap of the evening, see Mack Male’s post. The Edmonton Journal, which livestreamed the … More Edmonton New Media Roundup 17
Here is the video of the talk I delivered at Pecha Kucha Night 11 at Myer Horowitz Theatre at the University of Alberta on Sept. 14, 2011. It was so much fun. Thank you to Edmonton’s Next Gen for the opportunity, and thank you to all of the generous and encouraging people who laughed at my … More My Pecha Kucha talk: What journalism needs now
I’m going to blame the tardiness of this week’s roundup on my grief over the retirement of the edmontonian. It may not be an entirely accurate excuse – I was busy getting ready to teach and finishing off a super-cool project I’ll tell you about one of these days – but it is completely true … More Edmonton New Media Roundup 16
It’s back-to-school season in our house. The kids return to class on Thursday, Trustee Spencer’s meetings have resumed, and I am preparing to teach (!) reporting and news production in the journalism diploma program at Grant MacEwan University. So I’m in an education frame of mind for this week’s roundup. In many ways, the Internet … More Edmonton New Media Roundup 15
The new media buzz-generator of the week – aside from blissed-out tweets from the Folk Fest – was everybodyinthiscityisarmed.com, a website launched by Mack Male (with help from Sally Poulsen, Jeff Samsonow and Adam Rozenhart – all of whom are friends of mine, for full disclosure’s sake). The site, prompted by the coverage of the … More Edmonton New Media Roundup 12
Edmonton is rich ground for comics culture, and it feels like there’s a lot going on these days: – Take Andrew Foley, for example. He co-wrote Cowboys & Aliens, which has been made into a big, big movie. I first came across him on Twitter and started following him because I thought he was clever. … More Edmonton New Media Roundup 11
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