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About Danny Sanchez
Danny Sanchez is the Audience Development Manager at Tribune's Sun-Sentinel.com and OrlandoSentinel.com. Danny has been with Tribune since 2005 in a variety of editorial, digital and product development roles in Hartford, Orlando and Fort Lauderdale. He has also previously worked in the newsrooms of the Tampa Bay Times and The Miami Herald.How comics can invigorate your storytelling
In today’s journalism, where different storytelling mediums have come together, it is worth taking a second look at the many graphic novels that now populate bookstore shelves. Graphic novels, what some consider glorified comic books or “sequential art,” have increasingly … Continue reading
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Rob Curley heading to the Washington Post
Online journalism guru Rob Curley is packing his bags to go to the Washington Post, according to Poynter’s E-Media Tidbits. If you’re not familiar with Curley, he’s the guy who wracked up awards with his revamp of Lawrence.com and has … Continue reading
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Find reusable photos easily
Lifehacker has a splendid post on how to find cheap or free photos that you can use in your blogs, web designs and more. Some of the tips include using a Creative Commons search interface, user-edited Wikimedia Commons, CCHits and … Continue reading
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Google sniffing for old news stories
Google gets even closer to the news industry by launching a service to search newspapers archives dating back to the 1700s, according to a San Francisco Chronicle report. Google offers robust document scanning capabilities, and I fear it may in … Continue reading
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From SND: A new way to read The New York Times
The NYTimes.com‘s Neil Chase demonstrated new software at SND that will give users a reading experience that is closer to reading the physical paper. And it looks sweet! To see the Times‘ own write-up about it, visit: http://firstlook.nytimes.com/?p=22 This feature uses Windows … Continue reading
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At SND: Where’s the story?
Scott Horner, multimedia journalist extraordinaire from the Sun-Sentinel, tells us about the key element to making strong multimedia features: Make sure there’s a complete story! Scott’s right when he says “interactive graphics aren’t about Flash.” It’s often the case that … Continue reading
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Live from the Society of News Design conference!
Hey Journalistopians, I’m blogging from the Society of News Design’s annual conference here in Orlando, Fla. (conveniently located minutes from my new home!). The SND conference this year officially opened with a keynote address by Robin Sloan and Matt Thomnpson, … Continue reading
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When sources scoop you
Mediabistro features a story today on how a reporter interviewed a blogger and found the entire e-mail exchange posted on said blogger’s site before the publishing of her story. Take heed scribes, for as Mediabistro’s Greg Lindsay writes: “So, the … Continue reading
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Closer scrutiny for media’s web stats
The New York Times reports on Forbes.com‘s troubles with determining how many users visit the site and who they are, a trend I predict is likely to increase in coming days with other media outlets. All evidence suggests that advertisers … Continue reading
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Has your blog post gone awry?
Copyblogger has a nice, concise list of tips on how to recognize when your blog post is quickly going down in flames. While these tips follow the basic, timeless tenets of good writing, well, even good writers often forget said … Continue reading
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Editorial board rocks the vote with video
Big kudos to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel for posting full videos of the editorial board’s interviews with Florida’s gubernatorial candidates. The page features the entire interview with smaller clips broken down by topic (I’m sure THAT was fun to edit). … Continue reading
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Scarborough: Online readership growing
Web readers can account for up to 15 percent of a newspaper’s audience, according to a recent study by Scarborough Research. The study analyzes the percentage of readers who only read the paper, readers who read both and readers who … Continue reading
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