Current Buzz 2.0
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(via The Flipped Classroom: Turning the Traditional Classroom on its Head)
How Do We Make Freelance Journalism Sustainable? | Mediashift | PBS
So this isn’t just happening to journalists. Our whole workforce is shifting to freelance/consultant models. Healthcare that isn’t tied to an employer will be some help. Portable retirement accounts are next. Employers are going to have to raise wages or pay for training, is what I expect to happen.
At least eight tows and 63 barges were moored this week after government officials deemed the waterway unsafe for navigation - waters were high enough that tows risked hitting St. Louis’ bridges, Fogarty said.
Waters on the Mississippi at St. Louis on Thursday receded to the moderate flood stage of 38.9 feet, after cresting this week at 40.5 feet, according to the National Weather Service.
It was the fourth highest recorded water level since the St. Louis Army Corps gage was installed in 1861.
"When it rains it pours. And it surely seems to be raining this year.
A typical Web article is about 2000 pixels long. In the graph below, each bar represents the share of readers who got to a particular depth in the story. There’s a spike at 0 percent—i.e., the very top pixel on the page—because 5 percent of readers never scrolled deeper than that spot. (A few notes: This graph only includes people who spent any time engaging with the page at all—users who “bounced” from the page immediately after landing on it are not represented. The X axis goes beyond 100 percent to include stuff, like the comments section, that falls below the 2,000-pixel mark. Finally, the spike near the end is an anomaly caused by pages containing photos and videos—on those pages, people scroll through the whole page.) (via How people read online: Why you won’t finish this article. - Slate Magazine)
(via Photojournalists vs. iPhones - The Colbert Report - 2013-05-06 - Video Clip | Comedy Central)
John White is the best.
Dang, I can’t get to this, but for journalists and civic activists, I think it would be a good view
High Tech, Low Life Chicago Premiere REdesign Series
Saturday, June 15, 2013 - 7:30pm Location: Chicago Filmmakers - 5243 N Clark Suggested Donation: $8 Zhou “Zola” Shuguang and Zhang “Tiger Temple” are two of China’s first renegade citizen reporters. Armed with laptops, cell phones, and digital cameras they develop skills as independent one-man news stations while learning to navigate China’s evolving censorship regulations and avoiding the risk of political persecution. (via High Tech, Low Life | chicagofilmmakers.org)
(via Pinterest)
So, you can search pinterest for specific pins, but I couldn’t find the link to the search anywhere. If you type this into a browser, then you get the search my_pins page:
