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Does your local news coverage reflect your community? [Sponsored]

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By Guest on January 29, 2025

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[This is a sponsored post from ONA supporter American Press Institute, written by Director of Product Strategy Liz Worthington. API supports local and community-based media through research, programs and products … Read more.

How They Did It: Symbolia

By Latoya Peterson on May 23, 2012

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Tablet technology has captivated the journalism world with its seemingly endless possibilities for expanding the form, yet most tablet-based publications are still cribbing from the traditional magazine format. Enter Symbolia, … Read more.

How They (Almost) Did It: The People's Production House Reticulator Project

By Latoya Peterson on May 2, 2012

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Examining the People’s Production House’s Reticulator Project provides a unique opportunity to unlock a project going through growing pains. When ONA first learned about the project (through our own Jeanne … Read more.

How They Did It: PressPass.me

By Latoya Peterson on March 7, 2012

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Canadian-born entrepreneurs who packed up and headed to Dubai, David Haddad and Valencio Cardoso dreamed of a way to connect journalists and the public at large. Their end result, PressPass.me, … Read more.

How They Did It: "Hunger in Los Angeles"

By Latoya Peterson on February 15, 2012

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City noise fills the street as you wait in line for a small box of food. An argument breaks out over the last of the food distributions. A man collapses … Read more.

11 lessons from a site launch

By Laura Amico on January 26, 2012

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This is part of a series of blog posts from the first ONA class of MJ Bear Fellows describing their experiences and sharing their knowledge with the community. Fellow Laura … Read more.

How They Did It: The Center for Social Media's fair use guides

By Latoya Peterson on January 25, 2012

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More and more journalists are using images and other types of materials found on the web to create stories and multimedia packages. Without a dedicated media department, independent journalists in … Read more.

Making a candidate forum interactive using the YouTube API

By Lucas Timmons on January 24, 2012

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This post is one of a series of blog posts from the first ONA class of MJ Bear Fellows describing their experiences, projects and sharing their knowledge with the ONA … Read more.

Checklist for a multimedia — and multi-nation — reporting trip

By Lam Thuy Vo on January 19, 2012

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This is one of a series of blog posts from the first ONA class of MJ Bear Fellows describing their experiences and sharing their knowledge with the community. Fellow Lam … Read more.

10 lessons for building projects within niche sites: Homicide Watch D.C.'s Year in Review

By Laura Amico on January 17, 2012

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This is part of a series of blog posts from the first ONA class of MJ Bear Fellows describing their experiences and sharing their knowledge with the community. MJ Bear … Read more.

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