Visuwords

Posted by in Images + Sound, Innovative Sites on Jan 15th, 2010 | 0 comments

This “online graphical dictionary” allows you to look up words and then see visual connections to other words and concepts. An interesting use of Flash, and potentially a nice reference for reporters and other writers.

Chronicling America: Historic Newspapers

Posted by in Online Reporting Sources, Participatory Journalism on Oct 9th, 2009 | 0 comments

This site from the Library of Congress gives you access to a growing database of newspapers from 1880 to 1922. You can search the scanned pages online, or learn more information about papers published in the United States since 1690.

A Journalist’s Guide to Twitter

Posted by in Social Media on Jun 10th, 2009 | 0 comments

Leah Betancourt of the Star Tribune in Minneapolis has compiled a nice overview of how journalists can use twitter. She also gives examples of some journalists who are using Twitter in interesting ways.