A number of people have been asking for a good twitter directory of journalists. Now there is one. Muckrack is a basic site that has created a growing directory of journalists organized by media outlet. Don’t get me wrong, this is no Facebook for journalists, but this is a great way to reach out to old colleagues, connect with other newsrooms, and collaborate on breaking news. Be warned, it does require that you commit to using Twitter.
The Future of Books Online
The future of information includes the future archive of our books and printed material – a matter not often talked about in the drive to educate ourselves online. That is why I found Robert Darnton’s On the Media interview and article in the New York Review of Books about Google’s plans to for Book Search really relevant to the chatter that is going around about the future of news and information.
He says,
“To digitize collections and sell the product in ways that fail to guarantee wide access would be to repeat the mistake that was made when publishers exploited the market for scholarly journals, but on a much greater scale, for it would turn the Internet into an instrument for privatizing knowledge that belongs in the public sphere.”
“Yes, we must digitize. But more important, we must democratize. We must open access to our cultural heritage. How? By rewriting the rules of the game, by subordinating private interests to the public good, and by taking inspiration from the early republic in order to create a Digital Republic of Learning.”
The Demand for the Printed Word
Hundreds wait in line for a copy of The New York Times, the day after Barack Obama is elected PresidentOn the day after Barack Obama was elected President, people began lining up out side the New York Times in hopes to get a copy of the actual newspaper. As Khoi noted, Print’s Not Dead. As Brian Stelter posted, that they are printing and additional 50,000 copies for the late run for the P.M. rush.
More photos from Nedward.
The Secret Lives of Invisible Magnetic Fields
Possibly one of the most amazing works I have ever seen. This is bound to spawn a whole world of creativity online and film. I love it!
Magnetic Movie from Semiconductor on Vimeo.
“The secret lives of invisible magnetic fields are revealed as chaotic ever-changing geometries . All action takes place around NASA’s Space Sciences Laboratories, UC Berkeley, to recordings of space scientists describing their discoveries . Actual VLF audio recordings control the evolution of the fields as they delve into our inaudible surroundings, revealing recurrent ‘whistlers’ produced by fleeting electrons . Are we observing a series of scientific experiments, the universe in flux, or a documentary of a fictional world?”