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KDMC Alumna Launches Online Tech Magazine.
KDMC Fellow Launches Online Tech Magazine.
Featured Fellow: Basetrack's Teru Kuwayama
Relying on iPhones and Facebook, the veteran photojournalist created a community so strong and dedicated that the U.S. military had him shut down.
Five QGIS tips for Mac users
QGIS is a great tool but it helps to be aware of a few workarounds.
The iPhone 4S and Mobile Reporters: Is this iPhone for you?
iPhone 4S: Enough value to upgrade? Do you use your iPhone for mobile reporting? Here's my take.
Experimenting with Facebook Ads to Promote Stories
How an ad that got almost no clicks taught us something about branding and exposure on the social network.
Featured Fellow: Michelle Fitzhugh-Craig
For shades Magazine and Oakland Local's Michelle Fitzhugh-Craig (Mar '11), utilizing digital media has been a process of providing voices to underserved communities.
How Journalists Can Start Using Google+ Now
Google+ may not "win" the war with Facebook, but its growth has been explosive, and the platform offers many features that will appeal to news organizations. Here's how you can start using it now.
Branding Content Curation at Reuters
Did your last 5 stories include great curated content?
Featured Fellow: Tom Murphy
"I believe that as journalism itself becomes more social, journalists will find themselves working in varied virtual communities that often overlap," said Murphy.
Reduce Ambient Noise When Recording in Home Studios
As a freelancer or independent journalist, how do you produce broadcast quality audio without the luxury of a quiet, professional studio?
Former KDMC Fellows Nominated for 2011 Online News Association Awards
Nominees produced work ranging from investigations on the price of fuel, earthquake safety and lifesaving drugs to a site focused on regional environmental issues.
Steve Jobs and change
What do you think is Steve Job's greatest legacy at Apple?
Intro to data cleaning tutorial
Learn how spreadsheets work, basic data-cleaning workflow and how to use formulas and functions to clean data.
See our Fellow's July Multimedia Projects
Check out the reports on Children’s Fairyland, The Crucible, the Cultured Pickle Shop, The Jazzschool and Prescott Circus.
July Webcasts
Our July Multimedia workshop featured two fantastic presentations, by Rob Curley of The Las Vegas Sun and Richard Koci-Hernandez of the UCB Graduate School of Journalism. Archived webcasts are now available.
Development ends for Protovis
Stanford visualization team drops development of Protovis, switches to D3.js.
Webinar: Extending WordPress
In this follow-up to KDMC's March 2011 Independent Journalists workshop, webmaster Scot Hacker introduces three techniques to take your WordPress news site beyond the defaults.
Twitter for Journalists
Our new guide "Twitter for Journalists" demystifies the microblogging service, covering everything from signup and Twitter basics to hash tags, lists and retweets, to newsroom policies, best practices, and tips for community engagement.
June Web 2.0 Webcasts
Our June Web 2.0 workshop was a smashing success, and featured three excellent speakers: Grant Barrett on audience engagement, Burt Herman on Storify, Amy Gahran on mobile audiences. Webcast archives are now available.
WordPress Tutorials Galore
We've added more than 50 pages of tutorials, covering everything you need to run and manage your WordPress-based site.
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