Future of the press: useful or just shallow?

By Candice Novak
Right now, journalists are getting their faces shoved into a huge problem. As a young journalists myself I seem to be confronted weekly with the notion that I should have to choose between niche-market streaming/social networking/freelancing and corporate media conglomerates. Neither of these is very titillating. The conventional wisdom tells me I can [...]

CS Monitor’s Patchwork — some glitches, some glory

The Christian Science Monitor’s Patchwork Nation Project takes election polls and database journalism to a unique level. Using 11 different populations they believe to be important in the 2008 election, the CS Monitor has created a personalized version of what they see as the groups that could be seen as voting blocs — not the [...]