Archive for April 2008
Resource: For My Undergrads
Posted by: kegill on: 30 April 2008
Just discovered One Day, One Job (and its sister site, One Day, One Internship) via Facebook (thanks, Alison!). Every day, the site features one firm on its home page (see the archive). Their 60-second promo (elevator speech!):
One Day, One Job is the insider’s guide to unique and exciting entry-level job and career opportunities for [...]
Editorial Board Transparency (And Tech Incompetence)
Posted by: kegill on: 27 April 2008
[Two Updates Below]
In prep’ing for digital journalism workshops for our UW undergrads, I discovered that the Seattle PI has opened up at least some editorial board meetings to the public via “podcasts.” (I challenge you to try to find the podcast archive/description via the masthead links, however.)
The NY Times Caucus blog reported Saturday that a [...]
MediaWork, The Interview
Posted by: kegill on: 26 April 2008
Interview with Mark Deuze of Indiana Univ and University of Amsterdam regarding his new book, MediaWork, which is a series of interviews with media professionals. His goal was to identify what it means to “work in media” — in part for his students, in part to document what is happening with convergence. (tip)
Game industry may [...]
Broadband: BBC Calls For More; Comcast Throttles
Posted by: kegill on: 23 April 2008
Across the pond the BBC is calling for government “intervention in the market in order to ensure everyone has access to broadband internet.”
[We] would like to emphasise the importance of considering the case for a new definition of universal service aims in a higher-speed future. There is a need to scope the case for public [...]
An Earth Day Treat From The Colbert Report
Posted by: kegill on: 22 April 2008
- In: Current Affairs| Media| YouTube
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In honor of Earth Day, here’s a treat from The Colbert Report, an interview with Seattle photographer Chris Jordan. Jordan takes the waste products of our mass culture — such as cell phones, aluminum cans, cigarette butts — considers statistics about their consumption, and creates photographic works of art that, [...]
Resource: Visual CV
Posted by: kegill on: 22 April 2008
I stumbled upon (not with the software) this CV (I would not have my cellphone number public like this) and thus was introduced to Visual CV (warning: big annoying Flash promo). From their about pages:
The VisualCV makes a traditional resume come alive with video, pictures and a portfolio of your best work samples and other [...]
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