Comments for Journalism 3G: The Future of Technology in the Field http://www.computational-journalism.com/symposium Feb 22-23, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:42:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 Comment on Videos by Videos from the Symposium on Journalism 3G: The Future of Technology in the Field | ACM Siggraph Computional and Journalism http://www.computational-journalism.com/symposium/videos/#comment-1115 Videos from the Symposium on Journalism 3G: The Future of Technology in the Field | ACM Siggraph Computional and Journalism Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:17:17 +0000 http://www.computational-journalism.com/symposium/videos/#comment-1115 [...] of all the presentations at the  Journalism 3G: The Future of Technology in the Field are linked from this [...] […] of all the presentations at the  Journalism 3G: The Future of Technology in the Field are linked from this […]

]]> Comment on Andrew Revkin’s Big Job by Alex http://www.computational-journalism.com/symposium/2008/04/29/andrew-revkins-big-job/#comment-276 Alex Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:12:50 +0000 http://www.computational-journalism.com/symposium/2008/04/29/andrew-revkins-big-job/#comment-276 To be honest, I disagree. I am an academic (having worked as a journalist and editor for 14 years), and use peer-reviewed critical thinking to assess the media. Andy's work is informationally biased, falling into the trap of making the arguments of climate change look distorted by 'balancing' a huge consensus with a handful of skeptical views. When I assess Revkin's work using these academic arguments, it just doesn't stand up. One Australian academic, James Risbey, has in fact directly approached Rivkin's work, and showed it to be inaccurate in its terminology and language. To be honest, I disagree. I am an academic (having worked as a journalist and editor for 14 years), and use peer-reviewed critical thinking to assess the media. Andy’s work is informationally biased, falling into the trap of making the arguments of climate change look distorted by ‘balancing’ a huge consensus with a handful of skeptical views. When I assess Revkin’s work using these academic arguments, it just doesn’t stand up. One Australian academic, James Risbey, has in fact directly approached Rivkin’s work, and showed it to be inaccurate in its terminology and language.

]]> Comment on Post-Conference Links by Wendy Darling http://www.computational-journalism.com/symposium/2008/02/28/post-conference-links/#comment-58 Wendy Darling Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:05:36 +0000 http://www.computational-journalism.com/symposium/2008/02/28/post-conference-links/#comment-58 Just came across this example of visualizing info on the web: Christian Science Monitor: Patchwork Nation http://www.csmonitor.com/patchworknation/ Wendy Just came across this example of visualizing info on the web:

Christian Science Monitor: Patchwork Nation
http://www.csmonitor.com/patchworknation/
Wendy

]]> Comment on Paul Ferguson added to Advances in News Gathering Panel by Jeff Thompson http://www.computational-journalism.com/symposium/2008/01/17/paul-ferguson-added-to-advances-in-news-gathering-panel/#comment-45 Jeff Thompson Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:25:08 +0000 http://www.computational-journalism.com/symposium/2008/01/17/paul-ferguson-added-to-advances-in-news-gathering-panel/#comment-45 Paul Ferguson is a fine journalist because he knows news requires physical labor. The mobile news gathering system is proof of this. Hair styles, fake names, good connections, or being the hot property are no substitute for journalistic fieldwork. Thank goodness people like Paul Ferguson have the needed skills to bring the world the news. Jeff T., Beijing Paul Ferguson is a fine journalist because he knows news requires physical labor. The mobile news gathering system is proof of this.

Hair styles, fake names, good connections, or being the hot property are no substitute for journalistic fieldwork.

Thank goodness people like Paul Ferguson have the needed skills to bring the world the news.

Jeff T., Beijing

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