ChristianTrade’s Marketsquare Europe 2012 To Take Place in Budapest
ChristianTrade Association International is organizing a translation rights show in Budapest, Hungary. The event, to take place April 13-14, 2012, will take place just before the London International Book Fair.“We are excited about Marketsquare Europe,” says Kim Pettit, executive director of ChristianTrade. “If you are already traveling to London, add Budapest to your itinerary so you can meet with even more publishers on one trip.”
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A journalist's guide to verifying info on the web
When a frustrated computer programmer created a fake website and press
release about a study showing Internet Explorer users are not as smart
as people who used other browsers, major media organizations fell for
the hoax.CNN, BBC and other news outlets ran stories on their sites describing the study. When it was revealed as a hoax, they had to admit that they hadn't properly checked their facts. (Oddly, this CNN story contains no mention that the study was fake.)
When a frustrated computer programmer created a fake website and press release about a study showing Internet Explorer users are not as smart as people who used other browsers, major media organizations fell for the hoax.
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World Journalism Institute Heads to Africa
New York, N.Y., November 15, 2011-Almost two dozen professional African Christian journalists will gather in Uganda January 15-27, 2012, for the first World Journalism Institute Workshop for Christian journalists on African soil.Eighteen working journalists, chosen by the World Journalism Institute, will participate in the two-week workshop on the campus of the African Bible University outside of Kampala.
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Russia-U.S. Journalist Exchange Program to Help Break Stereotypes
Washington, D.C. – A new,
two-year exchange program will offer 48 young journalists from Russia
and the U.S. the chance to work in newsrooms and build mutual
understanding, thanks to a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation announced today in Moscow.“This exchange will help establish professional relationships between the young journalists from two nations, both important in the world, yet once dire enemies,” said Eric Newton, senior adviser to the president of Knight Foundation, which is funding the program through a $250,000 grant to the International Center for Journalists.
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Five ways to crowdsource your reporting with Facebook
With more than 750 million users worldwide, Facebook is a great source of collective knowledge.Journalists increasingly use this tool through the creation of Facebook pages to engage their audience and allow them to participate in the news cycle.
And users respond. According to Facebook’s stats, the average user is connected to 80 community pages, groups and events.
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Four data tools for journalists who prefer working with words
Tasneem Raja, digital interactive editor at Mother Jones, offered some great tips for managing data at a recent Hacks and Hackers meet up in San Francisco.Nearly 150 people attended "Riding the Data Wave: Tools to Make Open Data Relevant," held at Storify headquarters.
With U.S. journalists now looking for data on government websites three to four times a week, now is the time to learn how to work with that vast repository of information.
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Five tips for journalists on personal branding in Facebook
"Journalists are now brands and that's a positive thing," says Sandra Crucianelli, a TV reporter in Argentina and an expert on social networks.Crucianelli hosted a recent online seminar organized by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas on the role of journalists in social networks. Crucianelli, author of the book "Digital Tools for Journalists," gave some tips on how to get the most out of Facebook pages.
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