OJR: The Online Journalism Review

OJR front page archive for May 2007

Join the new OJR group on Facebook

May 28, 2007

We've started a new group for OJR readers on the popular social networking site.

Animated infographics and online storytelling: Words from the wise

May 23, 2007

Alberto Cairo, elmundo.es's former infographics expert, shares a sneak peek at his upcoming book on visual journalism.

'Giving voice to the voiceless': How the Internet can fulfill public radio's mission

May 21, 2007

Q&A: Murrow Award-winner and Web pioneer Jay Allison talks with OJR about helping the public to use audio to tell its stories online.

The most important blog on your newspaper's website

May 16, 2007

Commentary: If you don't have a breaking news blog ready to go on your website, you should. Here's how to make that happen.

Should publishers outsource journalism?

May 11, 2007

Commentary: A California Web publisher's plan to outsource his site's newswriting to India illustrates a too-common attitude infecting journalism today.

Trade association proposed to represent ratings websites

May 10, 2007

An online entrepreneur wants to publishers of rating and review websites to band together to fight legal action against their sites.

Free Web-based production tools help students invigorate online news projects

May 8, 2007

Student spotlight: Take a look at some of the websites that undergraduates created this semester using widely available development tools.

Cho manifesto highlights challenges for online news

May 3, 2007

Using a killer's multimedia manifesto: Yes, but when, where and how? OJR's Kim Pearson examines the changing roles of new-media gatekeepers.

How to put the community college press online

May 1, 2007

Students at community colleges need daily online journalism skills to compete in the marketplace, or to move to four-year schools. Here's how advisers can help.