JRC Chat live at noon

Members of the Journal Register Company Idealab (yours included) and anyone interested are going to be holding our weekly Twitter/CoverItLive chat at 5 p.m.

Today's topic will be about successful implementation of web tools for maximum impact, and other corporate speak.

If you are interested in the future of news, you might want to check it out.  The feed is also posted below. 

Don't forget to bring your links.

My desk, in 3D

Why am I showing you my desk? Because of the possibilities this tool, Photosynth, offers. (It uses Microsoft Silverlight, by the way, in case you can't see it).

We could (can!) give you 3D renderings of crime scenes, fires, concerts, fairs, protests, etc. You can also annotate highlights.

Even better, soon it will be able to be done with an iPhone.

Community Media Lab: Freedom of Information class

The Freeman's sister paper, The Register Citizen in Torrington, Conn., is offering a free Freedom of Information class at 11 a.m. today. The free class is free, in case I hadn't mentioned the free-ness of the free class previously. Free.

You can watch the class and participate in the chat below.

JRC chat live at 5 p.m.

Members of the Journal Register Company Idealab (yours included) and anyone interested are going to be holding our weekly Twitter/CoverItLive chat at 5 p.m.

Today's topic will be about live coverage of breaking events, in the wake of the shootings in Arizona.

If you are interested in the future of news, you might want to check it out.  The feed is also posted below.  Don't forget to bring your links. (And yes, I'm copy-pasting from last week's post).

JRC Chat live at 5 p.m.

Members of the Journal Register Company Idealab (yours included) and anyone interested are going to be holding our weekly Twitter/CoverItLive chat at 5 p.m.

Today's topic will be about improving digital efforts and sharing in newsrooms.

If you are interested in the future of news, you might want to check it out.  The feed is also posted below.  Don't forget to bring your links. (And yes, I'm copy-pasting from last week's post).

Community Media Lab's lessons, goals highlights and insights

If you missed last week's Daily Freeman  Community Media Lab introductory meeting, here's the whole replay. And here are some highlights:





We've got a pretty nice idea of what to do, and those at the CML meeting (physically and in the cloud) seem to be game for it.

The short term plan is this:

* Help with traffic.

When a featured blogger has a new post, we're notified. If it's worthy it ("I ate burritos today" doesn't warrant a highlight), we'll put if atop the site under "Featured" for a limited amount of time, say, two hours.

* Develop a network with them and better communication.
The partnership we've envisioned involves bloggers hooking up with one another, to add value to their own sites. Guest hosting, cross promotion, the works.

* Guidance.
Using a blog or lessons and livestreams from postings within our parent company, Journal Register, we want to help bloggers improve their skills through cloud training. We could theoretically host a meeting while the session is going on and brainstorm new ideas after that.

* Rewards. 
 Print the best highlights in the newspaper.

That's pretty much it — for now. We'll grow as time and resources allow.