Politico.com gana casi un millón, la mayor parte del impreso

Es muy irónica la noticia de que Politico.com, el destacado sitio web sobre la política estadounidense, ganó $US 900.000 el año pasado debido principalmente a su edición impresa.

Aunque la edición en papel alcanza solamente 26.000 ejemplares los días cuando el Congreso está en sesión, la mayor parte de los ingresos provienen de la publicidad.

En cambio, su sitio web recibe a 600.000 usuarios diarios y solo el 40% de los ingresos generados por la publicidad.

Hispanic journalism students produce multimedia news in Spanish, English

The journalism students at California state are learning to be "multilingüe, multimedia y multicultural" Hispanic students at California State University at Northridge publish their own multimedia web page and blogs, called El Nuevo Sol, with stories in Spanish and English. Above is a screenshot from a blog on performing arts called Trendz LA that is part of the site.

Jóvenes indocumentados luchan por educarse from Jessica Retis

Two editors at the Zambia Daily Mail died on Christmas day

The deaths of two editors sadden colleagues and send a message. Two of my colleagues at the Zambia Daily Mail died on Christmas day, casting, as the newspaper's story the next day said, a dark cloud over us.

Both died after illnesses, that were not described in the story.

Mr. Pelekelo Liswaniso the newspaper's production editor was 50 years old. Ms. Diana Zulu, sports editor was 39.

Both had been amongst us long enough and recently enough for their loss to be jarring as well as very, very sad.

Internet gana cuota de publicidad mientras que los periódicos pierden

La publicidad en Internet está amenazando con sobrepasar a la de los periódicos en pocos años.

Mejor comenzar el proyecto en lugar de perfeccionar el concepto

Pero algunos periodistas veteranos no quieren publicar un blog por temor de mostrarse inexpertos en el tema. No quieren presentarse como principiantes.

Sitio hiperlocal "Olor a mi tierra" entra a su 10º año

Olor a mi tierra recibe un promedio de 3.000 visitantes por día.

News Divine: La historia detrás de un reportaje multimedia impactante

Es la historia detrás de la historia de News Divine: Cuenta Pendientes.

Torres, que participó en un curso, "Cómo escribir para la Web" en el Centro de Periodismo Digital, escribió esto para los compañeros de clase y dio permiso para publicarlo en este blog.

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Brazil: God and the Devil In the Land of the Sun

The title is the name of a film by one of Brazil's leading film makers shot in the 60s and it somewhat summarizes the best and the worst of the country and these first days of my stay.

It has now been a little bit over one month that arrived in São Paulo, Brazil, where I will kick-start the fellowship which aims to train citizen journalists to cover poverty related issues and to see that the news stories they develop reaches the country's mainstream media.

On a personal level, at least I overcame some initial difficulties.

Mozambique holds presidential election

Editors Note: New information technologies used during presidential election in Mozambique.Mozambique held presidential elections at the end of October, with the final results announced in mid-November. You couldn’t ignore the campaign buzz in the weeks leading to the polls: horn-honking caravans, city walls covered in colourful posters, supporters wearing T-shirts, caps and kapulanas (African cloth) emblazoned with party colours and logos.

Thanksgiving and World AIDS Day an uneasy mix

LUSAKA, ZAMBIA — Reporters have a choice on World AIDS Day. They can go to the press conferences, the speeches, the red-ribbon-test-a-thons that happen every year, and write down what everyone said -- again.