Posts from and about the SRCCON conference 2019
I took a walk tonight. That’s not unusual. I’ve been taking walks a couple of times a day for the past 12 years. Tonight, though, I didn’t have my companion of those 12 years, my little dog Sadie. It felt different. It was different. My own walking gait depended on Sadie’s short legs, her investigation […]
I will be attending my first SRCCON this week and I’m looking forward to the experience. My colleague and friend Julia Smith recommended the experience as I start on my data journalism journey. This smallish conference of about 300 people seems a great fit. Here’s the description from SRRCON’s About page: SRCCON (a contraction of […]
Navigating the tricky etiquette of using cellphones in public can be full of minefields What is polite? What is just the way it is? Pew Research Center explored those concepts in a survey, and what the survey found was we have conflicting views. “Mobile devices play a complex role in modern social interactions — many Americans […]
You’ve probably all experienced it. That frantic feeling when you’ve misplaced your phone. For many, it’s a tether to organizing life with the calendar, maps, alarm clock, clock, music, messages and connections. Is it a tether or is it an anchor, weighing us down and leaving us without a moment of peace? A class discussion […]
I’ve just read through a stack of papers for one of my classes where students have to reflect on whether they are optimistic or pessimistic about the journalism in the future. They base their essays on readings and discussion and their own experiences. But I find that even the most optimistic are looking to a […]