What fascinates me about the intersection of technology and journalism is the way in which various tools link and synch in ways that we could never imagine. This Sunday, for example, photographer David Rolfe put together a photo essay and related article on historic bridges in Forsyth County. Working with Paul Garber, our multimedia reporter and a GPS unit, they linked up all the info with a Google map so that you can see where the bridges are, and—more importantly—how to get to each one if you want to take your own look-see. Pretty sharp. What I would call useful interactivity.
What others say: Todd Foster is the editor of our sister paper in Bristol Va./Tenn. He’s a big bear of a guy and a first-class journalist. Here’s his column on the gaffe Andrea Mitchell made last week when Barack Obama visited Southwest Virginia. Yeah, it’s shooting fish in a barrel, but Todd’s subtlety mixes nicely with the sarcasm.
Your host is Ken Otterbourg, the managing editor at the Winston-Salem Journal. It's a forum to discuss the media, from
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