Comments on: Teaching old dogs new tricks http://minimediaguy.org/2007/10/24/teaching-old-dogs-new-tricks/ studying the media ecosystem Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:39:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: contentious.com - links for 2007-10-26 http://minimediaguy.org/2007/10/24/teaching-old-dogs-new-tricks/comment-page-1/#comment-43063 contentious.com - links for 2007-10-26 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:27:50 +0000 http://minimediaguy.org/2007/10/24/teaching-old-dogs-new-tricks/#comment-43063 [...] MiniMediaGuy » Blog Archive » Teaching old dogs new tricks “On 10/29 at the Natl. Press Club the MO School of Journalism will discuss the somewhat novel topic of verification – how can the media provide its publics with the evidence for story claims as opposed to mere assertions by he-said, she-said sources.” (tags: journalism ethics transparency credibility events tidbits+fodder mycoverage AmyGahran) [...] [...] MiniMediaGuy » Blog Archive » Teaching old dogs new tricks “On 10/29 at the Natl. Press Club the MO School of Journalism will discuss the somewhat novel topic of verification – how can the media provide its publics with the evidence for story claims as opposed to mere assertions by he-said, she-said sources.” (tags: journalism ethics transparency credibility events tidbits+fodder mycoverage AmyGahran) [...]

]]> By: Amy Gahran http://minimediaguy.org/2007/10/24/teaching-old-dogs-new-tricks/comment-page-1/#comment-43003 Amy Gahran Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:35:53 +0000 http://minimediaguy.org/2007/10/24/teaching-old-dogs-new-tricks/#comment-43003 Yeah, I know the official Google Maps tutorial is probably meatier than it needs to be. Yesterday, in the comments to another Tidbits post (http://poynter.org/column.asp?id=31&aid=132047), I pointed to a more manageable Google Maps how-to from Engadget: http://snipurl.com/1sp8m It's from March 2005 so some of the info is outdated, but it's still good to get a relatively non-geeky person started. - Amy Gahran Yeah, I know the official Google Maps tutorial is probably meatier than it needs to be.

Yesterday, in the comments to another Tidbits post (http://poynter.org/column.asp?id=31&aid=132047), I pointed to a more manageable Google Maps how-to from Engadget:

http://snipurl.com/1sp8m

It’s from March 2005 so some of the info is outdated, but it’s still good to get a relatively non-geeky person started.

- Amy Gahran

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