Soraya Social Diary

Things I <3: The Etsy holiday gift guide.

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:16:00 -0500

Things I <3: The Etsy holiday gift guide.

Group photo of team foursquare. Harry’s looking a bit...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:39:54 -0500

Group photo of team foursquare. Harry’s looking a bit different these days.

Q&A: Prof. Jay Rosen on NYU "Studio 20" Course

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:02:27 -0500

marqmywords:

studio20nyu:

By Steven Safran

NYU is offering what could be a model for next-gen J-school, its Studio 20 concentration. The classes are led by Prof. Jay Rosen a longtime futurist and visionary, whom Terry and I quote often. I asked Jay about his class in an email Q&A:

Q. Was there one reason why Studio 20 came about, or was it an evolution?

ROSEN: I was chair of the journalism program at NYU from 1999 to 2005. During that time I began to sense that the old model of “magazine,” “newspaper” and “broadcast” journalism tracks was going to crash because of what was happening with the Web and the economy of the news business. So I began looking around for a different master image. That led me to graduate programs in the arts, which are often based on a studio model. In architecture school or an MFA in painting, you take studio courses and everyone has projects. The more I thought about it, the more convinced I was that the studio concept was rich enough to replace the boot camp metaphor and division by platform. But only if the projects had media partners to anchor them in the actual conditions out there today for editorial producers. So… that’s our approach: an “innovation studio,” working on projects with partners.

Q: What is the ideal student?

ROSEN: The ideal student knows before he or she enrolls that the old employment path in the news business has been disrupted; that specializing in a single platform isn’t an especially smart thing to do; that many different kinds of skills are going to be helpful and it isn’t realistic to expect J-school to simply “give” them all to you, or even to know what all of them are. At the same time, the ideal student brings to Studio 20 a level of mastery in one or two of the skills our “cool projects” approach will require, which could mean video, audio, design, production, database, programming, writing and editing, CMS systems and project management, just to name a few. The way we put this is: “bring skills, share skills, learn new stuff.” Finally, the ideal student is super comfortable with the Web and with the more open conditions the online world has brought to journalism.

Q: What will a student coming out of the class understand that a typical J-student may not?

ROSEN: How to “think with” the Web as an interactive and multi-media platform. How to reckon with the entire puzzle of sustainability. How to incorporate the users into the journalism from the beginning. How to run projects that test possibilities and bring a big learning dividend. How to iterate. How to start your own thing if you don’t see it in the world but it should exist. How to be a less dependent creature or more of a brand yourself.

adamiss: The Times put together a fantastic compilation of...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:38:00 -0500

adamiss:

The Times put together a fantastic compilation of Twitter lists, and Times reporters on Twitter. (via Brian Stelter)

So happy this project turned out as beautifully as it did - thanks mainly to Jacob Harris, Jennifer Preston, Cynthia Collins, Derek Gottfried, Chrys Wu, Stacy Green and our curation-focused newsroom. Phew! Lists take a lot of work guys.

Eurotrip.

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:39:00 -0500

foursquare:

We launched our latest round of cities today — this time all across Europe. We’re introducing 15 new cities to bring our full total to 53! The full Europe list now:

Amsterdam, Netherlands
Athens, Greece
Barcelona, Spain
Berlin, Germany
Brussels, Belgium
Copenhagen, Denmark
Dublin, Ireland
Geneva, Switzerland
Helsinki, Finland
London, UK
Madrid, Spain
Manchester, UK
Munich, Germany
Paris, France
Prague, Czech Republic
Rome, Italy
Stockholm, Sweden

We’re choosing which cities to launch next based on the feedback you leave on our suggested cities list (http://foursquare.com/cities). Drop your vote there; we’re slowly ramping up to lots more places around the world!

Should Tehran be next ?

The "public option"

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:10:00 -0500

chrishughes:

I had lunch with David Fenton on Monday. We had a great conversation about his role as a movement photographer in the 60s and 70s to the work of the communications industry in general.

Of everything he said, one of the things that particularly struck me was the complete failure on the part of Democrats to frame the “public option” part of the health care debate well. Why would anyone choose to call it this? ”Public” sounds like socialist and big government. ”Option” is just that — an option. The phrase itself makes you think that a health care guarantee is just more big government that isn’t really necessary at the end of the day.

After years of cognitive psychologists and political professionals talking about the importance of the frame in political messaging, why did we mess this one up so badly?

Makes me think more highly of Anthony Weiner and his explicit commitment to always talking about the “public option” as extended Medicare. That’s a lot less scary to a lot more people.

Welcome to tumblr friend Chris Hughes. Your voice was missing here. We’re happy to have a daily digest of your “musings on life, the Internet, political activism, and everything in between.”

College study abroad edition. firenze.

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:50:00 -0500

College study abroad edition. firenze.

florentpeyre: Tortoise - In Sarah, Mencken, Christ and Bee

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:34:00 -0500

florentpeyre: Tortoise - In Sarah, Mencken, Christ and Bee

Do you own Berlin? May I borrow it?

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:47:44 -0500

Do you own Berlin? May I borrow it?

off to vote…

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:54:40 -0500

off to vote…

highlow: Saucy: Food for Good. M2 one more time. What could...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:35:50 -0500

highlow:

Saucy: Food for Good. M2 one more time. What could be better?

Today, with the help of some pretty inspiring people, Robin Hood raised/received pledges of over $18,000, enough to buy 360 meals to feed 2,880 New York families in need. Not too bad for a day’s worth of work.

Feeling inspired? Buy a meal & join us to celebrate on Nov 12.

If all that doesn’t do it for you, do it because Stanley Tucci says so!

instant-noodles:dlbrows: Charles and Camilla’s itinerary for...

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:48:49 -0500

instant-noodles:dlbrows:

Charles and Camilla’s itinerary for their visit to Vancouver

zachlinder: Kids dressed as museums in my neighborhood! [via...

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:47:56 -0500

zachlinder:

Kids dressed as museums in my neighborhood!

[via emilyinternet]

My neighborhood too! This is great.

How I will always remember my first NYC Marathon. Credits: Sign...

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:59:00 -0500

How I will always remember my first NYC Marathon.

Credits: Sign by Danielle Strle. Photo taken by Courtney Lewis.

daily yogiso.

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:26:00 -0400

daily yogiso.

mdfsmash: soupsoup: Listorious wasted no time in trying to...

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:35:54 -0400

mdfsmash:

soupsoup: Listorious wasted no time in trying to become a central hub for the best lists compiled on Twitter.

fashism: allthecoolkids: Have a football/baseball...

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:40:00 -0400

fashism:

allthecoolkids:

Have a football/baseball glove/frisbee lying around your apartment that you never use? How about you come to terms with your athletic status and send it to some school children in Malawi who will actually use it? Good deal.

(via Goods4Good)

The world is listing….

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:18:00 -0400

The world is listing….

Discovering Yosigo

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:54:00 -0400

Discovering Yosigo

Do you think the same person has been writing logic puzzels for...

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:19:00 -0400

Do you think the same person has been writing logic puzzels for 50 some years? Is her name Mildred?