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| Comments: 0 Over the past two posts, I've suggested ways educators could use the campaign bio videos produced for the two national conventions as a way of encouraging civic literacy. I've suggested that they are powerful examples of the different ways that the parties "frame" their candidates and platforms.

I still just can't get over how great everybody did - Louisiana rocks! No matter what happens next, this storm has so far brought Louisianians together in a way that Katrina didn't. Everybody rose to the occasion. Everybody. Citizens, local government, and yes the feds too.

Re Gustav, Baton Rouge is getting some nice little gusts now. I just went to the store about a half an hour ago. When I returned home I noticed the air was perfectly still and muggy. Well no more. We just looked out the window and there is a good strong wind moving through ... the tops of the trees are swaying.

Refresh page for updates 8/28/08 - just heard that Jindal, Chertoff, and Nagin are meeting this afternoon. 8/27/08 - Every hotel in Baton Rouge is booked solid for Sunday and Monday. It seems that folks are preparing to evacuate in the event that Gustav threatens Louisiana.

At Auckland airport I bought Christina Lamb’s ‘Small Wars Permitting’, a stunning collection of her finest articles, with her own reflective commentaries throughout. Bit like those special features on DVDs that have director commentary over the film.

OK, I’ll admit. This is a little bit of a personal rant. I don’t do this much, but I’m kinda fed up - just a wee bit - so, I’m venting. :o) Local news reported in a social network / emerging digital media kinda way. When I first thought of this for classes, some time ago, I’ll admit to having that image of Al Franken’s SNL faux coverage of politics flashing through my mind.

ASL video of journalism as community building Brein McNamara 12:01 AM | bio | Comments: 0 Note: This is an entry that I created for my website, providing some explanation to the deaf community of how I'd like to use some of the new journalism methods. Although vastly simplified due to time constraints, they provide the basic idea.

Investigative journalists are ignoring information goldmines on the web--literally millions of government databases go unexamined by the press every year. Over at Idea Lab, programmer and journalist Ryan Mark is exploring how a new generation of journalists are figuring out how to explore web-based public records.

If you’re not already subscribed to the PBS IdeaLab blog, the forum for Knight News Challenge winners to talk about their projects, spout off on related topics, and generally try to change the world, now would be a good time.

Reuters mobile journalism kit. I really, really want one. Picture: KevGlobal (Flickr) This post is for the June Carnival of Journalism. Andy Dickinson has posed this question: Is (digital) journalism better the more local it is and what does that do to growth? And I’ll attempt to add my views on that question by bringing up an idea that’s been bubbling in my mind the last couple of days.