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WiredJournalists.com was created with self-motivated, eager-to-learn reporters, editors, executives, students and faculty in mind. Our goal is to help journalists who have few resources on hand other than their own desire to make a difference and help journalism grow into its new 21st Century role.

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See you in Vegas?

If, by any chance, any of the 1989 (!) of you will be at the E&P Interactive conference in Las Vegas this week, shoot me an e-mail or direct message on Twitter and we'll throw down a cup of coffee or other liquid in between sessions.

Posted by Ryan Sholin on May 12th, 2008 at 9:05pm — No Comments (Add)

Impressions from Camp VJ Chicago

Camp Video Journalism - the week-long Web video workshop in Chicago is moving on - the films from the training are still rolling out. The video above is David Dunkley Gyimah's promo reel cut from footage that he and I shot in Chicago during our brief time together. Today, David is back… Continue

Posted by Robb Montgomery on May 12th, 2008 at 9:00pm — No Comments (Add)

Advice for newly wired journalists

I am putting together a list of resources and suggestions for journalism students who are new to the wired world. Please check it out and leave any suggestions on my blog: http://blog.kylebhansen.com/2008/05/advise-for-young-journalists.html

Posted by Kyle Hansen on May 12th, 2008 at 4:39pm — No Comments (Add)

Crowdsourcing success!

I ended last week with a flurry of activity on the GT blog. When I walked in from lunch on Thursday, I learned that the Obama campaign was granting five minutes with some local journalists during a campaign stop Friday afternoon. Of course, the newsroom had some ideas for what to ask, but I thought I'd try to rally the readers and try and get some grassroots qu… Continue

Posted by Matt Neznanski on May 12th, 2008 at 4:00pm — 2 Comments (Add)

Expect to Pay Out the Ear for Transatlantic Shipping

I don't buy a lot of imported British merchandise, so I never knew the cost of shipping for transatlantic purchases. Nor had I fully realized the exchange-rate between the British pound and the US dollar. A couple weeks ago, my brother bought a Radiohead tee-shirt from the band's online store (based in England of course). That brought home the relative worthlessness of the USD, as the shirt's 15-pound British price tag translated to about 30 USD. Last week, I pre-ordered the May 5 issue of… Continue

Posted by Christian Sheckler on May 12th, 2008 at 2:31pm — No Comments (Add)

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The WJ mission and staying on topic

The purpose of Wired Journalists is for journalists to learn about being online, both as participants and as leaders.

To some, it might just seem like the web is this big cacophony of "anything goes" contributions. And along with that comes an attitude of, "I can do whatever I want."

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Howard Owens and Zac Echola are the co-founders of Wired Journalists, sharing all the credit and blame with Ryan Sholin.

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