Greg Linch takes a wide-angle look at how we measure our journalism and asks how we could quantify impact.

01.16.2012 | aside | Journalism | , | Feedback (0) Posted from: Rosslyn, Va.

I think a lot of this mainly consists of cherry-picked examples of what are probably less than stellar fact checks, but it’s no doubt a topic that needs some healthy scrutiny:

They call themselves “fact checkers,” and with the name comes a veneer of objectivity doubling as a license to go after any remark by a public figure they find disagreeable for any reason.

12.10.2011 | aside | Journalism, Politics | , | Feedback (0) Posted from: Adams Morgan, D.C.

Andrew Spittle drops/curates some knowledge about the reading experience on news sites and the subtle importance of single-page views. For my part, I’ve damn near taken to reading articles on their print-friendly pages.

10.22.2011 | aside | Journalism, Web design | | Feedback (0) Posted from: Adams Morgan, D.C.

This is a beautiful and interactive explainer piece from The Times, addressing an increasingly complex area of campaign finance law. Bravo.

But the $64,000 question is if they can, on a regular basis, keep it in front of the people that need to see it. Few people are going to find it on their own — inserting it as a contextual element on relevant stories will be crucial.

10.18.2011 | aside | Journalism, Politics | , , | Feedback (0) Posted from: Arlington, Va.

Homicide Watch (run by 2011 ONA MJ Bear fellow Laura Amico) got written up this week for some crafty analytics work. Sure, using search queries to track down a murder victim’s identity is probably easier when you’re a one-woman shop, but local news outfits should use this tactic too.

— via Poynter

10.12.2011 | aside | D.C., Journalism | , | Feedback (0) Posted from: Arlington, Va.