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Thanks for visiting New Media Bytes. If you like what you see, subscribe to my RSS feed.The buzz-worthy launch of EveryBlock by a team including web-journalist-developer-whiz Adrian Holovaty (creator of ChicagoCrime.org and other data-driven projects), has likely stirred a number of online news orgs.
Quick note on EveryBlock: It’s a constant data-driven feed of information organized [...]

 Thanks to Howard Owens for the great headline I adapted from his post on how journalism has evolved to fit the needs of its audience.
Surprise! Journalism’s audience is evolving, RIGHT NOW! And it’s high time all journalists jump on the bus. That means:

Start a blog
Bookmark on Del.icio.us
Post your resume to a LinkedIn profile
Make friends on [...]

Finally thinking of testing out Twitter ? Online Journalism Blog posts why journalists should use Twitter , and I think new new media reporters could use a resource list. So grab your Twitter posse and start checking out these Twitter tools and resources:
What is Twitter!?!?!
Twitter is a micro-blogging service for messages of up [...]

After speaking about web tools and blogs in two college classrooms this week, I get the impression that most journalism students still haven’t heard the rumor that blogging will help them find a job.
In one class, only three out of ten had any experience writing a blog. In another, two out of 20+ had blogged.
In [...]