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Paul Molyneaux commented on Vera Alves's blog post 'photo, video and text - there's only so much a person can do at once'
I used to think it was a big deal to take pics and report a story for the print media. Online journalism requires a different bag of tricks. I can't handle all the cumbersome tools, I end up losing chargers, lens covers and such. My sense, for now...
August 19
Paul Molyneaux joined Vera Alves's group
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You know those cool interesting articles that you can publish this week or even wait a year and it doesn't make much difference? This is a group for people who have ideas to share and people looking for ideas to write about.
July 31
Constanza Sturm joined Vera Alves's group
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You know those cool interesting articles that you can publish this week or even wait a year and it doesn't make much difference? This is a group for people who have ideas to share and people looking for ideas to write about.
July 27
Seth Butler joined Vera Alves's group
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July 23
Stephen Stirling and Brian J. Manzullo joined Vera Alves's group
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You know those cool interesting articles that you can publish this week or even wait a year and it doesn't make much difference? This is a group for people who have ideas to share and people looking for ideas to write about.
July 10
Carrie Alexander joined Vera Alves's group
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You know those cool interesting articles that you can publish this week or even wait a year and it doesn't make much difference? This is a group for people who have ideas to share and people looking for ideas to write about.
July 7
Rose Albert joined Vera Alves's group
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You know those cool interesting articles that you can publish this week or even wait a year and it doesn't make much difference? This is a group for people who have ideas to share and people looking for ideas to write about.
June 20
Tj Carpenter joined Vera Alves's group
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April 29

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At 6:07pm on April 12, 2008, Martin Hirst said…
Ha, come again and do some study at AUT?
At 5:56pm on April 12, 2008, Martin Hirst said…
nice wallpaper, love that pattern, it's like William Morris.
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At 1:30am on February 5, 2008, Maurreen Skowran said…
Hi, Vera.
I noticed your comment about U.S. regional groups. Are you in the "International" group? Maybe a "Europe" group would be better?
At 10:09pm on February 1, 2008, Howard Owens said…
Cool. I think all of us being transparent will help make it a better place.

And, fwiw, understandable for people to go by the identity they use elsewhere, but for our group, we think it will help to just be open about who we are, what we do, and what we need or can contribute.
At 7:00pm on February 1, 2008, Howard Owens said…
Vera, welcome to WJ.

Wired Journalists is a network of professional (or plan on being professional) journalists.

Part of being professional is tell us who you are.

There's no reason not to use your full, real name in WJ. It will lend credibility to your contributions, provide an avenue for career advancement, and help you understand better what being a wired journalist is all about.

So, please, take a few minutes and update your profile with your full, real name.

Thanks.
At 9:32am on January 28, 2008, Nebojsa Grbacic said…
Wow, Vera, that was fast :) I just signed in.. I'll do that, thank you :)
At 6:10am on January 28, 2008, Cesar Valente said…
Bom dia. Obrigado pelo convite. Ainda estou tentando entender a utilidade deste sítio, para saber de que forma posso (ou não) contribuir.
Abraço.
At 6:12pm on January 24, 2008, John Robinson said…
Hi. Why me?

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local journalism is the future

posted this text on my blog a few days ago but thought it would made sense to post it here as well.

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i always thought that internet and globalisation will eventually empower local media. it’s easy to get the latest about the major events on the other side of the world but the easiest it is to access that information, the bigger it is the need for people to get information about their own community (and this doesn’t only apply to a certain geographic area, but rather to any group that shares… Continue

Posted on June 29, 2008 at 8:02am —

Vera Alves

Press Release - Postcrossing reaches 1 million exchanged postcards

Hi everyone,

here's a suggestion of something I think it's worth writing about. I'm pasting the press release below so you all know what I'm talking about.

POSTCROSSING HITS ONE MILLION EXCHANGED POSTCARDS
Project created in 2005 has over 47 000 users from all over the world


Who said the online and the offline world couldn’t co-exist? The Postcrossing project proves they can. Moreover, it proves they should. Created in July 2005 by Paulo Magalhães, the project has now reached a millio… Continue

Posted on April 12, 2008 at 9:17am —

Vera Alves

a matter of ethics

As I was driving to work this morning, I was listening to this debate on the radio and, as it so often happens, I couldn't exactly make up my mind about which side I agreed more with. Maybe you can help me. Here's the situation (I'll try to spare you the boring details):


A journalist is doing some investigation about something a politician did in the past. In order to get some information, he needs to contact some of the members of that party. The t

… Continue

Posted on February 8, 2008 at 10:46am — 1 Comment

Vera Alves

photo, video and text - there's only so much a person can do at once

I know we all need to adjust ourselves to new times, I know we all should be able to multitask, I know all that. But, sometimes, being a 'multimedia journalist' can be a lot of hard work.


For example, this afternoon I went to the birthday party of a man that turned 100 years old. Sounds like a fun and light thing to do. Yep, it's true. But when you're told to talk to the person and the people around him, take pictures and also shoot a video, it beco

… Continue

Posted on February 1, 2008 at 1:41pm — 5 Comments

 
 

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