Simple overlays with Google Maps
The following is the basis of a tutorial I’ll be giving later today of a University of Memphis journalism class on various ways to create Google Maps. 1) Linking to or embedding Google MyMaps is the…
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Wasted in Wisconsin wins award
Tootin’ my own horn again. I was lucky enough to have worked on this great project — Wasted in Wisconsin — last summer at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. It examines the state’s drinking culture and…
Metaphor for FAIL?
The other day, while sitting in my kitchen, I couldn’t remember when the Pulitzers were announced. So I googled “pulitzer prize” on my iPhone and the first two entries directed me to the official site….
“Race Gap Found in Pothole Patching” wins Excellence in Journalism Award
An investigation I worked on this past summer at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has won second place in the Milwaukee Press Club’s 2008 Excellence in Journalism Awards in the Best Investigative Story or Series category….
First they came for the fish, and I said nothing
It’s not often my two of my passions — fishing and free speech — collide in such spectacular fashion. But the government of Clearwater, Fla., fined a local bait shop for violating city code with…