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News maps certainly add an interesting visual component to a story, which is why more media organizations are jumping on board.

Poynter blogger Amy Gahran highlighted a few of the best designed maps:

-AP News and Google Maps: although it's simple, Gahran says it's effective because it updates automatically

-American Disapora: Displayed on ePodunk.com (see photo), a site providing town-specific statistics, the map uses "radical lines" to illustrate post-Hurricane Katrina migration

Other maps, such as the Flickr searchable photo map, have been designed with more advanced technology, such as Adobe AIR, Flash, and widgets.

Though it is not mentioned by Gahran, The Times recently got in on the news map action, incorporating its first-ever Google map to accompany a story on Brit's financial habits.

Source: E-Media Tidbits

Biloxi, Mississippi’s the Sun Herald is the first selection on Editor and Publisher’s “10 That Do It Right” annual list of weekly and daily newspapers exhibiting excellence.

Mark Glaser of MediaShift says that serious, even investigative, journalism doesn’t have to die as news moves online; instead, he says, newspapers should look at what is rising - online readership and advertising revenue – and consider how to make their websites work in the new economy.

The next chairman of the Pulitzer Prize Board, outgoing Wall Street Journal managing editor Paul Steiger, has called for more recognition of Internet journalism. If his requests are granted, it would be the next big step in a process the prestigious award began last year. Said Steiger, "So much exciting stuff is being done online, and by essentially print newsrooms, that have made it a bigger and bigger adjunct of the newsroom," citing the contributions of online journalism to Hurricane Katrina coverage.

Source: Editor & Publisher 

From time to time here at the Editors Weblog, we like to give you an idea of how journalism on the medium most affecting newspapers is shaping up and how it is going to look down the road. Here's the latest in what's going on in Internet journalism:

The Sun Herald of Biloxi, Mississipi, a coastal town devastated by Hurricane Katrina, has published an editorial criticising the lack of media coverage of the effects of the disaster on the area, stating its plight has fallen "into a black hole of media obscurity."

An interesting article by Michael Massing debating whether US journalists are failing in their responsibility to produce hard nosed reporting and uncover the truth for their readers.

The New Orleans paper The Times-Picayune last Sunday published a scathing editorial entitled 'Its Time for A Nation to Return The Favour'. The article directly attacks the federal government for its failure to react effectively to the destrution caused by hurricane Katrina.

Major news organizations are becoming increasingly aware of the benefits of integrating citizen contributions in their news. But will the MSM eventually begin to compensate for its readers' content?

Steve Outing thinks that "It's almost time to pay up for Citizen Journalism." 

The Online News Association held its annual conference last week. Visit the website for a wrap-up. Highlights include New York Times' Chairman Arthur Sulzberger's keynote speech during which he said, "Information does not yearn to be free," how Hurricane Katrina affected online journalism and the future of participatory journalism.

Source: Online News Association 

Last month in Moscow, the Russian Guild of Press Publishers held the First Russian Publishers Conference.  During the Press Freedom Seminar, President of the World Editors Forum and Saturday Editor of The Times (London), George Brock, gave a talk discussing the freedom of the press in Russia, whose text is posted below. 

Les Hinton, chairman of News International, accused citizen journalists and bloggers of "amateurism, misrepresentation and failing to emulate the standards of traditional news organisations", reports The Guardian. Hinton, "Murdoch's chief lieutenant in London", spoke at the Society of Editors conference in Windermere, UK.

The New Orleans Times-Picayune will return to its own presses today, reports The Oregonian. The paper has been publishing online or as a guest at other newspaper plants for six weeks (see also former posting). The Oregonian, which belongs to the same owner as the Picayune, states, "As the press thunders to life, it will be a joyous and symbolic moment, not simply for the newspaper, but for the community. For if ever the importance of a newspaper was apparent, it was in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina ... And only the newspaper will be able to fully and publicly address the daunting issues ahead for the city."

The experience of the Times-Picayune is also a lesson for the newspaper industry: "If journalists passionately care about their communities, if they truly look out for the interests of readers, and if they deliver a public service to their community, they indeed will be essential. They will be read."

Source: The Oregonian

The New Orleans Times-Picayune will return to its own presses today, reports The Oregonian. The paper has been publishing online or as a guest at other newspaper plants for six weeks (see also former posting). The Oregonian, which belongs to the same owner as the Picayune, states, "As the press thunders to life, it will be a joyous and symbolic moment, not simply for the newspaper, but for the community. For if ever the importance of a newspaper was apparent, it was in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina ... And only the newspaper will be able to fully and publicly address the daunting issues ahead for the city."

The experience of the Times-Picayune is also a lesson for the newspaper industry: "If journalists passionately care about their communities, if they truly look out for the interests of readers, and if they deliver a public service to their community, they indeed will be essential. They will be read."

Source: The Oregonian

"There's a huge fissure within Big Media. Some get, some don't - and some never will." Mainstream media executives should be doing more than heeding these words from journalist and citizen media proponent Rory O'Connor; they should be rushing to act on them to make sure that their organization 'gets it.' At least that was the general consensus of participants at The Media Center's We Media Conference at the Associated Press headquarters in New York City on October 5.

"There's a huge fissure within Big Media. Some get, some don't - and some never will." Mainstream media executives should be doing more than heeding these words from journalist and citizen media proponent Rory O'Connor; they should be rushing to act on them to make sure that their organization 'gets it.' At least that was the general consensus of participants at The Media Center's We Media Conference at the Associated Press headquarters in New York City on October 5.

"There's a huge fissure within Big Media. Some get, some don't - and some never will." Mainstream media executives should be doing more than heeding these words from journalist and citizen media proponent Rory O'Connor; they should be rushing to act on them to make sure that their organization 'gets it.' At least that was the general consensus of participants at The Media Center's We Media Conference at the Associated Press headquarters in New York City on October 5.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and Rita much has been written about the quality of media covering these events. David Carr argues in The New York Times that the hurricane story is "a story better told in print". He states, "By their disposition, hurricanes are a television story: great pictures, an informational crawl at the bottom, and a wind-swept, rain-soaked anchor. But big papers ... all dug in, sending dispatches out of New Orleans that shed light where there had been only heat. What exactly happened at the convention center? Is Mayor Ray Nagin a saint or a kook? Were the levees overtopped or undermined? Will New Orleans be a real city again, or just Disneyland with Jell-O shots? Those are not questions that get asked or answered much on television. The New Orleans story needed the big muscles of print journalism to gain custody of facts that seemed beyond comprehension."

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and Rita much has been written about the quality of media covering these events. David Carr argues in The New York Times that the hurricane story is "a story better told in print". He states, "By their disposition, hurricanes are a television story: great pictures, an informational crawl at the bottom, and a wind-swept, rain-soaked anchor. But big papers ... all dug in, sending dispatches out of New Orleans that shed light where there had been only heat. What exactly happened at the convention center? Is Mayor Ray Nagin a saint or a kook? Were the levees overtopped or undermined? Will New Orleans be a real city again, or just Disneyland with Jell-O shots? Those are not questions that get asked or answered much on television. The New Orleans story needed the big muscles of print journalism to gain custody of facts that seemed beyond comprehension."