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A message about OJR from USC Annenberg's School of Journalism
By Geoffrey Baum: A message from USC Annenberg Journalism School director Geneva Overholser: Thank you for your interest in OJR. The fast-moving changes in digital media are more compelling every day, and they remain an important area of focus for the USC Annenberg School for Communication. We are committed to keeping the archives of OJR available online and are exploring ways to continue the School's efforts to increase understanding about the revolutionary transformation of news and info <div class='nifad'><a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=a8a276f7a37a42499f8b1c69f9acf191&u=295564912"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=a8a276f7a37a42499f8b1c69f9acf191&u=295564912" border="0"/></a></div>
Goodbye
By Robert Niles: After a decade, the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication has suspended publication of OJR. One of OJR's goals over the years has been to help mid-career journalists make a successful transition from other media to online reporting and production. I'm pleased to say that USC Annenberg will continue to provide support in that area, through the Knight Digital Media Center. I encourage OJR readers to click over to the KDMC website and its blogs, <div class='nifad'><a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=a8a276f7a37a42499f8b1c69f9acf191&u=289260926"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=a8a276f7a37a42499f8b1c69f9acf191&u=289260926" border="0"/></a></div>
McClatchy Washington bureau shines as bright example for online journalism
By Robert Niles: The past decade has brought the journalism industry some of its darkest moments. On the business side, management teams that grew used to local monopolies could not react swiftly enough to protect their market share as thousands of online competitors emerged. Revenue tanked, readership declined and layoffs became a seasonal task at many newspapers. On the editorial side, many newsrooms blew or missed one major story after another, from the Whitewater "scandal," hitting the sn <div class='nifad'><a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=a8a276f7a37a42499f8b1c69f9acf191&u=288804698"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=a8a276f7a37a42499f8b1c69f9acf191&u=288804698" border="0"/></a></div>
OJR launches individual reader blogs
By Robert Niles: OJR now allows its registered members to maintain individual blogs on OJR. Just click the "Post Blog Entry" link near the top of the right navigation rail to get started. OJR's editors and I will read all the submissions, then select ones to go on the OJR front page feed. You can find links to all the most recent reader-submitted blog entries under the "Recent Blogs" header on the right rail. You can start a free blog just about anywhere on the Web, from Blogger.com and b <div class='nifad'><a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=a8a276f7a37a42499f8b1c69f9acf191&u=287967964"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=a8a276f7a37a42499f8b1c69f9acf191&u=287967964" border="0"/></a></div>
It's a lo-o-o-ong way from Lawrence, Kan., to Loudoun County, Va.
By Tom Grubisich: The headline on the Wall Street Journal story about the Washington Post's widely watched venture in local-local journalism on the Web was unambiguous: "Big Daily's Hyperlocal Flop." So how bad actually is LoudounExtra.com? Let's look. On the LoudounExtra homepage, I am greeted with this above-the-fold spread: My squinting eyes try to read the reverse-type blurb, but before I can finish, a new image/blurb is automatically rotated in the space. After figuring out <div class='nifad'><a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=a8a276f7a37a42499f8b1c69f9acf191&u=287776231"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=a8a276f7a37a42499f8b1c69f9acf191&u=287776231" border="0"/></a></div>
L.A. Times launches sharable electoral vote map
By Eric Ulken: Which campaign will get to 270 in November, and how will they do it? The L.A. Times has built an interactive map that allows readers to create and test their own electoral vote scenarios, and then embed those scenarios in their own sites. (Sample after the jump.) We're hoping to improve on this as the campaign heats up, perhaps adding demographic info and data on past elections by state. Would love to hear suggestions. <div class='nifad'><a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=a8a276f7a37a42499f8b1c69f9acf191&u=287776230"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=a8a276f7a37a42499f8b1c69f9acf191&u=287776230" border="0"/></a></div>
Question of the week: Going to journalism school - yes or no?
By Robert Niles: For this week's discussion question, I'd like to hear about the academic preparation OJR readers had for their career. Obviously, being housed by and paid for the Annenberg School of Journalism at the University of Southern California, OJR's not exactly a neutral forum for this question. One might suspect that we'd have a larger-than-expected number of j-school folk hanging around here. But we do get a fair number of readers who did not come up through the traditional journal <div class='nifad'><a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=a8a276f7a37a42499f8b1c69f9acf191&u=287512891"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=a8a276f7a37a42499f8b1c69f9acf191&u=287512891" border="0"/></a></div>
Back to basics with Flip Video
By Chris Jennewein: In architecture, less is more, and the same appears to be true for video news gathering. The simple Flip Video camcorder heralds a time when every journalist carries a video camera.I bought a Flip Video camcorder for my wife for mother's day. At under $150, it was a bargain. But the primary motivation was having a camera she sould depend upon. Our simple DV camcorder took great video, but seemed to always need charging, or a new tape, and thus wasn't available at the spur of <div class='nifad'><a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=a8a276f7a37a42499f8b1c69f9acf191&u=287389904"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=a8a276f7a37a42499f8b1c69f9acf191&u=287389904" border="0"/></a></div>
Writing print's epitaph - v6.5.08 (service pack 3)
By Robert Niles: My friend Sree Sreenivasan asked members an online journalism e-mail list for reaction to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's interview with the Washington Post, published this morning. Specifically, Sree asked for reactions to this statement from Ballmer: "In the next 10 years, the whole world of media, communications and advertising are going to be turned upside down -- my opinion. Here are the premises I have. Number one, there will be no media consumption left in 10 years that is <div class='nifad'><a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=a8a276f7a37a42499f8b1c69f9acf191&u=286888815"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=a8a276f7a37a42499f8b1c69f9acf191&u=286888815" border="0"/></a></div>
When journalists hate journalism...
By Robert Niles: ... the industry has a problem.You'd think that journalists would be the biggest news hounds around. For the most part, you'd be right. I was talking with some of my Annenberg colleagues at a journalism conference last month, and one asked how many hours a day we each spent reading and watching the news, whether in print, online or on TV. The consensus? About four to five hours a day. But there is one exception to this potential rule: Many journalists despise TV news. They hate <div class='nifad'><a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=a8a276f7a37a42499f8b1c69f9acf191&u=286666779"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=a8a276f7a37a42499f8b1c69f9acf191&u=286666779" border="0"/></a></div>

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English In Malta
By Thomas West
In the Southern Mediterranean, just 93 Kilometres South of Sicily and 288 Kilometres North of Tunisia, is the little island of Malta, where cultures have been meeting for thousands of years, and is part of the very bedrock of the island’s character.

Acceding to the British Empire in 1800, and gaining its independence in 1963, Malta’s ties with the English language are very strong, with most children grow up speaking both English and Maltese. As one of the two official languages of Malta (together with Maltese), English is used within the judiciary, medicine, and culture of Malta to such an extent that it has fast become one of Europe’s premier language destinations, as students have flocked to combine education with the beautiful natural sights the island has to offer.

The education system in Malta is first class, and languages are part of fabric of the nation’s identity. It’s this academic quality, combined with the island’s culture of hard-work, which has meant that the language schools which have developed in Malta give a service which has gained the island scholastic recognition throughout Europe and the world as a whole. Independent schools such as Elanguest Ltd have been able to boast some of the world’s highest Cambridge First Certificate pass marks for EFL teaching, and are just one of Malta’s independent schools catering for the world’s growing demand for English language training.

Due to the widespread use of English in Malta, students quickly find the opportunity to practise their new language skills; from buying a sandwich to taking a bus, to going to the cinema, English is used everywhere, so students can take the day’s lessons out into the real world, and gain confidence in the use of spoken English while enjoying time with friends, and visiting a new country. The use of ‘host-families’; where students stay with a local Maltese family during their course, provides another setting for in English, and further challenges the students to use what they have learned.

Students from a wide variety of countries visit Malta to learn English; once upon a time,

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the island took students mainly from Europe, however, these days, the Far East and South America are fast becoming a major new source of visitors, and many other new countries are also sending students Malta’s way. With the island joining the European Union in 2004, Malta has signalled its desire to increase upon its commercial ties with Europe, and has invested heavily in IT infrastructure, as well as regeneration of its towns and heritage sites. Increasingly, Malta also plays host to pan-European, and global political and commercial meetings where once again, Malta’s location, and reputation as a communications hub have made it the perfect choice for businesses and political leaderships. Without the use of English (the lingua franca of business and politics) as an official language, this would not have been possible, and it’s this skill at adaptation and incorporation of new talents which has kept Malta thriving for thousands of years, and will ensure its survival and growth in future.

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Tom West has taught English, and lived and worked in Malta. He now writes articles about the island as well as short stories.Use these links to find out more about English in Maltawww.elanguest.com“>language schools in maltawww.elanguest.com“>EFL Maltawww.elanguest.com“>Learn English

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