CBC’s story about a Hamilton man who found 1920s-era German bonds [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/05/01/german-bonds-safe.html] in an abandoned safe is the first time I’ve seen CBC using DocumentCloud [http://www.documentcloud.org/home]. DocumentCloud is a powerful document presentation…
Stephen Colbert is back on the talk show circuit to flog his new book I Am A Pole (And So Can You!). He visited the Today show where David Gregory was dragged out of bed to conduct the interview:…
[](http://blog.joeycoleman.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2432712144_b2cb49561f_z.jpg)A picture of the headquarters of the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board taken by Flickr user juggybiv during the H Magazine/HIStory + HERitage walk in…
Apologies, I’m severely behind on a few projects and suffered a major setback this weekend when I encountered computer problems. I’ll be focusing my “spare” time for the next few weeks on the final push for open data at Hamilton City Hall. The open data motion is going…
The Hamilton Spectator reports [http://www.thespec.com/news/local/article/714762--work-on-king-and-hess-condo-moving-slowly] today on 275 King Street West, focusing on a single lane closure of the King Street expressway that is blocked by the planned construction at the site. I’ve been following the development closely the past month as…
*Disclosure: I’m currently a candidate for a web position at The Spectator. I unsuccessfully applied to CBC Hamilton. * The Hamilton Spectator’s paywall is coming down – for print subscribers. TheSpec implemented a Press+ paywall in September. The “wall” allowed non-subscribers to view 35 “free” articles a month. Print subscribers…
My favourite weekend political show [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46979738/ns/msnbc_tv-up_with_chris_hayes/#47215154]…
Read the opening paragraph of Paul Bradshaw’s latest post Telling Wannabe Journos “Don’t Work For Free” Doesn’t Help [http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2012/04/26/telling-wannabe-journos-dont-work-for-free-doesnt-help/] and he lays out the biggest threat facing journalism – a lack of socio-economic diversity. Then read his paragraph explaining why some journalists…