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Hacker wanted: Code in the public interest, save journalism, in sunny Chicago, Illinois

UPDATE: We’ve filled the position, but may be hiring more soon. If this looks like your dream job, please send an email anyway.
Cross-posted from our new team blog:
We’re looking for a great hacker to join our team at the Chicago Tribune.
Requirements:

A passion for the news
An understanding of the inner workings of the web
Attention [...]

Old friends! Ripoffs! Hateful comments! — A media blitz roundup

Invisible airwaves, crackle with life…
I don’t write about it much here, but I love the radio. NPR is my primary daily news source. So, I was totally geeked when Here and Now asked me to be on their program. And through the magic of editing, I think I managed to sound pretty alright!
(You know how, [...]

The hacker journalist: in whom programming and prose intersect

In an essay at MediaShift Idea Lab, I’ve tried to enumerate the job roles of a programmer-journalist.  It was a helpful exercise.  I’ve got no idea what I’m going to do six months from now, but a couple of the following are appealing…

CMS developer
CMS implementor
CMS user (Web producer)
Applications developer
Hunter, gatherer and data-miner
Visualizations developer
New media translator
and [...]