Talking Points Memo: Internal AP Memo Thanks Writers For Successful ‘Literary Treasure Hunt’ In Finding Sarah Palin’s Book
Tuesday, 24 November 2009, 07:30
AP memo on how reporters who found an accidentally pre-released copy of Sarah Palin's book produced a story in 40 minutes: "They bought a copy, ripped it from its spine and scanned it into the system so it could be read and electronically searched. A NewsNow moved within 40 minutes, followed quickly by multiple leads as details were gleaned from the 413-page manuscript."
Nieman Journalism Lab: Knight News Challenge: A grant to DocumentCloud promises a data boost for investigative journalism
Wednesday, 17 June 2009, 23:11
"DocumentCloud’s vision is to collect, archive, and index the text and metadata of all documents used by participating news organizations, advocacy groups, bloggers, and others — “so they’re not just sitting in the corner of a newsroom collecting dust,” Pilhofer explained."
