Journalists are getting their own Twitter-like site. ReporTwitter looks like an attempt to make reporting more transparent — along with stories, reporters will post tweets, although the tweets can be about anything. The idea seems to be based, in part on the BBC’s Ben Hammersley who used Twitter as part of his reporting from Turkey. [...]

“The Paper” will follow high school students as they put together their school paper. I remember working on the high school paper — The Marsaline — and there was some high school drama, but not much journalism. In fact, there was no journalism. I fear that’s exactly what MTV (the producers of the series) is [...]

Lee Enterprises seems to be doing some housekeeping and maintenance. The last time they did this, they bought the Pulitzer papers. Now I assume they’re after the “baby” Dows — the papers Rupert Murdoch will sell. So what are they? The Ottaway papers are part of the Dow Jones company. • Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, [...]

The Chicago Tribune has a great storm damage map — and you can add to it. It’s just beyond-words fantastic! You add your address and the type of damage: generic “damage,” flood, power down or streets closed. Two complaints: There are pages, instead of having everything on one page. OK, there are more than 2,000 [...]

Find, track and discuss venues and artists with BandsInTown. And you can add widgets to MySpace, blogs or Web sites. Fun! This weekend, you can catch Nickelback, Puddle of Mudd and Finger Eleven in St. Louis. It’d be nice to be able to set the widget to a town, though, instead of a venue or [...]