Programmers in the Newsroom

March 16th, 2007 · No Comments

I’ve seen a few posts over the last week or so about hiring programmers or developers to join newspapers’ staffs. This is a fantastic idea and one that papers should be embracing wholeheartedly.

Further reading:
Adrian Holovaty: Work with me at washingtonpost.com
Adrian Holovaty: MediaShift covers newspaper developers
Dave Winer: Programming at newspapers

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