Overheard on the Web, and other Web links From The Herald's Research Editor
Monday, March 21, 2005
A place to publish
Ourmedia is a new site in the planning for a few months now, by a talented group of individuals including blogger JD Lasica. The site will allow individuals to post their own writings and performances. Now on Ourmedia: music MP3s from contributors including David Byrne and Roger McGuinn, recordings of interviews and discussions, and stories and articles. Among the stories: Grimms' Fairy Tales. From the description:
Share your videos, audio files, photos, text or software - for free - with a global community of creative individuals. Get your works noticed and recognized. Make your voice heard.
Elisabeth (Liz) Donovan was a Herald librarian for 10 years, and Research Editor for 13 years. She came to The Herald in 1981, following several years at the
Washington Post. She started blogging in 2000, with a news research blog, followed by the blog at Herald.com in 2003. A frequent speaker and writer on news research, she was honored in 2004 by the
News Division of the Special Libraries Association for her contributions to
the field.