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Rich Gordon

Meet the First Two Journalist- Programmers

The first two "journalist-programmers" -- experienced Web developers who won Knight News Challenge scholarships to attend the one-year master's program at the Medill School of Journalism -- will start their studies here at Northwestern University in just a few weeks. Let me tell you a little bit about them -- and, in the process, remind folks that we're looking for more programmers who are interested in studying journalism and exploring ways they might apply their technology skills to the media world. Brian Boyer is an experienced Web developer and software architect who most recently served as a co-founder of Daixo,...

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It sounds like journalists today also have to be marketers. They have to know who they are trying to reach, and... to pitch their stories to a broader audience.

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