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Writing for the Mass Media used in 180+ schools in 2013

February 3, 2014 | By Jim Stovall | No Comments | Filed in: books, Home, journalism, writing, Writing for the Mass Media.

Here’s where Writing for the Mass Media, now in its eighth edition, was used as a textbook in 2013.

Batchgeo.com: Getting data onto a map

May 24, 2013 | By Jim Stovall | No Comments | Filed in: Writing for the Mass Media.

Getting data onto a map has never been particularly easy — for reasons I don’t understand. But things are getting better. A few weeks ago I tried something called Batchgeo.com. It’s extremely easy. You paste the geographic data you have in an Exel file into a window on the website, and in a few seconds you have a Google map that identifies the location of your information.

Finding maps to use

May 14, 2013 | By Jim Stovall | No Comments | Filed in: journalism.

If you are working for a publication – high school or college – you should not use maps created by MapQuest or some other professional service without specific permission from that service. To do so is a violation of copyright laws.