Virtual Journalism and Journalism of the Virtual
As Guilio blogs, the Reuters building is a real attraction, people keep flying over there. They have a free HUD and floor and wall displays, so they are very prepared to cover SL, it seems. In addition, their space is gorgeous, and is worth a peek.
Entrance to the Reuters building
Baba at the impromptu party
Reuters lobby
Staircase inside of the Reuters building
Second Life bureau
Reuters HUD example
Hamlet has blogged his competition, especially the Reuters HUD (why not a New World Notes HUD, or a blog aggregator HUD?)…
For other journalism-related items in Second Life:
- Metaverse Messenger, weekly newspaper (dozens of pages in pdf), over 9.000 subscribers
- SLBusiness, monthly business magazine (over 100 pages in pdf, also available inworld)
- Second Life Herald, blog-style newspaper
- [New World Notes}(http://nwn.blogs.com/), Second Life's embedded reporter Hamlet, blog-style
In a non-Second Life multi-user virtual environment, a University of Minnesota Journalism class uses a redesigned version of the Neverwinter Nights D&D game to teach journalism. I can imagine someone setting up a virtual newspaper SIM, that would provide amazing training for budding reporters and bloggers.
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