Depicting news graphically is considered an apt way to deal with challenges of modern journalism: to disclose big data, and present news attractively, visually, and fast to grasp. This study delves into reported obstacles and challenges for the production of news visualizations. It focuses on the question: …

Implementing saves, editors and other persistence functionality in games can be cumbersome. Saving and loading the game state can be complex. This thesis describes building a system to make this task easier for game developers using the Unity game engine.

Global Star Media (GSM) is een productiehuis voor commercials en tv-programma's. Zij maken onder andere programma's voor RTL en de publieke omroep. Daarnaast produceren ze commercials (Nederlandse Energie Maatschappij met Frans Bauer) en worden ze ingehuurd voor het vastleggen van grote evenementen (Toppers …

At the end of the 1920s the International Review i10 was published in the Netherlands. This avant-garde magazine was characterized by the search for radical innovation in art and society. The editors of i10 created an international platform where several European avant-garde movements could exchange …

Regional news media are facing tough times, as they lose readers and advertisers rapidly. In The Netherlands, circulation decreased from 2.7 million in 1990 to 1.8 million in 2010, household penetration declined from 47 percent to 25 percent, and the number of titles went down from 35 to 18 in the …

What is the impact of blogging, either by journalists or readers, on journalism? Do entries on readers' blogs lead to stories for professional journalists and how is the work of a blogging journalist influenced by the fact that he or she nowadays has a second publication platform and is more in contact …

Aligning business and IT strategy is a prominent area of concern. Organizations that successfully align their business strategy and their IT strategy, outperform their non-aligned peers (Chan et al., 1997). This chapter explores the relationship between business strategy, IT strategy and alignment capability. …

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When the editors of this book asked us to write a chapter that reflects our work and thoughts about issues that relate to change and improvement of institutions, environments, and people, we immediately decided to focus on the college classroom and how college teachers and students adapt to new forms …

From June 28 to July 7 the National Arts Festival took place in Grahamstown, South Africa. For the 20th time Cue, a daily print newspaper about the Festival, was produced by Rhodes University journalism students. It was the first time that the newspaper was printed in full color. Cue is at the core …