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Native Names - Interactive // National Geographic Magazine
"What's in an American Name? Native American words echo in the names of lakes, rivers, mountains, states, cities, and small towns across the United States. Most of these translations reflect the best scholarly opinion on the meaning of the Indian terms."
maps  data  infographics  history  america  nationalgeographic  usa 
may 2009 by fabianmohr
Our collective recent history, online // kottke.org
"...old media is slowly figuring out that more content equals more traffic, sometimes much more traffic."
archive  history  print  search  america  kottke  newyorktimes  time  washingtonpost 
march 2008 by fabianmohr
Out of Print:The death and life of the American newspaper // The New Yorker
"Only nineteen per cent of Americans between the ages of eighteen and thirty-four claim even to look at a daily newspaper. The average age of the American newspaper reader is fifty-five and rising."
print  history  america  advertisement  onlinejournalism 
march 2008 by fabianmohr
Das eingedeutschte und kommentierte Rezept für Chocolate Chip Cookies // USA Erklärt
"Ein perfekter, idealer, echt amerikanischer Chocolate Chip Cookie ist außen leicht knusperig, aber im Kern noch weich - gooey heißt der Fachbegriff."
food  america 
december 2007 by fabianmohr
Forensik: "Die Unschuldigen befreien"// Spiegel Online
"Mit Hilfe von DNA-Tests werden in den USA alte Gerichtsurteile überprüft - mit schockierendem Ergebnis: 208 Justizopfer mussten bereits freigelassen werden, 15 davon aus der Todeszelle."
justiz  america  thinking  politics 
december 2007 by fabianmohr
Boonville USA
"Beginning in August of 2007 and ending sometime in 2008, photographer Timothy Briner will live in and document six different towns named Boonville (...) The six Boonvilles are located in Missouri, North Carolina, New York, Indiana, Texas and California."
photo  doku  reportage  america  blogs 
november 2007 by fabianmohr
The American Idea // The Atlantic Monthly
"Scholars, novelists, politicians, artists, and others look ahead to the future of the American idea."
america  usa2008  thinking  politics  history 
november 2007 by fabianmohr
Burning Man 2008 Art Theme: American Dream
"Put blame aside, in this election year, and dare to ask an even greater question: What can postmodern America, this stumbling, roused, half-conscious giant, yet give to the world?"
burningman  usa2008  thinking  art  america 
october 2007 by fabianmohr
The Little Rock Nine: 50 Years Later // The New York Times
"In 1957, the Little Rock Nine approached Central High School, and were turned away by the Arkansas National Guard. Here, seven of the Little Rock Nine describe that day and what they endured in the weeks and months to follow."
photo  doku  history  audio  interactive/multimedia  onlinejournalism  newyorktimes  america 
october 2007 by fabianmohr
Through a Lens, Darkly // vanityfair.com
"During the historic 1957 desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, 26-year-old journalist Will Counts took a photograph that gave an iconic face to the passions at the center of the civil-rights movement."
photo  doku  history  usa2008  america 
october 2007 by fabianmohr
Census Google Maps Mashup // Webfoot
"...maps that combine U.S. Census Bureau information (Race, Age, Housing,Population etc.) with Google Maps"
infographics  googlemaps  maps  interactive/multimedia  onlinejournalism  america  usa2008 
september 2007 by fabianmohr
Die USA 2006, jetzt mit noch mehr Spanisch // USA Erklärt
"...die demokratischen Präsidentschaftskandidaten haben sich zu einer Debatte auf Spanisch bei dem Sender Univision eingefunden (...) Die Zuschauerzahl betrug 4,6 Millionen, mehr als bei den englischsprachigen Debatten bei ABC, CNN, Fox News oder MSNBC."
usa2008  america  science  politics 
september 2007 by fabianmohr
Girl Power - Whateverlife.com - Ashley Qualls // Fastcompany.com
"No rich relatives? No professional mentors? No problem. Ashley Qualls, 17, has built a million-dollar web site. She's LOL all the way to the bank. :)"
interactive/multimedia  digital  business  usa2008  america  myspace 
september 2007 by fabianmohr
Interactive Feature > Hidden Beauty // New York Times
Murals depicting California’s history, by a Mexican-American artist named Alfredo Santos, can be found in the most unlikely place: San Quentin State Prison.
infographics  interactive/multimedia  onlinejournalism  history  america  usability 
august 2007 by fabianmohr
Slide Show: What's Your Sign? // The New York Times
In the late 1980s there was a realization among highway officials that road signs needed to be improved to accommodate the aging American population. A design team (...) set out to try to solve this problem.
usability  fonts  design  reisen  photo  science  ontheroad  america 
august 2007 by fabianmohr

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