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Via 10,000 Words:

Quick ways to create a online map mashup have already been covered here, but as online maps become more sophisticated, so are the tools used to create them. The following are free tools that have additional functionality beyond point-and-click mapping, but are still relatively easy to use.

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5 Interactive maps that connect communities (March 12, 2009)

Online maps are great tools for bringing together communities, whether they are on the same block or across the world. Here are some examples of how its being done.

10 Mind-blowing maps (and 3 ways to create them) (August 28, 2008 )

8 Beautifully Designed Maps (June 06, 2008)

With so many websites using Google Maps to create mashups, a lot of online maps are starting to look the same. But there are a few who are addressing both form and function to create maps that are both eye-catching and useful.

Explore the Earth with online maps (June 02, 2008)

Judging by the number of map-related posts at 10,000 Words, it has become increasingly clear that they are essential tool in the multimedia journalist’s arsenal. Plus “cartographer” looks good on anyone’s résumé.

5 Ways to create a Google Map in minutes (April 08, 2008)

Breaking news stories are greatly enriched when paired with Google Maps. Car accidents, natural disasters, rallies and speeches, celebrity sightings and more all benefit from a small map that indicates their location. The Google Maps API is a great tool if you’d had experience using it, but there are a number of third-party applications that streamline the map-building process and facilitate and quicker move to the web when time is a factor. Below are some of the best tools for creating worry-free Google Maps.

And here are all the map-related posts on 10,000 Words.

Via Mashable:

Downsizing, layoffs, newspaper and magazine closings have put journalism on the most endangered careers list. But hundreds of smart journalists are realizing the opportunity and using their connections, reporting savvy and deep knowledge of their subjects to start sites covering their familiar beats.

These bootstrapping indie journalists are learning to run their own small business, including tending to many details they never had to worry about before—ad sales, marketing, promotion, tech and design to name a few.

Here, five former mainstream media reporters share their tips and best advice for creating a startup journalism site.

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The Globe and Mail has posted Behind the Veil: An Intimate Journey Into the Lives of Kandahar’s Women, an outstanding multi-part interactive series by photojournalist Paula Lerner and reporter Jessica Leeder chronicling the lives of women in Kandahar, one of Afghanistan’s most conservative, volatile cities. <br>

Part 6: Wishing for peace - A fervent wish for peace ‘so I can see what happiness tastes like’

Shafiqa is finding happiness as a shut-in after a relative is injured in the war — she’s one of the women from Kandahar interviewed for the Globe and Mail’s six-part “Behind The Veil” series

Photo credit: Paula Lerner.

Behind the Veil, part 5: The war on women - ‘The husband can abuse you as if you are his own being, like humans are God’s beings’
The Globe and Mail has posted Behind the Veil: An Intimate Journey Into the Lives of Kandahar’s Women, an outstanding multi-part interactive series by photojournalist Paula Lerner and reporter Jessica Leeder chronicling the lives of women in Kandahar, one of Afghanistan’s most conservative, volatile cities.

Part 5: The war on women - ‘The husband can abuse you as if you are his own being, like humans are God’s beings’

Shukria has been sold into marriage twice and is struggling with insecurity and illiteracy — she’s one of the women from Kandahar interviewed for the Globe and Mail’s six-part “Behind The Veil” series.

Photo credit: Paula Lerner.

The Globe and Mail has posted Behind the Veil: An Intimate Journey Into the Lives of Kandahar’s Women, an outstanding multi-part interactive series by photojournalist Paula Lerner and reporter Jessica Leeder chronicling the lives of women in Kandahar, one of Afghanistan’s most conservative, volatile cities.

Part 4: The perils of employment - ‘I know that danger is with me’

Shukufa is a passionate civil servant in one of the city’s most dangerous jobs — she’s one of the women from Kandahar interviewed for the Globe and Mail’s six-part “Behind The Veil” series.

Photo credit: Paula Lerner.