Ulken, most recently the interactive digital editor at the Los Angeles Times, scripted a clear presentation on the particular necessity now of involvement in social media and data visualization.
He steered through filter-strengthening, search engine-optimizing, Twitter-seizing and such platforms as Google Docs and Manyeyes in presenting information in a new, visually literate way.
His workshop presentations is laid out here. In the days ahead a video podcast of the three-hour seminar will be up at www.journalism.ubc.ca.