Innovative Interactivity recently brought to our attention a new social network on Ning called “Journalists / Coders.” Founder Justin McLachlan sees this project as “an across the board platform for those interested in coding and journalism and how the two should fit together.”

Journalists / Coders is shaping up to be a good hub for conversations about the technologies available to produce well-crafted multimedia journalism. You can read tips and techniques, troubleshoot thorny code and see what other members are working on.

The network has about 100 members, and 10 groups have been created around specific technologies, such as Ruby on Rails and HTML/CSS. (You can add your own group, if there’s a topic you’d like to see get more attention.)

You can get preview the content by visiting, but you have to sign up for the good stuff.

Ning is a tool to create niche social networks around topics of special interest. Usual social networking features -- including friends -- activity feeds and profile pages are built in. You can use Ning to create your own social network in just a few minutes.

Visit “Journalists / Coders” now.