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Who Needs Journalism?

The Wall Street Journal has an intriguing look at the new Bob Woodward book, in an article titled “So This Is Journalism?” “State of Denial” is replete with similar Woodwardian reporting: secret meetings recounted in vivid detail, complete with lengthy, verbatim quotations of what key players said to each other as the story unfolded. Once… Continue reading Who Needs Journalism?

Citizen Journalism: What is Working and What Isn’t

Jay Rosen looks at en experimental online newspaper, and talks about what works and what doesn’t: “A web-to-print, highly-interactive, low barrier to entry, read-write, everyone-contributes newspaper is still a daily production headache. Articles, photos, headlines, and ads have to come together. Unedited, the site would have almost no value, although it can have unedited parts… Continue reading Citizen Journalism: What is Working and What Isn’t

Print is Dying

The future is now: “Europeans now spend more of their week online than they do reading newspapers or magazines, according to a report.” While many may scoff at reports like this, it is hard to ignore a trend that will dramatically shape the next generation of information products: “…15-24 year-olds spend most time online, with… Continue reading Print is Dying

10 Ways for Newspapers to Succeed Online

From Washington Post editor Len Downie: “…when it first became apparent that the Internet would change the news business, executives and editors worried that its influence would erode the quality of journalism, increase competition, and become a distraction for the reporters and editors working on the print edition of the paper. But he said instead… Continue reading 10 Ways for Newspapers to Succeed Online

7 Reasons Journalists Should Blog

New media companies like Google aren’t resting on their laurels: “Google Inc. has accelerated its efforts to sell advertising for magazines and newspapers while continuing to gear up for potentially lucrative opportunities in broadcasting and mobile devices, Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt said Thursday.” The company is also looking at revamping its many products in… Continue reading 7 Reasons Journalists Should Blog

Innovation as Journalisms Savior

Jeff Jarvis has a scathing reply to a recent report that details ideas for the transformation of the newspaper industry. From Jeff: “…the real problem the report exposes is cultural inertia, the inability to think in radically new ways and to blow up old assumptions. I feared when the project was announced that they saw… Continue reading Innovation as Journalisms Savior

Evolution of Trust in Media

A new survey looks at the evolution of trust in the media: “Consumers trust traditional media over blogs, podcasts and other Internet-only publications for information on major news events, like pandemics and natural disasters, according to the results of a recent survey.” This was not surprising to me, because it looks at a very particular… Continue reading Evolution of Trust in Media

Leveraging Content Channels on the Web

Hayden Shaughnessy looks at new types of content that are unique to the web. He explains the following: Online newspapers Channel Aggregators Social bookmarking Content Re-use New Search Engines Wikis Accidental Content Sites IPTV (Television over IP networks) Personal TV and Citizen TV. User content TV Corporate and political TV Live Performance Games and Virtuality… Continue reading Leveraging Content Channels on the Web

Online Newspaper Readership Up 31%

From Reuters: “The average number of monthly visitors to U.S. newspaper websites rose by nearly a third in the first half of 2006, a study released on Wednesday said, though print readership at some larger U.S. newspapers fell.”