Posted in blogging, newspapers, innovation, journalism on Dec 1st, 2007
Here is a video that gives you a behind the scenes look at The New York Times’ digital newsroom, and their process. Some interesting quotes:
“If something is ready, you publish it, and you publish it in whatever forum is available at the moment. Usually, thats the web, because its available all the time.”
“One of the […]
Posted in journalists, blogging, innovation on Nov 11th, 2007
Robert Niles speaks with John McClain, a veteran sports reporter for the Houston Chronicle. This is what a multimedia reporter looks like:
“I cover the Texans and the NFL for the Houston Chronicle. I write blogs and do videos and audio for Chron.com, our website. Our videos are run on YouTube and Brightcove and other sites. […]
Posted in journalists, innovation, journalism on Nov 3rd, 2007
Jeff Jarvis reports on a British news program that has been alerting their audience of the stories they will be covering ahead of time, and asking for feedback before the show is complete. It is really interesting to see the audience reply in the comments, suggesting stories that need coverage.
Posted in journalists, innovation, journalism, citizen journalism on Nov 3rd, 2007
Kevin Sites reflects on his experiences as a solo journalist in a war zone:
“What that demonstrated to me was the power of online media in telling a more complete – and sometimes more accurate story than traditional media…”
Posted in marketing, customer experience, innovation, journalism, user-generated media, social networks on Nov 3rd, 2007
Michael Krigsman wasn’t distracted by the big news this week, of Google unveiling OpenSocial.
“Hidden from view during the press conference, an improvised parallel event arose spontaneously, raising deeper implications than the Google announcement itself. This parallel event offers a provocative glimpse into the future of collective intelligence, information sharing, and group-oriented analysis.”
Michael goes on […]
Posted in journalists, innovation on Oct 30th, 2007
Robert Niles speaks to reporters who leveraged Google Maps to report on the California wildfires:
“The [Los Angeles] Times’ Ron Lin developed the initial version of the fire map, using his personal Google account. Lin said that he “had played around” with building Google Maps before and credited the tool’s ease of use in helping him […]
Posted in innovation on Oct 29th, 2007
As online maps become more and more detailed… it is interesting to see companies to keep pushing the boundaries, and look for potential of crowdsourcing to move forward. Brady Forrest looks at one such company, Everyscape. Their promotional video below gives you a sense of the usefulness of these tools:
EveryScape Launch Video
Posted in innovation on Oct 29th, 2007
The online travel business is experiencing a loss of customers, and potential financial difficulties in the future. While sales are still up, it seems to be an industry crying for continued innovation in order to grow:
“The search engines of travel sites do not do enough to take other factors into consideration, Mr. Harteveldt said. “Nowhere […]
Posted in innovation on Oct 28th, 2007
Chuqui and Scott Karp are pondering that user-generated content is a myth.
“This shouldn’t be surprising to people, because if you’ve run communities for any length of time, you’ll run into the 1% rule: in any community of size, the vast majority of your content is created by about 1% of the membership.”
“It’s that most […]
Posted in innovation, citizen journalism on Oct 26th, 2007
The coverage of the California wildfires gives another interesting look at how quickly reporting is evolving with the advent of new online tools and communities. What is most interesting is how the lines are blurring between official reporting from major media outlets, and information being gathered and shared from those directly affected and others throughout […]
