As news organizations evolve to focus more on multimedia and leveraging new online tools, there are two lingering questions:
Will readers be truly engaged?
Is there a business model to support this?
More and more, we are seeing examples of established media brands reorganizing themselves to leverage new media:
The Associated Press
“…The A.P. will change the way it files, […]
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Posted in journalism, community on Jan 16th, 2008
I want to take a look at how two websites covered a single live event, and identify the pros and cons in each reporting style.
The event: Macworld keynote with Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple.
Steve’s presentation is known for compelling product announcements, and as one of the best presentations in consumer electronics that you will see […]
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Steve Outing reached out to his network of colleagues in the news industry to find out what their biggest problem was:
“Everyone’s got work to do to put out the “daily miracle,” but in an era when the old industry model is in decline, we can no longer afford to have a workforce where the majority […]
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Journalists are finding success with pocket-sized tools that allow them to report on stories from almost anywhere in the world.
Reuters is having their reporters experiment with a “mobile journalism toolkit,” which allows reporting in text, audio, video and photos:
The Mobile Journalism Toolkit contents, which include a Nokia N95 phone, Nokia SU-8W folding keyboard, a small […]
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Shel Israel explains why online video can be so much more compelling than the printed word. He tells a story of when he was a reporter in the 60’s, and TV news began to be real competition for him:
“While the best I could do was tell you what it was like to have been there, […]
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Posted in blogging, journalism on Jan 2nd, 2008
The economics supporting journalism and media seems to be wreaking havoc on previous definitions of what constitutes journalists and bloggers. At the same time, many print journalists are beginning to leverage the tools of the web with greater authority, and independent experts - or bloggers - are finding respect, audience, and financial rewards in the […]
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Posted in journalism, community on Dec 31st, 2007
Where does journalism end, and community begin? Let’s take a look at one article, and see what the future could hold.
Last Sunday, The New York Times printed an article in their Parenting column titled: “Limiting Teenage Drinking, or Trying.
The article did two things:
The author illustrated the reasoning behind rules in his household around teenage drinking.
Readers […]
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There are lots of 2007 media industry recaps online, I will try to recap them all!
Online Journalism Review: “Five Lessons from 2007.”
Breaking news blogs take off, as does distribution of content via widgets. The media are still figuring out how to best leverage user-generated content.
Folio magazine: “2007: The Year in Magazines.”
Some magazines fold, some titles […]
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Posted in innovation, journalism on Dec 25th, 2007
I constantly read about how newspapers, magazines, media companies and journalists are evolving to meet the changing needs of their audience by leveraging new tools on the web. Oftentimes, these changes happen with reduced resources, while learning new skills.
There are more and more success stories that empower individual journalists, and move brands in exciting new […]
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Posted in journalism on Dec 18th, 2007
More print editors are finding roles online:
“Brandon Holley, late of Jane magazine, has become the latest example of an editor who’s made the leap from print magazines to the digital space. Holley has been quietly working at Yahoo as executive producer, Yahoo Lifestyles, a new position at the company.”
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