The Associated Press reports on newspapers’ struggle with allowing comments to articles on their websites: “As newspapers try to be more competitive with interactive media online, editors are struggling to find a balance between unfettered reader participation and longtime standards of decency, fairness and accountability.”
Category: journalism
Sourcing in Newspapers vs. Blogs
David Vaina at the Online Journalism Review compares newspapers and blogs, in the search for answers to these questions: Which media platform uses more sources? Which offers a more diverse range of sources? And which types of sources are more prevalent in each platform? His conclusion: “Much of the current debate in journalism that centers… Continue reading Sourcing in Newspapers vs. Blogs
Associated Press Launches News Blog for 18-34 Year Olds
The Associated Press is courting younder readers with a new blog: Far and Wide. Journalism.co.uk reports: “Far And Wide provides signposts to the news stories flying across the AP’s global news wires, from the agency staff’s own perspective… [meant] to appeal to 18 to 34-year-olds raised increasingly on a diet of personalised, super-fast news snippets… Continue reading Associated Press Launches News Blog for 18-34 Year Olds
Craig Newmark Sees Blurring of Professional & Citizen Journalism in Future
Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist.org chats about the success of his site, and the state of the online news business. Some excerpts: Q: Is Craigslist a threat to newspapers, as people say? Newmark: Not in a significant way. We do drain some revenue from some papers that rely on ads. But I have spoken to… Continue reading Craig Newmark Sees Blurring of Professional & Citizen Journalism in Future
The End of Long-Form Journalism
Variety mourns the end of long-form entertainment journalism: “At a time when the likes of celebrity Web site TMZ.com, Defamer and People.com rush amateur photos of the Hollywood Hills brush fire and news of Mel Gibson’s latest indiscretion to the Web at the speed of thought, writers and editors who once specialized in crafting polished,… Continue reading The End of Long-Form Journalism
Quality vs. Convenience of Experience
Two week’s ago, I talked about the online world has changed the face of music discovery. Today, I would like to discuss the question of the quality of music – and of course, relate it back to publishing. This week, Apple and EMI announced that they are ditching Digital Rights Management (DRM) on music that… Continue reading Quality vs. Convenience of Experience
Cliffs Notes to the State of the News Media 2007 Report
Mark Glaser has a great recap of reactions to the recently released State of the News Media 2007 report. I refuse to do a recap of a recap, so you will have to check it out yourself.
Yawn. The Death of Newspapers.
Have you heard? Newspapers are dead? While that is fun for some people to say, I still get the sense that it is the same old tug-of-war between the “old guard” and the “new guard.” More likely, people simply haven’t come up with a better way to refer how we get news. Tim O’Reilly started… Continue reading Yawn. The Death of Newspapers.
Time Magazine to Focus Less on News, More on Voice
The Wall Street Journal reports on the redesigned Time magazine: “In addition to a new look, editors have invoked the Economist as a role model for the new Time — less of a news digest, more of an opinion journal… Future issues will provide lots of directional signals to the magazine’s online edition, editors promise.”
Where Anyone Can Be a Reporter, Writer, Researcher or Editor
Wired is diving into citizen journalism and crowdsourcing once again. A new project called Assignment Zero offers: “…any willing contributor the chance to do the work of a reporter, writer, researcher or editor in a joint investigation by Wired and NewAssignment.Net. When Assignment Zero ends, NewAssignment.Net will publish the results — articles, interviews and assorted… Continue reading Where Anyone Can Be a Reporter, Writer, Researcher or Editor