Chris Anderson takes an in depth look at what it would mean to create a transparent magazine. In part 1, he looks at what has changed since Wired magazine’s website originally launched. My favorite: THEN: Media as Lecture: we create content, you read it. NOW: Media as Conversation: a total blur between traditional journalism, blogging… Continue reading It is a Fascinating Time to be a Journalist!
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New York Times Gets Social
The New York Times has embraced social media, by adding submission links to Digg, Facebook ,and Newsvine within their stories. “…the capability to do it directly from the story means that The Times is paying attention to where its stories are shared, who reads them, and, more importantly, what they are saying about them.” Of… Continue reading New York Times Gets Social
Are Media Companies Leaders, or Followers?
Week after week, I link to articles that profile the massive changes going on within media and journalism. Each illustrates companies and people who are coping with a change in their industry that they are forced to endure. Perhaps these changes are discussed as “opportunities” in some articles; in others, but in many, they are… Continue reading Are Media Companies Leaders, or Followers?
Mobile Journalists Deliver Hyper-Local Coverage
The Fort Myers News-Press is utilizing mobile journalists to focus on hyper-local news coverage: “They spend their time on the road looking for stories, filing several a day for the newspaper’s Web site, and often for the print edition, too. Their guiding principle: A constantly updated stream of intensely local, fresh Web content — regardless… Continue reading Mobile Journalists Deliver Hyper-Local Coverage
Copy Editors: Evolving & Offshoring
Douglas Fisher takes a look at the future of the copy editor. He references a job description: “…successful candidate will know how to scan leading blogs, the networks, talk radio and understand how to use the entire Internet to identify “Topic A” stories that will engage our readers.” Poynter looks at the growing trend of… Continue reading Copy Editors: Evolving & Offshoring
Copy Editors: Evolving & Offshoring
Douglas Fisher takes a look at the future of the copy editor. He references a job description: “…successful candidate will know how to scan leading blogs, the networks, talk radio and understand how to use the entire Internet to identify “Topic A” stories that will engage our readers.” Poynter looks at the growing trend of… Continue reading Copy Editors: Evolving & Offshoring
Innovation in Journalism
Jay Rosen and John McQuaid explore some timely issues in journalism. On citizen journalism: “With connectivity anywhere and everywhere, journalists tapping into networks can have eyes on the ground in a lot of places simultaneously. That has all kinds of potential — for assembling a broad picture of what’s going on nationally, for individual tips… Continue reading Innovation in Journalism
Moving Newspapers Online, Amid a Downward Spiral
Steve Outing goes where newspapers hope others will travel: their websites. How’s this for an opening paragraph: “…most newspaper executives understand the gravity of their situation, as the outlook for continued growth in the core business is dim, and decline is in the cards no matter what they do to improve or revamp the print… Continue reading Moving Newspapers Online, Amid a Downward Spiral
Journalists Confront News Aggregation
A recent conference brought journalists face to face with the man behind Google News – the aggregation service that has sent chills through the media industry. There are two perspectives on this matter. The first: “For some publishers — watching covetously as Google earns billions from contextual advertising — the search engine’s success rests on… Continue reading Journalists Confront News Aggregation
An “Opportunity to Transform Journalism”
Leonard Downie, Jr., executive editor of the Washington Post is taking an “opportunity to transform journalism for a new era.” This, of course, means some drastic changes to his newsroom: Shrinking the newsroom staff Tightening up the paper’s news hole Cracking down on story length & publishing story length guidelines for the staff, along with… Continue reading An “Opportunity to Transform Journalism”