Are Days Numbered for Large News Organizations?

Are Days Numbered for Large News Organizations? Jeff Jarvis reports from a conference on “the future of news.” As he reviews the viewpoints of several speakers, he laments: “I’m sorry that we’re separating “traditional” and “new” news. That, itself, is much of the problem today.” This seems to be a common theme, but Jeff points… Continue reading Are Days Numbered for Large News Organizations?

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