I Want Media interviews author Mark Deuze, who looks at how the lives of journalists and anyone working in media is changing: “What is changing is an acceleration of things that have been happening for a while — media convergence and integration coupled with disintegration, disruptive technological change, continuous market fragmentation.” “This is being brought… Continue reading How the Change in Media is Affecting Journalists
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Should Beat Reporters be Mobile?
Fred Wilson just posted a photo of his mobile office (a laptop, EVDO card, headphones, and AC adapter), including this insight: “It’s no different than being at my home office or my work office, except that the interruptions are less.” It reminded me how technology has opened up the possibilities for journalists. Beat reporters can… Continue reading Should Beat Reporters be Mobile?
Editors as Their Own Media Brands
The recent “Fake Steve Jobs” outing has given Scott Karp insight on what media companies need to do in order to innovate: “This should be a cautionary tale for every media company — nurture your talent, let them pursue new ideas and disruptive innovations, including those that take them outside the walls of the firm.… Continue reading Editors as Their Own Media Brands
Journalism and Architecture
The New Yorker asks “What should a newsroom look like in the twenty-first century?” The article recounts the history of how newsrooms were designed around the needs of the printing process, and communication methods that did not include technology. The article compares two New York newsrooms: the new offices of the New York Times, and… Continue reading Journalism and Architecture
Are Blog Networks the Future of Newspapers?
Scott Karp asks: Should Newspapers Become Local Blog Networks? “What’s becoming clear is that blogs are now the organizing principle for newspapers’ original online content. And these are “real” blogs, i.e. driven by one or two individual bloggers, with (often active) comments, RSS feeds, the whole nine yards.” “…maybe what newspapers should become in the… Continue reading Are Blog Networks the Future of Newspapers?
Are Single Topic Editors the Answer to Information Overload?
Nick Bradbury has a short but interesting post on how to deal with the glut of information that is burying us all, especially users of RSS feed readers. For a B2B media company, it is especially interesting: “In my case, part of my “feed weeding” involves getting rid of a bunch of single-topic feeds, then… Continue reading Are Single Topic Editors the Answer to Information Overload?
The Shallowness of Short, Common Blog Posts
Jakob Nielsen suggests that writing more in-depth articles and blog postings, can be the key way to differentiate yourself from the vast echo-chamber of short, easy to create content on the web: “For many B2B sites with long sales cycles, quick hits to commodity-level content are insufficient. Instead, these sites need to build up long-term… Continue reading The Shallowness of Short, Common Blog Posts
Why Blogging is Better Than Writing for Magazines
Marc Andreessen looks back at his first five weeks of blogging, with some interesting thoughts: “…writing a blog is way easier than writing a magazine article, a published paper, or a book — but provides many of the same benefits.” “I think it’s an application of the 80/20 rule — for 20% of the effort… Continue reading Why Blogging is Better Than Writing for Magazines
Journalist as Aggregator
Wired profiles Nicole Lapin, host of CNN.com Live Video, the network’s 24-hour online news service. On her role as a journalist: “As an anchor in this new medium, what I do is a combination of traditional reporting and pointing people to where they can find the story told best.” “What [citizen journalists] do can be… Continue reading Journalist as Aggregator
The Rise of the Little People
Is social media the ultimate tool that gives voice to the masses? At what point does professional journalism become a wall that prevents all but a few voices to be broadcast to the citizens of the world? A recent yard sale purchase – ahem, Transformers and Fisher Price Little People – had me thinking about… Continue reading The Rise of the Little People