How millennials consume news and what it means for journalism
Millennials, those roughly between 18 and 34 years of age, tend to get their news off mobile platforms and from social-media sources. What are the implications for journalism?
Sat, May 4 2013 » Main Page, Media » 1 Comment
Community + expert curation = Newsana
A new Toronto-based news startup held its launch party tonight – Newsana. It promises to offer a high-quality curated reading experience powered by a community of know-somethings.
Tue, April 9 2013 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
The painful period of reinvention
From a Frank Rich column in New York magazine: A few weeks ago I ran into a staff writer in his early forties I know at the Washington Post, where layoffs, cuts in coverage, and management turnover have been particularly severe. As is typical in such encounters, we compared notes on the state of the [...]
Mon, April 8 2013 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
On a 20-something’s farewell to newspaper journalism
This made the rounds of Twitter Tuesday night. It’s a blog post by a 28-year-old woman who got the news bug in her teens, started a full-time reporting job in 2005 — but who quit the news biz to write for a public hospital (with health benefits and a pension plan). Here was Allyson Bird’s [...]
Tue, March 19 2013 » Main Page, Media » 4 Comments
A 100-point summary of ‘Journalism Interactive’
Journalism Interactive 2013, a U.S. conference this past weekend, explored “how journalism schools are meeting the challenge of the digital age.” Student j-blogger Dan Reimold blogged 100 items from the conference. Some are only relevant to students and educators, some are fluff, but there are some good resources in here for working journos.
Mon, February 11 2013 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
Ease up on the social media overdependency, news media
Craig Kanalley of the Huffington Post thinks the news media should reconsider its current obsession with social media.
Mon, October 8 2012 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
About those digital riches for newspapers
It seems that replacing print dollars with even digital dimes will be tougher than newspaper organizations thought. Digital ad sales are stagnant or even falling at some news companies.
Wed, May 9 2012 » Main Page, Media » 1 Comment
Is journalism being replaced?
New technologies, new habits, news ennui among young people and many other factors are driving journalism’s decline, writes Stijn Debrouwere. But he offers some ways for news companies to thrive in the everyone’s-a-publisher, good-enough-news that we find ourselves in today. Fungible is a really good essay. Read it. The summary: A treatise on fungibility, or, [...]
Mon, May 7 2012 » Main Page » Comments Off
One problem with the Guardian
The Guardian is an excellent newspaper that’s trying many innovations. One impetus for its risk-taking might be that the organization will run out of money if losses continue at their current pace.
Sat, April 14 2012 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
Ben Huh and The Moby Dick Project
If you’re interested in future journalism, particularly the ‘open’ model, check out the Moby Dick Project sometime. It poses this question: Why are we still consuming the news like it’s 1899? That links to a May 23, 2011 blog post by Ben Huh of I Can Has Cheezburger fame.