iPhone camera – breaking news nets pro photographer rates

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• Just F8 and Be There, but faster :: Jim MacMillan: Blogging, News, Information and Opinion from Philadelphia
  People need to remember that MSM (mainstream media) need instant photos for online. MSM need to remember they should not just acknowledge the public for these pics, but remunerate where appropriate (exclusive/first). In this example, photos taken on an iPhone (remember, only a 2 megapixel camera) were paid for at the same rate as ‘pro’ photos.
  “After I sent another couple of photos, I [...] found messages from the editor of philly.com [...]. She had seen my Twitter posts and Twitpics, and was interested in getting them.
  I let her know that there were other pros working hard on the scene, but the Internet wants breaking news asap and – in a nutshell – she bought my pictures and posted one right away.
  I was compensated roughly on the scale that freelancers in this town are paid in traditional scenarios: for responding and shooting with pro-level Nikons or Canons, and delivering their photos via laptops with cell modems.”
  (tags: citizenjournalism journalism newmedia twitter mobile mojo iphone photojournalism)

Originally from my auto-posting daily Delicious links, I have cut this back to just the link I have added comment to. This is in preparation for a blog redesign, where I no longer want posts titled “links for YYYY-MM-DD”. A live stream of Delicious links will also always be available in a sidebar widget and/or stand-alone page.

The arrogance of mainstream media, QR codes a new business model?, and all the tools you’ll ever need

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• Deconstructing the “real journalism” argument
  Terry Heaton takes a shot at the unending “woe, the internetz!” cries of mainstream media.
  “we’d get a lot further in the reinvention of professional journalism if we could get away from the belief that its an entitlement, one that’s necessary for the survival of the species [...]
  “Who do we think we are? Surely our hubris has blinded us, for professional journalism never was God’s gift to culture [...] We have done some good things, but our arrogance was our undoing. That arrogance is behind the notions that ‘real journalism’ can’t be practiced outside the paradigm of contemporary professional news.”
  (tags: online mediaindustry journalism media)
• Why media companies are hosed
  “Wal-Mart is a media site in that it sells its reach to advertisers, a reach that vastly exceeds two of the top newspaper sites in the world. This is why I keep harping on everybody that the future for local media companies lies beyond their own walled garden websites, and those who refuse to hear that (like, everybody) are sprinting to the tar pits.”

  And an interesting viewpoint in the comments, suggesting QR codes could be the way of the future for cut-sized newspapers, providing direct mobile links to the full content.

  “Sooner or later, some newspaper people are going to figure out that the way to go is a 16- 24 page paper that mostly serves as a table of contents for info on the web.”
  (tags: mediaindustry future mobile qrcodes)

• Tools for News
  A huge collection of “Tool kits” for everything you need for online content creation, whether you call yourself a digital journalist, online journalist, or you create content for family, friends or any other community you’re a part of.
  Check it out and get creative.
  (tags: digital howto newmedia tools reporting tutorial)

Originally from my auto-posting daily Delicious links, I have cut this back to just a few links I have added comment to and that I think particularly useful. I have also retitled the post. This is in preparation for a blog redesign, where I no longer want posts titled “links for YYYY-MM-DD”. A live stream of Delicious links will also always be available in a sidebar widget and/or stand-alone page.

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New business models for News: Affiliate Marketing in the Year of the (individual) Journalist

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• A new business model for news? How-to: Affiliate Marketing
  If the news business model is broken, and 2009 is the year of the (individual) journalist – read Andy Dickinson – then will this be a new business model for the individual journalist? And will hackles be raised at the ethical implications for the “unbiased” news media?

  “to make money in a world saturated by media, marketers need your help getting attention for their goods. Attention – eyeballs, ears, minds – is one of those intangible things that has huge value to companies needing to sell stuff. One of the quickest ways to start making money … is to do affiliate marketing. “

  (tags: future business marketing affiliatemarketing)

Originally from my auto-posting daily Delicious links, I have cut this back to just the link I have added comment to. This is in preparation for a blog redesign, where I no longer want posts titled “links for YYYY-MM-DD”. A live stream of Delicious links will also always be available in a sidebar widget and/or stand-alone page.

Mobile platform delivery begets mobile journalism – mojo

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• How to save local newspapers: Cellphones
  I’m all for mobile news-particularly as it relates to providing information in developing countries-but at this early stage I would say mobile is going to be part of a resurrection of local news providers.Uptake could be too slow to save the paper
  (tags: lojo mojo mobile local-news socialmedia)
• Question to Readers: How Do I Describe My Blog?
  Help Dave Cohn take “Journalism” out of his blog description.
  “I don’t care about that word ["Journalism"] persay. What I care about is the open and honest exchange of information, as I believe THAT’S what is needed to keep a democracy strong.”
  (tags: journalism future)
• Comments add value to newspaper Web sites
  I somewhat agree-I just can’t see chiefs of staff seeing it as anything other than a waste of time – could also be legal issues.
  “Each reporter should take responsibility for the comments on[their]stories and[.]be encouraged to actively participate[.]“
  (tags: blogging comments community newssites newspapers socialmedia journalists)
• Multimedia Journalism: Theory v. Practicality
  Training then needs implementation.
  “The best multimedia journalists are sometimes those who take it upon themselves to learn [...] The online revolution[.]will never happen unless [...] organizations make a financial commitment to training their existing staff”
  (tags: multimedia journalism online newmedia)
• Moving news video to the long tail
  Video has archive value too-don’t hide it!
  “archive video to create a long-tail business[.]Broadcasting is so accustomed to the idea of instant obsolescence (what we do today doesn’t matter tomorrow) that we miss opportunities for niche videos”
  (tags: video videojournalism online newssites)

Originally from my auto-posting daily Delicious links, I have cut this back to just a few links I have added comment to or that I think particularly useful. I have also retitled the post. This is in preparation for a blog redesign, where I no longer want posts titled “links for YYYY-MM-DD”. A live stream of Delicious links will also always be available in a sidebar widget and/or stand-alone page.

Google Reader trends

I spend a lot of time reading RSS feeds – as evidenced by these screenshots from Google Reader.
I often come across things I’d like to write a post about but don’t have the time, so finally implemented delicious to post a daily links roundup here on the website.
It also allows me to at least make comment on a few things, even if I won’t go to the extent of a full post.

What Google Reader is less able to do is manage my growing addiction to Twitter – which is becoming an entire other reading list. I’m also on FriendFeed, but haven’t yet taken the full plunge there. I’m still a little intimidated by the torrent of information on display.

I don’t really use the ’share’ feature in Google Reader. I tag things as my Reading List, and share that instead. It’s currently feeding into my sidebar.

And my top 20 reads in Google Reader.

HOW TO: Get reporters out into the community

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• Ready, set change!
  “we MUST understand and then embrace the notion that print is no longer our primary focus.
  ..reporters chained to desks working with large desktop computers..so last century..Transition them to laptops..get them out of the newsroom and into the community”
  (tags: journalism videojournalism newmedia future)
• Cool visualizations with ManyEyes
  How important is comprehensible data presentation to new journalism?
  “visualisation is a way to turn usually a lot of numbers into images, so you can look at all the data that you have at the same time and try to see patterns – or interesting trends…”
  (tags: database-reporting newmedia manyeyes)

Originally from my auto-posting daily Delicious links, I have cut this back to just a few links I have added comment to and that I think particularly useful. I have also retitled the post. This is in preparation for a blog redesign, where I no longer want posts titled “links for YYYY-MM-DD”. A live stream of Delicious links will also always be available in a sidebar widget and/or stand-alone page.

Mobile journalism, citizen journalism and virtual worlds

• List of crime maps is updated
  Crime mapping is just the start. How do we leverage the freely available (but difficult to utilise) information from government sources?
  (tags: mapping maps journalism web2.0 webdesign crimemap crime geocode geotagging)
• The tribe known as “the professional press”
  The tribe should think about moving before the cold winter arrives.
  (tags: journalism journalist newmedia)
• Cheap camera video journalism going mainstream
  How cheap is too cheap for video journalism on news websites? Even if it’s on your PHONE, just get out there and shoot, edit, experiment!
  (tags: videojournalism videojournalist video goodenough media)
• NYC Police Deny Press Passes to Online Reporters
  What makes the journalist? Will the rise of ‘citizen journalists’ deplete the number of voices with the access and ability to scrutinise the dishonest bastards?
  (tags: blogging journalism media online citizenjournalist)
• We can. We will. We must.
  Stop your crying and save journalism. Fight for it.
  (tags: media mediaindustry journalismjobs journalist intern jessicadasilva)
• The Next Newsroom in Second life
  Virtual worlds could be the classroom, newsroom, place of work and community square of the future – especially when we can’t drive our cars because fuel has become either prohibitively expensive or non-existent.
  (tags: secondlife journalism newmedia socialnetworking newssites)
• Mobile strategies – are you ready
  Everyone’s touting mobile as the future of the internet – with the iPhone said to be pushing phone providers to actually make that happen.
  I’ve been thinking the mobile web is the most likely way developing countries can join the global community
  (tags: mobile mobilebrowser mojo socialjustice)

Originally from my auto-posting daily Delicious links, I have cut this back to just a few links I have added comment to and those I think particularly useful. I have also retitled the post. This is in preparation for a blog redesign, where I no longer want posts titled “links for YYYY-MM-DD”. A live stream of Delicious links will also always be available in a sidebar widget and/or stand-alone page.

A new beginning

That post title is only mildly deceiving.   I have finally started using my delicious bookmarks, and porting them into the blog as daily links.

At least that way I can comment on the things I may otherwise intend blogging about but never have the time to really commit to a full post.

The next few rounds of links to be posted to the blog will be fairly extensive, as I’ve picked through the last 100 or so blog posts I had tagged for following up in Google Reader, and have another couple of hundred unread ones yet to clear.

Perhaps it will breathe some life into this ailing blog.