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Could get vicious.
“what you don’t probably realise among all the arguments abt working arrangements,hrs,rotas,salaries & the rest of that irrelevant crap is that,in many cases,subs will start disappearing on national papers nxt yr.I am being serious” -
New media is so much fun.
“forget abt a breaking news blog-you need a breaking news tumblelog where you can post text,SMS&pics/audio/video from e-mail to[.]an RSS feed.
It’s not hard.At all.The hardest part is giving up a touch of editorial control” -
Includes excellent roundup of links to thinkers on comment best practice.
“the best way to learn about the conversation online is to join in[.]engaging in the ideas there,bringing your journalism to the conversation:ask questions,ask for examples[.]Learn”
Entries Tagged 'Delicious' ↓
links for 2008-07-30
July 30th, 2008 — Delicious
links for 2008-07-29
July 29th, 2008 — Delicious
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The work of Ruud Elmendorp; Dutch freelance video journalist in Africa.
links for 2008-07-28
July 28th, 2008 — Delicious
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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
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“..discussion about whether “Newspaper” still fits. It’s a legacy from an era when we tended to label ourselves and our groups by our medium, not by our function. It’s one of the cultural problems newspaper newsrooms have faced as they move online”
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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.” -
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[.]” -
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” -
“As money&consumers shift,what choice do we have but shift with them?None.The Web is our top priority[.]A lot of experienced news people[feel duped into ‘new’ jobs]-understandable,but also[.]irrelevant.We all need to just deal with it and turn the page.”
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A Queensland judge ruled against serving court documents via Facebook.
“in cases where[personal service is a]practical impossibility,substituted service can be ordered by the court[,allowing] documents to be served by some other means, usually by post.” -
“no matter[the]arguments in favor of a certain technology or against a certain methodology,the broken business model of newspapers remains[…] the problem of working out new business models for news organizations needs our attention”
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“Chris Hedges gives a sermon from his high-church pulpit decrying the devil internet-’Bloggers, unlike most established reporters, rarely admit errors’-I hope he corrects that gross and false generalization. But I doubt he will. Damned reporters.”
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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” -
“Web Integration on a Grander Scale.
I present a model for moving beyond reader comments, and activating community-member contributions and participation at the article level.” -
Stephen Quinn-prof at DeakinU
“conference about mobile media opens in KL July 24. [.]mostly about how publishers can use mobiles to increase their audiences.But hopefully will discuss mojo concept: how to use the mobile as a journalism tool for reporting” -
“Maybe the fact we can more easily share stories is good enough in and of itself,without needing to assess click through&business model potential[..]Can an online or mobile medium do word-of-mouth storytelling justice?Can it help to create community?”
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Putting video cameras in the hands of print reporters at the Star-Ledger.
“you understand immediately how[newspaper]works.“Here’s the pencil.There’s the door.See you at 6.”It’s fast,cheap&efficient.Take that culture of fast, cheap and efficient[ -
“Next time you’re stuck for ideas or inspiration I hope you’ll find something here to get your right brain firing. A tip: sometimes the best sources of inspiration often lie far outside your own creative field.”
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This could prove useful for those on a Twitter learning curve - Twitter commands quick reference guide.
“an exhaustive, ultra-portable, business-card-sized tweet sheet that you can download, print, cut out, and stick in your wallet or purse”
Google Reader trends
July 27th, 2008 — Delicious, Other blogs, Social Networking
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.
links for 2008-07-24
July 24th, 2008 — Delicious
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using “Twitter to turn my notetaking process into live coverage
1. Use a separate Twitter account to post live coverage
2. Use Friendfeed for backup.
3. Tell your Twitter followers about Friendfeed
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“So, what’s the new business model of the future, besides laying off 40 employees? Oh I know, laying off 40 more 6 months from now. Got it.”
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In a case of - we realise someone does it better than us, but we can serve our readers well by acknowledging that, Chicago Tribune “silently released a new “(beta test)” feature, an EveryBlock-enabled police blotter”
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Good to see Connecting Up 08 conference material is online.
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I’m really liking this 10,000 words…should have been onto it earlier
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More good stuff
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Amy Gahran: I use Twitter to turn my notetaking process into live coverage for interested people.
links to Romenesko -
“Overall, I love the idea of asking for input from young journalists, and I think many of the ideas they came up with are pretty cool! I’ll be excited to discover what comes of this.”
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To consider-if a digital native can’t craft content, can they complain about their lack of influence?
“That’s certainly a core theme, that newsrooms are cutting into their meat and bone, leaving them with tech-savvy but journalistically immature staff…”
links for 2008-07-23
July 23rd, 2008 — Delicious
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“The Brisbane Media Map is a comprehensive guide to Brisbane’s Media and Creative Industries, offering information about businesses, service providers, communities and regulators.”
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“No wacky morphing tools here; just the features journalists need”
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“In this digital age it is a must that every journalist have a personal website that demonstrates [their] work. [these] are incorporating interactivity, blogs, video, audio, photos [..] which speak volumes more than traditional résumés”
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“…photos of young women in bikinis. Traffic skyrocketed. But that performance indicator wasn’t consistent with the goal of the site - to build a consistent local audience using the Web site for utility”
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LoJo:important emerging frontier for media content and services that [.] local media ignore at their peril
* Web-based mapping tech becoming simpler
* Mobile phones gaining”location awareness”
* market for car-based navigation systems growing fast -
Snap. This is the only decent comeback I’ve seen yet.
via Romenesko
“Adam Lashinsky fired back: ‘In the old school, we like to get it right the first time.’ “ -
“Highway Africa, which has become the biggest annual gathering of African journalists and has a strong element of how technology is changing journalism. A key theme this year is citizen journalism.”
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“but any news organization without a developing mobile strategy is toast. Among other things, I expect this will flatten or otherwise significantly change the online usage curve we see at news sites where the peak happens during daytime office hours.”
links for 2008-07-22
July 22nd, 2008 — Delicious
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“Asia added 40mm [PC] Internet users in the past year. Europe added 17mm. Latin America added 10mm. Africa and the Middle East added more than North America.”
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From NYT:
“Almost two-thirds of American newspapers publish less foreign news than they did just three years ago, and most of them have smaller news staffs, according to a new study.” -
Get linked in to some personal training at these invaluable sites:
1.TreeHouse Media Project
2.Wired Journalists
3.Reporters’ Cookbook
4.Current.tv’s producer training
5.Online Journalism Review’s ‘How-To’ Guides
6.Ourmedia: Learning Center
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Myspace: “Do NOT turn me into Friendster!”
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Lou Ureneck..BostonUni..said change in focus “is a strategic move not driven by lack of demand but(by)a revenue model that is broken.”
85% of dailies surveyed cut newsroom staff in last 3yrs - More cutbacks..have taken place since the survey ended in Q108 -
Link to the full report
links for 2008-07-21
July 21st, 2008 — Delicious
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“Nairobi is home to a digital brew that invites optimism about its chances for creating unusual innovations. The city has relatively few wired phone lines or networked personal computers, so mobile phones are the essential digital tool. “
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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…” -
“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” -
It’s big call, but tempered by:
“one of the most important jobs to be done is not information creation— but retrieval. ..point to the best of it as soon as it’s available..Do that work for your readers-finding good stuff fast, and they’ll never leave yo -
“..the same, tired old ground. The new “participatory”&“citizen journalism” would never be Real Journalism, because RJ is..&involves..&has..But “these people”, as bloggers get labelled,..just sit around in their PJs &write whatever comes into
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1.link to original docs?
2.pics(related videos,sound,slideshows)?
3.map it?
4.link to past stories?
5.post audio/video of interview/performance/meeting?
6.send readers to authoritative(external)site for more info?
7.invite comment/start conversation?
links for 2008-07-20
July 20th, 2008 — Delicious
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“Williams’ overall point is right and important: Curmudgeons do damage by killing change and those who bring it.”
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“Fischer’s idea for combining beat blogging with database reporting might be the future of beat reporting on the Web. Essentially it’s a micro-site, niche publication that will be the premier source of information related to his beat”
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“The intelligence of NPR can now be freed from mere radio to use any and all appropriate media. That’s what we try to teach our students at CUNY: making media choices with every story.”
links for 2008-07-18
July 18th, 2008 — Delicious
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Through Our City Our Voices we:
1)offer video and web workshops to immigrants,
2)[.]get participants computers [and] Internet access and
3)we are[.]creating an online portal [.] for these learners to post their videos [and] discuss their life experiences
links for 2008-07-16
July 16th, 2008 — Delicious
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“When the people formerly known as the audience employ the press tools they have in their possession to inform one another, that’s citizen journalism.”
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While there’s been talk for years now about the potential for internet radio to play havoc with the traditional radio business, the internet’s lack of portability - one of terrestrial radio’s greatest strengths - has held it back.
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Answering FAQs about ReportingOn.com
…will be a simple way for journalists to update their peers on the stories they’re working on right now. -
Civic journalism for the deaf
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This does not mean Flash web sites will be indexed like normal pages. Building pages in Flash, while pretty, is still a piss-poor search engine optimization strategy.