Press Gazette – Guardian MD: Digital technology is ‘smashing’ traditional media “To be in an old media space at the moment is a very scary place to be.” (tags: newspapers journalism)
Following the resignation of New York Governor Elliot Spitzer, the media turned its attention to the woman before his downfall, 22-year old Ashley Alexandra Dupre, otherwise known as Kristen. Much of the background information on her, as well as photos, have come from social networking sites, such as MySpace. Gawker is looking to satisfy the more voyeuristic among us by producing what it called Kristen: The Definitive Gallery. That MySpace
BBC restricts staff online networking | Media | guardian.co.uk BBC to introduce guidelines on use of social media (tags: BBC journalism media privacy) Is User-Generated Content Out? | Newsweek Technology | Newsweek.com The problem with this article is that it assumes the expert disappeared, whereas the expert role was always there, even with the rise of user media (tags: "user-generated digital journalism internet online social_media) Journalists who learn to blog
Bring together a bunch of journalists and the talk will inevitably come round to the state of the industry, how the young don’t buy newspapers, how no one wants to pay for news anymore and the like. This is a familiar litany of complaints but it overlooks a fundamental issue in the business of journalism. News has always been pretty much free to consumers. As Chris Anderson points out in
Archant Suffolk plans to replace subeditors with designers | Media | guardian.co.uk Harvesting strategy at a regional newspaper publisher in the UK (tags: news newspapers) Dallas Mavericks bar bloggers from locker room | Sports News | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas Mark Cuban’s new policy so far only affects one particular blogger (tags: blogging blogs newspapers) Multimedia Shooter hacked and out for the count “To the ‘hacker’
Teaching Online Journalism » An audience is not a community Questioning the role of newspapers at a time of fragmenting communities (tags: media socialmedia journalism) Social Networking Watch: International Social Network Rankings Which social networking sites are popular in different parts of the world (tags: community stats socialmedia) Keeping your job in journalism Make yourself a brand, offer something of value in your journalism (tags: jobs journalism media newspapers online)
The schedule for the forthcoming International Symposium on Online Journalism is now available online and it has a great range of speakers. The conference, held 4-5 April at the University of Texas at Austin, is unique in bringing both professionals and academics to discuss where journalism is going. But it also stands out for its international approach, with speakers from Brazil, Britain, Colombia, Spain, Sweden, Portugal and the UAE. For
Design company Information Architects have created a visual representation of Web 2.0 companies with the look and feel of an underground map. It is a cool way of reimagining of online trends. The map is available to download or to order, if you prefer the old-fashioned physical poster
The Knight Digital Media Center at USC Annenberg is hosting a conference with newspaper editors from across the US. Vikki Porter, who runs the center, reached out online to tackle a key question that emerged during the discussions: We are urging them to build credibility with their users by having the courage to send users elsewhere for info in they can’t meet the need. As expected they are appalled. They
An interesting take on the US presidential elections produced by my friend Erica Rowell and Michele Chivu, reminiscence in style of The Washington Post’s OnBeing project