Comments on: Why newspapers need to get into the news business http://www.reportr.net/2008/04/04/why-newspapers-need-to-get-into-the-news-business/ This blog on media, society and technology is run by Professor Alfred Hermida, an award-winning online news pioneer, digital media scholar and journalism educator. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:28:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ≈ Relations › Newspapers gone wild - Behavioral targeting protected by first amendment http://www.reportr.net/2008/04/04/why-newspapers-need-to-get-into-the-news-business/comment-page-1/#comment-445 ≈ Relations › Newspapers gone wild - Behavioral targeting protected by first amendment Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:31:46 +0000 http://reportr.net/?p=521#comment-445 [...] Why newspapers need to get into the news business [...] [...] Why newspapers need to get into the news business [...]

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]]> By: Alfred Hermida http://www.reportr.net/2008/04/04/why-newspapers-need-to-get-into-the-news-business/comment-page-1/#comment-443 Alfred Hermida Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:29:50 +0000 http://reportr.net/?p=521#comment-443 Great point Neil. There is a general attitude from established media that they can keep on doing what they do, approaching these new platforms as a means of distribution. What is lacking from the discussion is the impact of digital technologies on journalism itself. This goes beyond print journalists doing video, but rather rethinking how the journalism itself should change. Great point Neil. There is a general attitude from established media that they can keep on doing what they do, approaching these new platforms as a means of distribution.

What is lacking from the discussion is the impact of digital technologies on journalism itself. This goes beyond print journalists doing video, but rather rethinking how the journalism itself should change.

]]> By: Neil Thurman http://www.reportr.net/2008/04/04/why-newspapers-need-to-get-into-the-news-business/comment-page-1/#comment-442 Neil Thurman Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:15:40 +0000 http://reportr.net/?p=521#comment-442 James made an analogy at the start of his talk about the transformation of media. He said that music hadn’t changed as it moved from vinyl to CD to MP3, that movies hadn’t changed as their form of distribution changed from celluloid to video cassettes to DVDs, and he didn’t understand why news people had such difficulty with the transition from print to the web. The problem with this argument is that the **experience** of listening to or creating music didn’t change with as CDs replaced vinyl; just as watching or producing a movie didn’t change as DVDs replaced video cassettes. However, the migration of news from print to the web **does** change both the consumption and production of news in fundamental ways. The web is non-linear, multimedia, global in reach, not time or space constrained, and interactive in ways that paper cannot be. Jim didn’t seem to reflect this in his talk. James made an analogy at the start of his talk about the transformation of media. He said that music hadn’t changed as it moved from vinyl to CD to MP3, that movies hadn’t changed as their form of distribution changed from celluloid to video cassettes to DVDs, and he didn’t understand why news people had such difficulty with the transition from print to the web. The problem with this argument is that the **experience** of listening to or creating music didn’t change with as CDs replaced vinyl; just as watching or producing a movie didn’t change as DVDs replaced video cassettes. However, the migration of news from print to the web **does** change both the consumption and production of news in fundamental ways. The web is non-linear, multimedia, global in reach, not time or space constrained, and interactive in ways that paper cannot be. Jim didn’t seem to reflect this in his talk.

]]> By: adventuretimeyay http://www.reportr.net/2008/04/04/why-newspapers-need-to-get-into-the-news-business/comment-page-1/#comment-441 adventuretimeyay Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:43:48 +0000 http://reportr.net/?p=521#comment-441 Since so many international bureaus have been cut from paper budgets, I think freelance journalists not getting paid as much who are passionate about travel and quality reporting might have to cover those stories. I'm not sure if some of the online citizen journalist sites are always a good fit for complex stories. Since so many international bureaus have been cut from paper budgets, I think freelance journalists not getting paid as much who are passionate about travel and quality reporting might have to cover those stories. I’m not sure if some of the online citizen journalist sites are always a good fit for complex stories.

]]> By: Alfred Hermida http://www.reportr.net/2008/04/04/why-newspapers-need-to-get-into-the-news-business/comment-page-1/#comment-440 Alfred Hermida Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:35:18 +0000 http://reportr.net/?p=521#comment-440 I can understand why there is an economic imperative for a local/regional paper to focus on what is happening on its doorstep. The problem is, who will be covering those important stories happening in a land, far far away? I can understand why there is an economic imperative for a local/regional paper to focus on what is happening on its doorstep. The problem is, who will be covering those important stories happening in a land, far far away?

]]> By: adventuretimeyay http://www.reportr.net/2008/04/04/why-newspapers-need-to-get-into-the-news-business/comment-page-1/#comment-439 adventuretimeyay Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:02:15 +0000 http://reportr.net/?p=521#comment-439 So what did you think about the debate between Moroney and Prof. Poindexter from UT? So what did you think about the debate between Moroney and Prof. Poindexter from UT?

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