Comments on: From Diana to Mumbai: Breaking the news online http://www.reportr.net/2008/11/29/from-diana-to-mumbai-breaking-the-news-online/ 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:   A timeline of online media landmarks by andydickinson.net http://www.reportr.net/2008/11/29/from-diana-to-mumbai-breaking-the-news-online/comment-page-1/#comment-816   A timeline of online media landmarks by andydickinson.net Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:59:55 +0000 http://reportr.wordpress.com/?p=1222#comment-816 [...] history?” as the main sources. Alf Hermida also pitched in suggesting the BBC election coverage and Death of Diana as defining moments. I agree so I’ve added them as [...] [...] history?” as the main sources. Alf Hermida also pitched in suggesting the BBC election coverage and Death of Diana as defining moments. I agree so I’ve added them as [...]

]]> By: Ron Rodgers http://www.reportr.net/2008/11/29/from-diana-to-mumbai-breaking-the-news-online/comment-page-1/#comment-815 Ron Rodgers Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:07:14 +0000 http://reportr.wordpress.com/?p=1222#comment-815 Similarly, I recall working on the desk at the Seattle Times that night when with an hour to deadline we got the news and ended up ripping the paper apart and putting out several editions that night. However, nothing of any substance, as far as I know, went up onto the Web site except for our standard shovelware. That indication of a lack of vision may well explain why the Times has been spiraling to its demise and has been decimated by job cuts, the latest only a few weeks ago. Similarly, I recall working on the desk at the Seattle Times that night when with an hour to deadline we got the news and ended up ripping the paper apart and putting out several editions that night. However, nothing of any substance, as far as I know, went up onto the Web site except for our standard shovelware. That indication of a lack of vision may well explain why the Times has been spiraling to its demise and has been decimated by job cuts, the latest only a few weeks ago.

]]> By: Mindy McAdams http://www.reportr.net/2008/11/29/from-diana-to-mumbai-breaking-the-news-online/comment-page-1/#comment-814 Mindy McAdams Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:49:14 +0000 http://reportr.wordpress.com/?p=1222#comment-814 That's a great bit of online journalism history, Alf. I remember someone e-mailing me a day or two after Diana's death and asking for my thoughts about how it was covered online. I happened to be house-sitting for a friend and was watching TV when the first news reports came in. As we didn't have wireless Internet in homes then, I had no access to the Web unless I went upstairs to my friend's home office -- on the third floor of the house. As a result, I saw almost none of the online coverage. So I had to admit (to the journalist who e-mailed me) that I had no idea what the online coverage had been like. That’s a great bit of online journalism history, Alf. I remember someone e-mailing me a day or two after Diana’s death and asking for my thoughts about how it was covered online. I happened to be house-sitting for a friend and was watching TV when the first news reports came in.

As we didn’t have wireless Internet in homes then, I had no access to the Web unless I went upstairs to my friend’s home office — on the third floor of the house. As a result, I saw almost none of the online coverage. So I had to admit (to the journalist who e-mailed me) that I had no idea what the online coverage had been like.

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