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Image via Wikipedia I am very pleased to say that I have received a $10,000 award from IBM to support research into visualisation in journalism. Big thank you to the research team at IBM Canada for the grant. We’ve been talking about doing some research into best practices in journalism for the use of IBM’s [...]
In: journalism|media|news|online
19 Nov 2009Director of the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism, Tom Rosenstiel, on the future of journalism at Minnesota Public Radio. He talks about the potential to produce better journalism now then ever before. His concerns: the unbundling of content and the challenge of monetising civic news. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i71DpIf4E8] (Via Project for Excellence in Journalism)
There is no doubt that this is going to be a tough year for the media in Canada and beyond. Journalism students graduating this year have the talent and the skills that the industry needs, but the question is whether news organisations will invest in them. Even student journalism award winners are finding it tough. [...]
Image via WikipediaA major study into US newspapers by the Project for Excellence in Journalism presents a picture of an industry struggling to come to terms with the seismic changes taking place in the media. As the report highlights: On one hand, financial pressures sap its strength and threaten its very survival. On the other, [...]
June’s Carnival of Journalism, a monthly collection of thoughts from the journalism blogosphere, focused on the issue of local. The question was whether journalism is better the more local it is. The range of responses shows this is a rich area for debate. I sat out the carnival as I was on honeymoon in Thailand. [...]
In: academics|journalism|news
5 Apr 2008As the Online Journalism Symposium draws to a close, I wanted to draw attention to the keynote on Saturday by Ramón Salaverria. He is a professor and vice chair at the School of Communication, Navarra University, Spain In his address, he tackled the illusive topic of convergence. In his view, convergence is very different to [...]
The afternoon session at the Online Journalism Symposium focuses on the shift from passive audiences to online communities. Jim Brady, executive editor of the WashingtonPost.com makes a compelling argument for engaging with audiences online. The Post’s strategy is smart – it tries out a lot of different things, from blogs to live discussions to comments [...]
Second panel at the Online Journaism Symposium focuses on the hybrid newsroom, bringing together Chris Lloyd, Assistant Managing Editor, of The Daily Telegrah, Rich Meislin, Associate Managing Editor/Internet Publishing of The New York Times, Almar Latour, Managing Editor of the WallStreetJournal.com, Guillermo Franco, Editor of ElTiempo.com in Colombia and Liza Gross, Managing Editor/Presentation and Operations [...]
I’m off to Austin, Texas, for the 2008 International Online Journalism Symposium to present a paper on the BBC’s blogging strategy during the Saturday session. There is a promising line-up and some 200 scholars, professional journalists and media executives have registered for the event. If you can’t make it, students will be live blogging the [...]
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