As I was preparing a lecture for my undergraduate class in new media and journalism, it occurred to me to create a word cloud of the nine principles of journalism from the Project for Excellence in Journalism: (Click on the image to enlarge) Print
PDF As Barack Obama was taking the oath of office, the White House website received a radical makeover, notably with the launch of the White House Blog. In an introductory entry, timed 12.01 EST, Macon Phillips, the Director of New Media for the White House, wrote: Millions of Americans have powered President Obama’s journey to the White House, many taking advantage of the internet to play a role in shaping our
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. Azeem Ahmad, the winner of Birmingham University Student Journalist of the Year award sponsored by
Trendsspotting has put together this nifty slideshow of the predictions for 2009 by social media influencers: (Via JD Lasica) Print
Making predictions ia always a daunting prospective. But that was the challenge posed by David Cohn for this month’s Carnival of Journalism. In order to avoid a stream of posts of how bad things may get for journalism in 2009, Cohn wanted us to be optimistic. At a time of newsroom cuts, falling revenues and an economic crisis, there are still reasons to be positive. At a time when the
Michael Skoler, executive director of the Center for Innovation in Journalism at American Public Media, on the need for a change in newsroom culture. 12 minutes of video every journalist should watch. He was speaking at the Nieman Foundation’s recent panel on the future of journalism. (Via NiemanJournalismLab) Print
One of the books I hope to read over the holidays is Groundswell – Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies, by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff while they were at Forrester Research. Li recently gave a talk about social media and the power of connecting, as part of the Google’s Talks@Google series. Until I get round to the book, here’s her presentation: (Via Six Pixels of Separation) Print
There has been plenty of discussion about the role of Twitter during the Mumbai attacks. The stream of tweets were seen by some as evidence that Twitter is where news is breaking. This poses a dilemma for established news organisations that traditionally have been the ones to break news. But as Mindy McAdams notes, “breaking news — especially disasters and attacks in the middle of a city — will be
Following on from the attacks in Mumbai, Mindy McAdams has put together a short timeline of key events that have affected the development of online news. Among these are 9/11 attacks and the July 2005 bombings in London. Her list got me thinking about two key events in 1997 that had a big impact on the evolution of the web as an accepted platform for news. I was with the
The exponential growth of the information age globally raises more questions than answers. (Via Rob Fields, Heleana Quartey) Print