The Nieman Journalism Lab asked me to contribute to its series looking ahead to what 2012 will bring for journalism. For my contribution, I suggested that the excitement and hype over social media may start dying down in the coming year, and this is something to be welcomed. My argument draws from Roy Amara’s First Law of Technology: With every change in technology that affects consumer behaviour, We tend to overestimate the

Trendsspotting has put together this nifty slideshow of the predictions for 2009 by social media influencers: (Via JD Lasica)

As 2008 draws to a close, reviews of the year and predictions of the year to come are a common feature. Poynter have put together a useful guide to multimedia projects that you may have missed in 2008. The list is US-dominated but also includes the award-winning Talking to the Taliban project by Canada’s Globe and Mail. Minnesota Public Radio continues to make games for smart people. This year, with

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