future-of-journalism

The fall and rise of libraries - Berkshire Eagle Online / Jan. 1, 2011

2011-01-02T10:18:00.000-05:00

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TEXT: Remarks of Craig Newmark on future of journalism 03-22-05

2010-04-02T02:37:00.000-04:00

TRANSCRIPT OF EXCERPTS OF REMARKS BYCRAIG NEWMARKfounder, CRAIG.S LISTAt the New Media Public Lecture SeriesPresented by the Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism and theGraduate School of Journalism, UC BerkeleyMarch 22, 2005, Berkeley, Calif.VIDEO STREAM AT: http://journalism.berkeley.edu/events/details.php?ID=214(transcribed by Bill Densmore)Sometimes we look at the big news and we

"The Wire" producer asks: Is the news worth anything absent the ads?

2008-01-22T21:49:00.000-05:00

The unanswered question posed by this essay: What if newspapers had insisted in charging for their content in 1995 or so, instead of responding to the threat of Microsoft's Sidewalk by making everything free? Is it too late now for the industry to coalesce around a line in the sand that content isn't free when it's produced by professionals, and that professional efforts are worth funding?

Guardian's chief blogger describes how Twitter and Flickr enable breaking news delivery

2007-11-24T08:53:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://strange.corante.com/archives/2007/11/23/newspapers_can_break_news_again.php(GO TO ORIGINAL URL FOR EMBEDDED LINKS TO USEFUL RESOURCES)November 23, 2007ORIGINAL HEADLINE: Newspapers can break news again Posted by Kevin Anderson (mini-bio below) Steve Outing highlighted on Poynter's E-Media Tidbits how useful Twitter can be during breaking news. Sending out short burst

Ford Foundation provides $200K to seed "news literacy" center at Stony Brook

2007-10-11T22:31:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003646835Published: September 26, 2007 1:45 PM ETKlurfeld of 'Newsday' to Head News Literacy CenterBy Joe StruppEditor & Publisher OnlineNEW YORK -- Editorial Page Editor Jim Klurfeld of Newsday in Melville, N.Y., will serve as interim director of what is being touted as the nation's first News Literacy

LATIMES: Newspapers, bloggers now on same page

2007-10-09T11:01:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-newsblogs9oct09,1,3678198.storyPOSTED: October 9, 2007From the Los Angeles TimesHEADLINE: Newspapers, bloggers now on same pageJournalistic websites see amateur scribes as partners, not rivals. They increase coverage and may share revenue.By Alana Semuels (alana.semuels@latimes.com)Los Angeles Times Staff WriterOnce upon a time, newspapers wanted

OPINION: Oh my! New definitions of news -- by a WSJ Asia reporter

2007-09-30T08:39:00.000-04:00

http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailfeatures.asp?fileid=20070930.E10&irec=10 OPINION: Oh my! The future of news -- by a WSJ Asia reporter SOURCE: The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today (fwd) DATE: Sunday, Sept. 30, 2007 -- Features SectionBy Jeremy Wagstaff---------------------------------------------------------------------Jeremy Wagstaff writes a weekly technology column for

IDEA: London paid daily selling at newsboxes with prepaid card

2007-09-23T08:42:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.followthemedia.com/fittoprint/eros21092007.htmfollowthemedia.com - a knowledge base for media professionalsPOSTED: September 21, 2007The Cashless Society Finally Hits Paid-For Newspaper Newsstands -- And What A Great Idea It Is!By Philip M. StoneLONDON -- Associated Newspapers has hit upon a gem of an idea for its faltering Evening Standard newspaper that competes against

ANALYSIS: User-news sites offer diverse stories, some questionable sources

2007-09-13T10:43:00.000-04:00

An analysis by a writer for the San Francisco Chronicle of social-news networking sites such as Digg, Del.icio.us and Reddit -- based upon a just-release Project for Excellence in Journalism study.LINK TO THE PEJ STUDY WRITEUP:http://www.journalism.org/node/7493EXCERT:"Indeed, these user-driven sites have entered the news business, or perhaps more accurately, they have entered the news

Guardian editor on "out of control" future for newspapers

2007-09-11T15:55:00.000-04:00

Guardian editor on "out of control" future for newspapers:http://media.guardian.co.uk/mediaguardian/story/0,,2152055,00.html

Paris-based newspaper trade group launches "shaping future" blog

2007-09-04T12:17:00.000-04:00

The World Association of Newspapers has launched a new weblog to report on and discuss the latest in newspaper strategies and other developments in the global newspaper industry, according to an email from Larry Kilman, WAN's spokesman.The Shaping the Future of the Newspaper weblog, http://www.sfnblog.org, is a product of the WAN Shaping the Future of the Newspaper project, which identifies,

JOURNALISM: Lots of jobs out there if you are multimedia-trained

2007-08-30T09:21:00.000-04:00

Mark Glaser, who writes the MediaShift blog on the PBS website from is San Francisco vantage point, has written a thorough roundup on the state of journalism jobs. His conclusion -- plenty of opportunity for those who take the time to learn digital storytelling skills.He starts . . .If you follow the world of traditional journalism, you can.t help but notice the seemingly constant stream of

NEWSPAPERS: Matt Storin -- "The game of monopoly is over"

2007-08-30T09:18:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://poynter.org/forum/view_post.asp?id=12811(COMMENTING ON: "In Praise of Paper"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/23/AR2007082300912.htmlView Forum PostTopic: Letters Sent to RomeneskoDate/Time: 8/23/2007 6:18:35 PMTitle: The game of Monoply is overPosted By: Jim Romenesko> From MATT STORIN, retired Boston Globe editor: I have often admired the press

Bloomberg News says Yahoo, Microsoft asked to censor Chinese blogs

2007-08-25T12:11:00.000-04:00

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-chiblog24aug24,1,5500419.story From Bloomberg News August 24, 2007 Yahoo Inc., Microsoft Corp. and other providers of blogging technology in China agreed to try to sign up users under their real names and to censor their posts, a journalism advocacy group that condemns the accord said Thursday. Under the accord with the Internet Society of China, an

NEWSPAPERS: Imagining how newspapers may look -- dramatic changes may come

2007-08-25T11:23:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/Newspapers_24/Imagining_how_newspapers_may_look.aspPOSTED: Aug. 23, 2007 By Lisa Snedeker Media Life Magazine Lisa Snedeker is a staff writer for Media Life. © 2007 Media Life Magazine When readers think of their newspapers, one of the last things they think about is design. Newspapers are utilities, information delivery

Google experiments with giving news subjects contiguous comment

2007-08-11T08:53:00.000-04:00

http://googlenewsblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/perspectives-about-news-from-people-in.htmlPerspectives about the news from people in the newsTuesday, August 7, 2007 10:32 PMPosted by Dan Meredith and Andy Golding, Software Engineers, News TeamWe wanted to give you a heads-up on a new, experimental feature we'll be trying out on the Google News home page. Starting this week, we'll be displaying reader

"Journalism of action" -- changes, involvement, solutions at Chronicle

2007-08-10T01:11:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003622388Published: August 07, 2007 10:00 AM ETORIGINAL HEADLINE:Bronstein Launches New 'Journalism of Action' After Big CutsBy Joe StruppEditor & Publisher OnlineNEW YORK -- With its massive newsroom staff cuts essentially complete, the San Francisco Chronicle is embarking on a new approach to coverage

BackFence postmortem: Citizen journalism works best when it has a good story to tell

2007-07-10T18:37:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article2055193.eceHype and hyperlocal: the fall of BackfenceCitizen journalism works best when it has a good story to tell By Jonathan Weber Founder, NewWest.NET ------------------------------------------------------ Jonathan Weber is the founder and editor in chief of NewWest.Net, a regional news service

Trade group says newspapers are growing everywhere but North America

2007-06-01T18:54:00.001-04:00

---------- Forwarded message ----------Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 23:15:35 +0200From: Larry Kilman To: WAN News Subject: Press release - WAN/World Press TrendsCape Town, South Africa, 4 June 2007Embargoed for release: 13h00 GMT Monday, 4 June, 2007 (14h00 in Cape Town)Time set by sourceWorld Press Trends: Global Newspaper Circulation, Advertising On the

OWNERSHIP: Would newspapers benefit if readers owned them? from Greenslade

2007-05-28T23:31:00.000-04:00

This column on today's Guardian site takes off on Chris Daly's post which about co-operative ownership of news organizations. If you open up this original URL, it has several links within it.-- billhttp://blogs.guardian.co.uk/greenslade/2007/05/would_newspapers_benefit_if_re.html Guardian UnlimitedMonday May 28 2007Would newspapers benefit if readers owned them?By Roy GreensladeThe Guardian of

CHARGING: In St. Paul, Singleton says "industry solution" needed

2007-05-15T19:22:00.000-04:00

EXCERT FROM BELOW:"Long term, we've got to get paid for news (online) or we can't keep producing it," he said. But he said that has to be an industry-wide solution and not just one paper acting alone.http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/business/14446579.htmPosted on Fri, Apr. 28, 2006email thisprint thisNo major changes, new owner tells Pioneer PressBY JOHN WELBESSt. Paul [Minn.] Pioneer

CUNY's Jeff Jarvis posts about friend Rosen's NewAssignment.net -- "crowdsourcing" journalism

2007-05-10T22:18:00.000-04:00

URL: http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/05/09/2753/BuzzMachine By Jeff JarvisNew Assignmentÿÿs progress The first fruits of NewAssignment.netÿÿs labors are up at Wired ÿÿ an article about Cizendium ÿÿ and Jay Rosen reports on the process and what theyÿÿre learning, transparent to their word. ÿÿWhether Assignment Zero worked or not is ultimately in the journalism,ÿÿ Jay concludes. ÿÿRight now

WAN's John Burke interviews Gannett's jennifer Carroll about "information centers" May 1 conversion

2007-05-10T22:14:00.000-04:00

From the World Association of Newspaper's "Editor's Weblog":http://www.editorsweblog.org/analysis//2007/05/countdown_to_cape_town_managing_the_info.php#more Blogarama - The Blogs DirectoryTuesday, May 8, 2007 Posted by John Burke on May 8, 2007 at 03:22 PMCountdown to Cape Town: managing the Information Center at Gannett Over the past six months, much praise has been showered upon

World newspaper trade group says circulation rising in bullish report on future

2007-05-08T11:50:00.000-04:00

The following news release was distributed today by the World Association of Newspapers in conjunction with a analysts' briefing it held in London and the launch of an advertising campaign. The WAN statment says the report and briefing is part of a global initiative "to promote the power of the newspaper and to rectify some of the absurd and damaging claims being made about its imminent demise."

Op-Ed: Who -- or what -- is a journalist? - The Stanford Daily Online

2007-04-28T00:03:00.000-04:00

http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2007/4/26/opedWhoIsAJournalist The Stanford Daily Thursday April 26, 2007 Last update: 01:29 AM PDTOp-Ed: Who is a journalist? April 26, 2007 By Anthony Sanchez In the old days, it was easy to recognize who was a journalist, one belonging to that class of elite individuals who could bring down a president with their powerful craft: simply look for

Dan Gillmor: 'Horror has given us a glimpse of Gilour media future'

2007-04-27T23:57:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:URL: http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/story3286.shtmlOnline Journalism NewsVirginia Tech: 'Horror has given us a glimpse of our media future' Posted: 26 April 2007 By Dan Gillmor Once again, horror has given us a glimpse of our media future: simultaneously conversational and distributed, mass and personal. The killings at Virginia Tech brought to the forefront the

Topix founder asks: Was mass-media just a passing phenomenon?

2007-04-23T02:37:00.000-04:00

http://www.informationweek.com/management/showArticle.jhtml;?articleID=199001316Web 2.0 Expo: Media Companies Confront MortalityPanelists offer troubling news to traditional media companies about the future of the online landscape.By Thomas ClaburnInformationWeekApril 16, 2007 03:00 PMRepresentatives of traditional media companies who came to the Web 2.0 Expo 2007 hoping to hear how their

DILEMMA: Without 'control point' -- is media alarmingly out of control?

2007-04-21T01:17:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/04/20/MNGJVPCGI51.DTLALTERNATE URL:http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2007/04/20/new-media-culture-challenges-limits-of-journalism-ethics/POSTED: Friday, April 20, 2007VIRGINIA TECH MASSACRE:New-media culture challenges limits of journalism ethicsBy Joe GarofoliSan Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer The Virginia Tech

VIDEO: Introducing the book -- point of view matters

2007-04-04T01:27:00.000-04:00

This video shows what might might have been like to try and use a book to a person who was only used to reading from scrolls.>> http://www.devilducky.com/media/57946/>>

SF CHRONICLE: Listing some of the volunteers changing news media landscape

2007-03-29T11:25:00.000-04:00

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/28/BUG0MOSRVR1.DTLPUBLISHED: Wednesday, March 28, 2007ORIGINAL HEADLINE:Volunteers changing news media landscapeBy Vanessa HuaSan Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer While South Korea's OhmyNews has been the most successful citizen journalism effort so far, online startups in the Bay Area and elsewhere, as well as old-line media, are

LATIMES: How the TPM blog scooped mainstream media on attorneys general story

2007-03-18T20:43:00.000-04:00

COLUMN ONEBlogs can top the pressesPUBLISHED: March 17, 2007ORIGINAL URL:http://ktla.trb.com/news/la-na-blogs17mar17,0,6042727.story?coll=ktla-news-1 Talking Points Memo drove the U.S. attorrneys story, proof that Web writers with input from devoted readers can reshape journalism. By Terry McDermott Los Angeles Times Staff Writer New York -- In a third-floor Flower District walkup

Can Boston support four daily newspapers? Stay tuned April 17

2007-03-17T09:44:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://business.bostonherald.com/businessNews/view.bg?articleid=188547Is NOW time for Hub free paper? New daily will use bloggers, videos as drawBy Jesse NoyesBoston Herald Business ReporterThursday, March 15, 2007 - Updated: 09:20 AM ESTOn April 17 another free daily will hit the streets of Boston. And Boston NOW, the latest product coming from serial publisher Russell Pergament

In Western Massachusetts, citizen groups use the web to network government accountability

2007-03-14T10:59:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.masslive.com/news/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-6/1173860941276410.xmlCitizen groups rise up as public watchdogsPOSTED: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 By JEANETTE DeFORGE and SUZANNE McLAUGHLIN Staff writers The [Springfield, Mass.] Republican After Wilbraham voters approved, by a tiny margin of votes, a referendum to increase property taxes, a group of citizens

REUTERS: Google's YouTube faces mounting copyrightright challenges

2007-03-14T09:04:00.000-04:00

Observer of the information and technologies industries have been predicting an eventual clash over U.S. copyright law. A lawsuit filed by the owner of MTV and the Comedy Channel against Google subsidiary YouTube apears to have joined the battle. What are the likely consequences?ORIGINAL URL:http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070313/wr_nm/viacom_youtube_dc_11POSTED:Tue Mar 13, 5:50 PM ETViacom in $1

Robert Kuttner at CJR on saving newspapers

2007-03-11T10:53:00.000-04:00

In a groundbreaking essay, Robert Kuttner attacks the conventional wisdom that says dailies are dying, and envisions a bright future for newspapers as print-digital hybrids. He doesn't see much hope that new ownerships or charging for content will do it as much as patient innovation and advertising revenue.The end-of-article note reads:"Robert Kuttner is co-editor of The American Prospect , a

Toronto Globe & Mail profiles NowPublic.com after AP deal -- how to pay?

2007-02-25T09:14:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070224.BCNOWPUBLIC24/TPStory/NationalPOSTED Feb. 24, 2007'We're here to report, be eyes, be ears'NowPublic.com has ballooned to the largest participatory journalism website in the world By JONATHAN WOODWARD Special to The Globe and Mail VANCOUVER -- It was a crisp morning last August when Web marketer Megan Cole snapped her

EDITOR & PUBLISHER: 'Virtual' Journalism in an Online 'Second Life'

2007-02-14T23:38:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/columns/shoptalk_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003545058HEADLINE: 'Virtual' Journalism in an Online 'Second Life' Reuters and CNET both have "bureaus" in the virtual Internet world -- staffed with real people who report on events within and relating to the "metaverse." Here's a look at how media and journalistic principles are evolving in

MediaNews' Connecticut Post transfers editorial-pages editor to full-time web work

2007-02-11T08:55:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL URL:URL: http://www.connpost.com/localnews/ci_5196120POSTED: Feb. 9, 2007By James H. Smith, EditorThe Connecticut Post, Bridgeport, Conn.Meet Keith Whamond online. He is our first full-time scribe at ConnPost.com. He's 24, been here a couple of years as a member of the editorial board, writing editorials and editing the letters to the editor. He was the managing editor of his college

ADVERTISING AGE: Moving forward requires letting go of dollar-for-dollar mentality: Donaton

2007-02-08T20:27:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://adage.com/columns/article?article_id=114729Published: February 05, 2007Moving Forward Requires Letting Go of Dollar-for-Dollar MentalityMedia Companies Must Completely Reinvent ThemselvesBy Scott DonatonPublisher, Advertising AgeScott Donaton, former editor of the publication, was last week named the new publisher of "Advertising Age."It's time to stop waiting for a

VIDEO: Invasion of the audience: The disintermediation of mass media

2007-02-07T23:58:00.000-05:00

In June, 2006, Peter Hirshberg, chairman and chief marketing officer of Technorati Inc., created a three-minute video which parodies a movie tailer for the sci-fi thriller "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." It's called "The Day of the Long Tail," borrowing from the title of a now-famous book by Chris Anderson (editor of Wired magazine) about the way the Internet extends and infintely deepens the

Reuters and some papers add routine U.S. business writing from Bangalore

2007-01-28T23:48:00.000-05:00

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/11/19/business/outsource.phpBy Doreen CarvajalInternational Herald TribunePosted: Nov. 19, 2006Doreen Carvajal, a media reporter for the IHT in Paris, has two decades of journalism experience covering a broad range of topics from politics and immigration to book publishing and the business of culture. She was based previously in the United States, working as a

William Powers on how news organizations are segmenting their "platforms"

2007-01-15T18:09:00.000-05:00

URL: http://nationaljournal.com/powers.htm By William Powers, National Journal © National Journal Group Inc. Friday, Jan. 12, 2007 The first time I heard about what would come to be called the surge, I was driving late at night, listening to a BBC news report on satellite radio. Citing "a senior administration source," the report said that President Bush would soon "reveal a new Iraq

COMMENTARY: The coming collapse and rebirth of newspaper journalism

2006-12-19T09:49:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://netb2b.com/article.cms?articleId=30158Published Dec. 11, 2006in B&B, "The magazine for marketing strategists"The coming collapse and rebirth of newspaper journalismBy Paul Gillin-------------------------------------------------------------------Paul Gillin is a writer, content marketing consultant and author. Hisbook, The New Influencers: A Marketer.s Guide to Social Media,

Web seen as gradually killing the "bundled sale"; newspaper as "information valet"

2006-12-18T08:30:00.000-05:00

The principal argument of media against micropayments has always been that selling items "by the drink" rather than by the box or bottle or case is less profitable than forcing people to buy a bundle of things they don't want in order to get what they do want. That's the principle behind cable tiers. But in this Wall Street Journal column, William M. Bulkeley argues the Internet is gradually

The future of newspapers -- will people be willing to pay?

2006-12-16T15:50:00.000-05:00

By Jeff vonKaenel(jeffv@newsreview.com )--------------------------------------------------------------------The author has published alternative weeklies since 1973. Presently he is CEO and majority owner of the Sacramento News & Review and weeklies serving Chico, Calif., and Reno, Nev. The following is an excerpt of a longer essay on the future of newspapers available at the website of the News

LINKS: Newspapers for the web only -- The Telegraph PM edition and links

2006-12-16T15:49:00.000-05:00

A couple of papers that have gone ahead and created an Iliad-ready edition,looks like for free:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/pm/ixpm.xml http://www.shm.com.cn/special/node_6290.htm Some commentary on the subject of newspapers on Iliad:http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=8004 A blog entry on new news technologies including DeTijd's Iliad trial:http://

RESEARCH: Americans spend more time on media than anything else

2006-12-15T18:16:00.000-05:00

By the Numbers65 daysWatching television, up from 61 days in 200041 daysListening to the radio, up from 39 days in 20008.1 daysOn the Internet, up from 4.3 days in 20007.3 daysReading newspapers, down from 8.4 days in 20009.5 daysReading books and magazines, down from 10 days in 2000ORIGINAL URLS:http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061215/BUSINESS/612150319/1003/NEWS05

NEWSPAPERS: Tom Mohr, Cronkite-ASU -- "Winning Online" -- A Manifesto

2006-12-05T16:14:00.000-05:00

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003086961 Published: September 04, 2006 1:30 PM ETEditor & Publisher OnlineSPECIAL: "Winning Online" -- A ManifestoBy Tom Mohr(Tom Mohr is the former head of Knight Ridder Digital. He now heads the"innovations laboratory" at the Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona StateUniversity.)NEW YORK -- Newspapers must win

Canadian blogger's obstruction trial to test definition of journalist?

2006-11-03T00:38:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL URL: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2006/11/02/nb-bloggertrial.htmlBlogger's obstruction trial to test definition of journalistLast Updated: Thursday, November 2, 2006 | 12:38 PM ATCBC News Self-described internet journalist Charles LeBlanc goes on trial Thursday, accused by police of obstructing justice during a rowdy demonstration in Saint John last June. LeBlanc says

Weblogs and newspapers are really nothing new, editor writes

2006-10-27T21:44:00.000-04:00

ORGINAL URL: http://www.capitalpress.info/main.asp?SectionID=84&SubSectionID=777&ArticleID=28234&TM=34798.95PUBLISHED: Friday, October 27, 2006ORIGINAL HEADLINE:Online weblogs can trace their roots to colonial press opinion publications By Carl Sampson Capital Press Managing EditorCarl Sampson is managing editor of the Capital Press. His e-mail address is csampson@capitalpress.com. Capital

Robert Niles at UCS says it is time to "put up"

2006-10-24T00:27:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL: http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/061009niles/Put up or shut up: Newspapers aren't the only forum for great journalismCommentary: Some critics want to buy the Los Angeles Times from Tribune to protect the quality of local journalism. But there's another way to do that.By Robert NilesUniversity of Southern CaliforniaPosted: 2006-10-09Plenty of commentators have expressed their anguish

Advertising and journalism -- a discussion in San Francisco

2006-10-21T00:08:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://pjnet.org/weblogs/pjnettoday/archives/001336.htmlPosted by Leonard Witt at 01:08 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)October 15, 2006Will Giving More People Voice Help or Wreck Community?Interesting debate at the San Francisco Chronicle between "Chris Anderson, editor of Wired magazine and author of "The Long Tail," an economic analysis of how technology is changing our world for

A patient Singleton says news companies will be better in 10 years

2006-10-20T22:53:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL: http://www.snpa.org/circuitaddon/ebulletin/10.19.06.htmHEADLINE:"Why We are Still Buying Newspaper Companies:Their Value and Their Future"From the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association websiteDespite the difficult times ahead for the newspaper industry, MediaNews Group continues to feel very bullish about the future of newspapers and will continue to buy newspapers, William Dean

LEGAL: Should a U.S. be able to order a website darkened by pulling domain name?

2006-10-18T09:43:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.itworldcanada.com/Pages/Docbase/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=idgml-b33bc80a-973c-48cb-88a7-49e73e4b48e7 IMPORTANT CROSS LINKS ARE IN ORIGINAL URLhttp://www.spamhaus.org/archive/legal/e360/kocoras_order_6_10.pdf http://www.cdt.org/press/20061012press.phphttp://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-10oct06.htmhttp://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1075http://www.spamhaus.org/legal/

LA Times columnist sees survival of newspapers now at stake

2006-10-16T23:51:00.000-04:00

More than jobs are at stakePUBLISHED: Oct. 7, 2006 ORIGINAL URL:http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-rutten7oct07,1,2420450.column Other links: http://www.sltrib.com/old/opinion/ci_4453378http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=311970&Category=14 COMMENT:http://belowthefold.typepad.com/my_weblog/2006/10/the_end_of_los_.html Regarding MediaBy Tim RuttenNEARLY 90 years ago, Walter Lippmann

Olverholser: Throw out assumptions -- some ideas for keeping journalism relevant

2006-10-14T23:26:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL HAS IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL LINKS: http://poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=112061Poynter Institute OnlinePosted, Oct. 12, 2006 / Updated, Oct. 12, 2006Wake Up, Newsies:Stop Fretting and Start BuildingA veteran editor and journalism activist argues that there are plenty of ways to save good journalism -- but somebody has to pursue them.By Geneva Overholser To all who anguish

Google acquisition of YouTube analyzed in PBS-Newshour segment

2006-10-14T07:07:00.000-04:00

Google Pays $1.65 Billion for Popular Video Web Site YouTubeGoogle announced Oct. 9, 2006 9 it would pay $1.65 billion in stock for the popular video repository and search engine YouTube. Technology and financial analysts discuss the implications of the ground-breaking deal for the future of the Internet in a PBS Lehrer Newshour segment.LINK: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec06/

PEJ story describes BBC video that envisions citizen-disaster reporting in 2010

2006-10-13T22:22:00.000-04:00

ORGINAL URL:http://www.journalism.org/node/2390FROM the Project on Excellence in Journalism website . .Brave new world: Citizens and cell phones?It's the year 2010, and an underground subway station in the center of London has been bombed.Within minutes, a British businessman leaving on a trip receives a text message on his cell phone alerting him tothe incident. Consequently, he directs his cab

ETHICS: Alterman says blogs cause breakdown in practice of verify existence of sources

2006-10-12T23:29:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20061030/altermanPosted October 11, 2006By Eric AltermanThe Nation MagazineThere is a specter haunting American journalism; well, dozens actually, but today's specter is the purposeful abuse of the anonymous website comments board. In the past, when a journalist, or even a partisan, wished to attribute a quote to an individual or an organization, it was

Michael Kinsley -- Do newspapers have a future like British papers?

2006-09-26T08:48:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,1538652,00.html Monday, Sep. 25, 2006 Do Newspapers Have a Future? Quarreling about staff cuts, the old medium is missing the bigger questions By MICHAEL KINSLEY It seems hopeless. How can the newspaper industry survive the Internet? On the one hand, newspapers are expected to supply their content free on the Web. On

Libel and slander on MySpace -- student sued over faux site

2006-09-23T17:00:00.000-04:00

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&e=3&u=/ap/20060922/ap_on_re_us/myspace_principalOfficial sues students over MySpace page Fri Sep 22, 12:27 PM ETSAN ANTONIO, Tex. (AP) - A high school assistant principal is suing two students and their parents, alleging the teens set up a Web page on MySpace.com in her name and posted obscene comments and pictures.Anna Draker, an assistant principal

Fewer reporters travel with president -- good or bad?

2006-09-20T14:53:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/11/AR2006081101834_pf.htmlAs fewer reporters travel with the president, some worry that means his speeches and actions are less scrutinized. But what if those reporters are deployed to covering other things?Increasingly, Bush Escapes the Media Pack Press Cuts Converge With Closed EventsBy Peter BakerWashington Post Staff

TechSoup wrapup on citizen-journalism movement notes OhmyNews and NewAssignment.net

2006-09-19T22:45:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/internet/page5794.cfmCitizen Journalism Movement Gives More Power to the PeopleHow nonprofits can use free online tools to tap into community voices By Alexandra Krasne Alexandra Krasne is Senior Editor at TechSoup. September 11, 2006OhmyNews is much like any other news site you'd run across online, but with one distinct difference: all

WSJ.com - Will Wikipedia Mean the End Of Traditional Encyclopedias?

2006-09-14T00:27:00.000-04:00

WSJ.com - Will Wikipedia Mean the End Of Traditional Encyclopedias?: "Will Wikipedia Mean the EndOf Traditional Encyclopedias?September 12, 2006FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNALWill Wikipedia Mean the EndOf Traditional Encyclopedias?September 12, 2006Wikipedia, the community-edited online encyclopedia, has blossomed. It has thousands of volunteers that have created more than five million entries in

Free-lance journalist Josh Wolf jailed for refusing to surrender videotape

2006-08-30T22:34:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/08/02/MNGNSK9MJ71.DTL--------------------------------------------------------------------------------http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/08/18/legal-support-for-citizen-journalist/Cameraman jailed for not yielding tapeJOURNALISTS' RIGHTS? 'Every person ... has to give information to thegrand jury if the grand jury wants it,' judge

Hiring of journalism grads improved in 2005 over 2004 -- survey

2006-08-30T22:21:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-jschool5aug05,1,3825578.story?coll=la-headlines-nation Journalism Graduates Get Good News on Jobs BeatBy James Rainey,Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAugust 5, 2006Newsrooms across the country may echo with gloom and doom, but journalism school graduates report better job prospects and a more positive outlook than at any time since

Denver Post editor says breaking news will be on the website first

2006-08-30T18:55:00.000-04:00

"The web will be our breaking-news platform," says Denver Post Editor Greg Moore says, "and the newspaper will be our platform for exclusive reporting and stories that really focus on telling people what happens next."http://www.westword.com/Issues/2006-08-17/news/message.html The Post is breaking news on the web first.By Michael RobertsWestword MagazineArticle Published Aug 17, 2006Last month,

Toronto Star testing online-online afternoon edition in PDF-download format

2006-08-30T18:08:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_PrintFriendly&c=Article&cid=1156888230924&call_pageid=971358637177 Star to launch electronic afternoon editionAug. 30, 2006. 01:00 AMTrying to reach readers who covet up-to-the-minute news, the Toronto Star is launching an eight-page afternoon edition that can be downloaded from a computer and

FREE PRESS: NYTimes submits to British law, censoring story by IP

2006-08-30T18:04:00.000-04:00

http://media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,,1861318,00.html Why the NYT web block doesn't workThe New York Times' attempt to block UK web users from reading a story onits website is difficult to enforceSA MathiesonWednesday August 30, 2006MediaGuardian.co.ukThe New York Times' efforts to block internet users in Britain from reading a page on its website are unlikely to succeed - and for some UK

BOSTON GLOBE: Why Google makes everyone else nervous

2006-05-29T14:15:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL: http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2006/05/29/why_google_makes_everyone_else_nervous/Why Google makes everyone else nervousFirm's ad-based software is changing the media landscapeBy Robert Weisman, Globe Staff | May 29, 2006MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Google Inc. first gained notice early in the decade, as a small and quirky start-up with a disarmingly simple

Norman Solomon on the journalistic obscenity of advocating the status quo

2006-05-18T20:31:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051806O.shtmlPOSTED: May 18, 2006A t r u t h o u t | PerspectiveHEADLINE: Corporate Media and Advocacy JournalismBy Norman Solomon----------------------------------------------------------------------- EDITOR'S NOTE -- Norman Solomon is the author of the new book War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death. For information,

NYTimes finds j-schools booming -- as students find jobs and "a calling"

2006-05-16T00:01:00.000-04:00

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/15/business/media/15students.htmlTimes Are Tough for News Media, but Journalism Schools Are Still Booming Published: May 15, 2006 By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE The New York Times COLUMBIA, Mo. -- These are tough times for journalism. The newspaper industry cut more than 2,000 jobs last year as it continued to lose readers and advertisers to the Internet.

PERSONALIZATION: WSJ piece on news personalization services

2006-05-15T11:27:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114727164857848939.htmlPUBLISHED: May 15, 2006THE JOURNAL REPORT: TECHNOLOGYMe, Me, MeThe personalized newspaper was dreamed up two decades ago. We're getting closer and closer.By JESSICA MINTZMay 15, 2006; Page R9The Web has made accessing far-flung news outlets, from tiny local papers to major foreign presses and every Web log and magazine in

Ex-Clinton press secretary becomes telcom advocate in "network neutrality" debate

2006-05-13T15:30:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL: URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/13/business/13online.htmlPublished: May 13, 2006COLUMN: What's OnlineHEADLINE: No Neutral Ground in Net DebateBy DAN MITCHELLThe New York TimesACCORDING to Arianna Huffington, the use of banal, insipid language could spell doom for the Internet. It is not badly written blogs Ms. Huffington is worried about, but the concept "Net neutrality."

BOOK REVIEW: "Blog!" by David Kline and Dan Burstein

2006-05-11T20:39:00.000-04:00

http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Opinion/Columnists/Brown_Dan/2006/05/11/1574814.html By DAN BROWN ONLINE EDITOR London [Ont.] Free Press (Canada) As regular readers of this column know, theres nothing I like better than a good book. I recently finished reading David Kline and Dan Bursteins 402-page-long tome, blog! which isnt all that good, but it did provoke some thoughts.

FUTURE: Wall Street Journal reports on innovative reader ideas for newspapers' future

2006-05-10T22:47:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL: http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB114717839352947700-Nsu_HUWPFswsM7wBQ7vJSgDhonQ_20060516.html?mod=blogsPosted May 10, 2006ORIGINAL HEADLINE:The Perfect News Site, 2016: Readers Want More Context, New Ways to View And Filter News Plus, More Telegenic Reporters By DAVE PETTIT The Wall Street Journal Readers want more context and background included in news

News organizations of the future: Seven views from undergraduates at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

2006-05-10T00:26:00.000-04:00

As a final paper, students in the "Future of Journalism" seminar at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, in North Adams, Mass., were invited by Visiting Lecturer Bill Densmore to write a business plan for a 21st century news organization. Densmore instructed them to discuss its purpose, audience, governance, ownership, products, revenue models and sources. In addition, the students were asked

Gillmor: Urgent discussion needed about sustaining journalism needs to be global

2006-05-08T00:46:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4972302.stmPOSTED: May 4, 2006HEADLINE: The changing mix of money and mediaBy Dan GillmorColumnist at the BBC Online websiteAd revenue made Bernstein and Woodward's Watergate expose possible. A few years ago, a newspaper writer looked at the burgeoning world of online news gathering and dissemination and said: "One of these days we're going to

American Prospect columnist Greg Sargent on MSM frustration with blogs

2006-05-08T00:35:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=11465The Blog Rage CanardWhat all the MSM complaints are really about.By Greg SargentThe American ProspectWeb Exclusive: 05.04.06In recent weeks, one member after another of the D.C. media establishment has gone out of his way to depict bloggers as hysterical, angry and destructive. To hear them tell it, bloggers

Stephen Colbert's Attack On Bush Gets A Big 'No Comment' From U.S. Media

2006-05-04T10:35:00.000-04:00

Consider why this sarcastic take-down of President Bush allegedly went largely uncovered by the mainstream media.ORIGINAL URL: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1529981/20060502/index.jhtmlStephen Colbert's Attack On Bush Gets A Big 'No Comment' From U.S. Media 05.02.2006 3:46 PM EDT Mainstream outlets largely ignore Comedy Central host's scathing remarks at White House dinner.

Letter Reveals Reason for Firing of Vermont AP Chief

2006-05-04T01:17:00.000-04:00

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002462017Letter Reveals Reason for Firing of Vermont AP ChiefBy Joe StruppEditor & Publisher OnlinePublished: May 03, 2006 12:10 PM ETNEW YORK -- Former Associated Press Vermont bureau chief Chris Graff, whose firing for unannounced reasons in March sparked statewide protests from journalists and public officials,

Wired's Kevin Kelly reviews news-aggregation, headline-feed website PopUrls.com

2006-04-24T10:11:00.000-04:00

ORGINAL URL:http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/001163.phphttp://www.kk.org/cooltools/ Wired Magazine's By Kevin Kelly maintains a personal website, and sends out emails about "cool tools" he's found on the Internet. Here's a recent email (which should show up on his website shortly)By Kevin Kelly Recently I surveyed the emerging web filters which rely on consensusmethods (see the CT review http

Will journalism triumph out of changes in mainstream and Internet news?

2006-04-16T01:17:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.editorsweblog.org/analysis/2005/10/mainstream_media_vs_journalism_vs_the_in.phpFIRST POSTED: Monday, October 31, 2005HEADLINE: Mainstream Media vs. Journalism vs. the InternetPosted by John Burke on October 31, 2005 at 09:22 AMon Editor's Weblog (World Association of Newspapers)There have been many discussions about the contradiction between the huge profits that media

Chicago law professor seeks danger in "Daily Me"

2006-04-07T22:40:00.000-04:00

As quoted by Mark Glaser, MediaSift (PBS) columnist, at:http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2006/03/digging_deeperyour_guide_to_pe_1.htmlCass Sunstein , a law professor at the University of Chicago, has decried The Daily Me as helping to foster an echo chamber online where people only read news stories that align with their thinking, and never see opposing opinions. .If the public is fragmented and if

PBS' "NOW" Brancaccio says journalism failings are "our problem"

2006-04-03T23:14:00.000-04:00

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/265249_gcenter03.html?source=rssMonday, April 3, 2006Public TV host Brancaccio says people just don't trust the mediaBut blogs, journalism have potential for 'great synergy'By CHRIS McGANNP-I CAPITOL CORRESPONDENTSeattle Post-IntelligencerAs host and senior editor of the public television program "NOW," David Brancaccio spends a lot of time researching and

NEWSPAPERS / Rich Oppel: The only institution with courage, resources to do watchdog journalism

2006-04-03T23:05:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL: http://www.statesman.com/opinion/content/editorial/stories/04/2oppel_edit.htmlSunday, April 02, 2006COMMENTARY: RICH OPPELOppel: Newspapers, the guardians defending us from official tyrannyBy Rich OppelEDITOR, AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN, Austin, TexasI saw the other day where New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller says he'll spend less time reading blogs and granting interviews

Blogs appear to go mainstream as Time Inc. hires two practitioners

2006-04-03T22:56:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/story.html?id=934bdeb7-ccea-4e05-aa30-6b39539af1aa&k=2184 Monday » April 3 » 2006Time's bold move into blogsMark EvansFinancial Post (of Canada)Friday, March 31, 2006Without being too melodramatic, the blog as a disruptive and rebellious medium could be dead. Perhaps the most obvious indication blogs are becoming part of the

Is it right for a paper to let readers decided the front page?

2006-04-03T22:46:00.000-04:00

THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF JOURNALISM. Good ExperienceBy Michelle CottleThe New RepublicOnly at TNR Online | Post date 04.03.06 Discuss this article (46)ho says the Bushies' crusade to spread democracy isn't working? Sure, things are still a little hairy in Iraq. The Palestinian elections didn't go exactly as we'd hoped. And Egypt has basically given us the finger as far as fixing its democratic

LIFE WITHOUT NEWSPAPERS: A weekly publisher goes cold turkey

2006-04-03T22:18:00.000-04:00

In Chicago, the publisher of The New City, an alternative weekly, himself a lifelong reader of multiple mainstream daily newspapers, tried going without a paper for a month and decided to kick the habit -- relying online news sources only. Read Brian Hieggelke's account, especially his trenchant observations about what the change means for large newspaper companies.ORIGINAL URL:http://

ISSUE: What are ground rules for wire-service quoting of blogs?

2006-04-03T00:08:00.000-04:00

FIRST ACCOUNT by John Burke at WAN's Editor's Weblog http://www.editorsweblog.org/print_newspapers/2006/03/ap_accused_of_taking_story_from_a_blog.phpAP accused of taking story from a blogThe Associated Press confirmed using a story from blog RawStory.com as the basis for a March 14th article detailing a change in national security policies.The information in the article written by the AP, .

"Wisdom of Crowds" author says newspapers should focus on local news

2006-03-27T09:36:00.000-05:00

James Suroweicki, a writer for The New Yorker magazine who usually focuses on business topics, gained fame in 2004 with his book, "The Wisdom of Crowds," which argued that the collected intelligence of the masses, noweasily and quickly compiled and analyzed with Internet technology, generally reaches better decisions than small groups of experts. Now he's giving some advice to the newspaper

INTERVIEW: "Baghdad Blogger" says he's baffled, amused by reception to his work

2006-03-23T09:01:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/03.22.06/pax-0612.htmlFrom the March 22-28, 2006 issue of Metro, Silicon Valley's Weekly Newspaper.The Report From Baghdad: Salam Pax, the 'Baghdad Blogger,' says he is 'baffled and amused' by the reception to his work.The Blog of WarSJSU becomes the first university to embrace blogging in a literary series when Salam Pax arrives March 23. Meet

GREEN / Green Blogs: The Green revolution moves online

2006-03-23T08:00:00.000-05:00

Class:Here's an example of an area where blogdom has changed the way advocacy works. Is this an aspect of new journalism?-- billhttp://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2006/03/22/gree.DTL Wednesday, March 22, 2006 In 2003, Alex Steffen started Worldchanging, the most-rea... Graham Hill, the hunky blogger behind Treehugger, started... Sustainablog's Jeff McIntire-Strasburg, who blogs

BOOK: "Crashing the Gate" by bloggers Markos Moulitsas Zuniga and Jerome Armstrong

2006-03-20T15:14:00.000-05:00

Here's a review of a new book -- publication date is March 27, 2006 -- by two darlings of the progressive Democratic blogging movement: Markos Moulitsas Zuniga of http://www.dailykos.com and Jerome Armstrong of http://www.mydd.comThe review author is Rob Williams, an historian and professor at Champlain College, in Burlington, Vt., and president of the Action Coalition for Media

Jarvis/A wake-up call to end teaching and learning media silos

2006-03-19T09:19:00.000-05:00

Follow the link below. It's a recent post from Jeff Jarvis, new-media entrepreneur, formerly TV Guide critic and Newshouse/Advance new-media director, now about to enter journalism teaching at CUNY. It's another reminder that if we're interested in media, we have to stop thinking of print, broadcast, web, etc. as different silos. An exciting challenge, 'though hard, too.http://www.buzzmachine.com

Editor's weblog: Is the role of editors more or less important in the digital age?

2006-03-17T23:29:00.000-05:00

Friday, March 17, 2006 Posted by John Burke on March 17, 2006 at 05:41 PMhttp://www.editorsweblog.org/analysis/2006/03/is_the_role_of_editors_more_or_less_impo.phpIs the role of editors more or less important in the digital age? There is a serious predicament facing that century-tested bastion of journalism, the people who decide what the public should know, the ultimate conventional

EDUCATION: Teaching better journalism through video games?

2006-03-14T09:34:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL LINK (who graphic):http://www.happynews.com/news/392006/Game-teaches-journalism-students-skills.htmALTERNATE LINK:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11746789/Better journalism through video games?Instead of slaying monsters, players must tackle sourcesUpdated: 10:40 p.m. ET March 9, 2006By Peter SvenssonAssociated Press WriterMINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Being a rookie journalist can be intimidating.

MOVIE: Analysis of "Good Night, Good Luck"

2006-03-12T21:51:00.000-05:00

We will be viewing the film "Good Night, Good Luck" as soon as the DVDbecomes available -- probably in mid-April. Try to watch or listen to thisinterview with George Clooney and David Strathairn.-- bill densmoreSummary: On Dec. 15, 2006, journalism Prof. Marcia Rock at NewYork University hosted an hour-long discussion on the

News is a Conversation: Do you trust blogs?

2006-03-11T07:42:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL URL: http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/conversation/archive.asp?postID=7164at the blogsite of the Spokane, Wash., Spokesman-Review(daily newspaper)Go to the original URL to check on updated responses to this post. The S-R has taken the lead more than any other MSM daily paper in the United States to involve readers in its daily news decisions. See: http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs

FYI ONLY: A reading from an early practitioner of "citizen journalism"

2006-03-08T19:54:00.000-05:00

Class:The post below is from Jill Lang, the former editor of VillageSoup.com, the online news community in Camden, Maine, which we profile at MediaGiraffe.org. She offers thoughts about the state of journalism.---------- Forwarded message ----------Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 19:00:26 -0500From: Jill Lang To: Bill Densmore Subject: Re: Citizen Journalism