Journalism Redefined
journalist - Web developer - blogger
community builder - podcaster - social media researcher
Through the Pat Thornton Files you can find out about me, view my portfolio, contact me and read my blog about the state of journalism.
The Pat Thornton Files is home to the popular new media journalism / Web development blog, The Journalism Iconoclast. It provides news, commentary and advice on the industry. It also seeks to be a conversation.
New media, online journalism or whatever we choose to call it is where journalism is headed. People increasingly consume news online, especially my age group. It is our duty as journalists to deliver content to users in the forms they want.
Journalism has a bright future for all those who believe. There will always be stories to tell. We just have to find the right ways to tell those stories.
I am a big proponent of Web standards that are platform agnostic. This allows the biggest audience possible to join in. For Windows users, I recommend downloading one of the most standards-compliant browsers available, FireFox 3.
Appearances & speaking
Here is where you can find me in the journalism, blogging, social media and Web worlds.
- Education Writer's Association: EWA: Social media for better education reporting -- April 29, 2009
- BCNI Philly: Why beatblog? (and why news should be social) -- April 25, 2009
- This Week in Media: Dear Journalist -- November 28, 2008
- 2008 Ethics Workshop at Kent State -- September 18, 2008
- ONA 08: Ethics panel speaker -- September 11-13, 2008