Posts filed under “multimedia journalism”
Supply and demand is a bitch
I have some lessons from ONA 08 over at BeatBlogging.Org (version 2.0 nonetheless), and I wanted to highlight the supply and demand part of the post: This is an issue facing journalism on the Web and not just beat bloggers. Right now, there is simply more supply of written content than there is of demand [...]
Jay Mariotti made the right decision to leave the Sun-Times
The real question is why he stuck around so long. If fact, I don’t understand why any star print columnist or beat reporter doesn’t just start his or her own Web site. The Dallas Cowboys Blog for The Dallas Morning news can get hundreds of thousands of page views in one day. And that’s without [...]
LoudounExtra, a hyperlocal failure for the Washington Post?
It’s depressing. It feels like my girlfriend broke up with me and took my dog with her. Yes, I’m talking about The Wall Street Journal’s assessment of the failure of LoudounExtra.com. Maybe failure is a little harsh, but according to Rob Curley, his sites in Lawrence, Kan. got better traffic than LoudounExtra.com. For those keeping [...]
I do watch video online, just not newspaper video
Don’t assume that my post from yesterday means that I rarely watch video on the Web. I watch a lot of video online, with sites like Hulu.com and YouTube.com geting the vast majority of my time. I also enjoy niche sites like SouthParkStudios.com. Outside of CNN.com, I almost never watch journalism-related video on the Web. [...]
Written content is still my favorite online
These are going to be some dangerous confessions from a new media guy. While we should try to make cool, new features, we should always keep an eye on what is useful. Written content is immensely useful. It can be viewed in a variety of formats, even mobile, and when written well, it delivers a [...]
Mobile is the future of the Web and news
The Internet and the Web are here to stay, but how we connect with both will be changing. The personal computer isn’t going anywhere, but people are increasingly accessing the Internet and the Web via mobile devices like smartphones. The iPhone in particular was a watershed moment for the mobile Web because of the power [...]
NY Times and CNN show how an election should be covered
I remarked to my girlfriend last night how useless the wire stories about Super Tuesday were each time I saw a new one pop up. Every time a candidate won a state, a new story was released. Reading over the wire stories made me realize how inadequate the printed word is for election coverage on [...]
My advice for j-students who want to make a difference (and get a job)
I just told you how journalism is not a good career choice for most of you, but I know many of you are going to attempt to change journalism and I salute you. Therefor, I would be remiss if I didn’t offer you advice on how to get a good journalism job and how to [...]