Category Archives: new media journalism
CICM offering internship to Web savvy students
Are you a student who is Web savvy? Are you looking for an internship that will help your future career in the changing world of journalism? If so, check out Innovation in College Media’s internship opportunity. The Internship has … Continue reading
What should the Online Ethics Seal be officially called?
We need your help naming the Online Ethics Seal. The Online Ethics Seal has been the tentative name. That doesn’t mean it’s going to be the finalized name. In fact, many of you have said don’t like the connotation that … Continue reading
Is the downfall of newspapers really just a rebirth of journalism?
Newspaper ad revenues are again down by double digits, more newspapers are defaulting on debt and we’re entering one of the worst economic crises ever. Ad revenue will continue to dry up. Many traditional print advertisers (car dealers, real estate … Continue reading
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The online ethics seal: together we can be more transparent
At ONA 08 and a week later at Poynter Seminar on ethics, I talked about my online ethics seal idea. The idea is very simple — to form a series of ethics seals that Web sites, blogs and news organizations … Continue reading
Posted in Mainstream Media, new media journalism, newspapers, online media, Poynter
Tagged ethics, online ethics seal
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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. … Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
Posted in Entrepreneurism, Mainstream Media, multimedia journalism, new media journalism, newspapers, online media, social networks, State of journalism, Video
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News organizations need to upsell users
The idea that news organizations should charge for basic content on the Web is repugnant. It’s a losing proposition. It’s a terrible, terrible idea. And journalism is filled with terrible ideas right now. But that doesn’t mean news organizations can’t … Continue reading
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Using Web analytics to improve content
For years individual content producers in news organizations didn’t have an easy way to figure out how popular or useful their content was with people. But with today’s advanced site analytics, content producers have unprecedented data about users and their … Continue reading
Posted in Mainstream Media, new media journalism, newspapers, online media, State of journalism
Tagged Beat Blogging, Web analytics
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What is the future of the copy editor?
Do copy editors have a future in journalism? Will that role be drastically changing? Traditionally, copy editors at most newspapers had to do more than just edit copy. They also had to do page layout, fit stories to fixed spaces, … Continue reading
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I’m not a storyteller — I’m an information provider
A lot of journalists got into this business because they like to tell stories. I think that’s one fundamental reason why so many journalists have a hard time adapting to the changing news landscape. For me, it was never about … Continue reading
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