Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
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I've been enamored with the Bloomberg journalism model for several years. As far back as my days at Berkeley in 1998-2000, the reporters I knew who worked there told me stories of working across multiple mediums. For them, it wasn't a choice -- it was the job.
One friend, ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
I blogged a few days ago about an article in the Columbia Journalism Review.
In my haste (and possibly my annoyance), the post wasn't as clear as I'd hoped, which Derek Willis pointed out to me in no uncertain terms in the comment section.
With the exception of having my wiki set ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
The Society of Professional Journalists honored the top college journalists with its Mark of Excellence Awards on May 19.
“I encourage media executives who are looking for the next wave of high-quality journalists to pay attention to the winners of SPJ’s Mark of Excellence Awards.” said Neil Ralston, SPJ’s Vice President ...
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Saturday, May 17th, 2008
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It's a lovely Saturday afternoon, the perfect type of day for browsing my RSS feeds.
That joy was short-lived, though, as I started reading Who Will Tell Us, an op-ed piece in the Columbia Journalism Review decrying the state of traditional journalism. Ironically, the very editorial itself is the ...
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Saturday, May 10th, 2008
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I've been asked to speak at several events in the last year, discussing how technology is reshaping the media landscape.
One recurring meme in my talks is this: social media has changed the expectations of many people in terms of media, and if news organizations don't adopt ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Since games are on my mind these days, I've been keeping my eyes out for innovative ways that people are using Alternate Reality Game-like structures to solve problems.
The more I read about them, the more excited I am about the possibility of news organizations incorporating this community-styled project to engage ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
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One of the rather disturbing trends I have experienced in my talks with newspaper folks is there insistence on latching on to the latest trend.
It's easy to get caught up in the mix. After all, new technologies roll out every day and if you're not careful, you can ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Normally, I try to add something to the conversation whenever I read articles and speeches, but there are times when I think it's best left to the words of those delivering the message.
This is one of those cases.
John S. Carroll is the former editor of several papers and he delivered ...
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
As I work on the book, I'll be interviewing loads of people -- if all goes well. Along the way, there is absolutely no chance that I am going to get every fact correct. I know it. It's impossible no matter how hard I try.
So I'm launching experiment number three ...
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
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I was speaking with Joe, a former Cincinnati Post writer working to launch a local news organization called CinDaily, about what a modern newspaper should look like.
Our discussions are good for him, I think, but I know they are good for me. They help me start to outline ...
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