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Live updates from ASNE / NAA conference sessions Tuesday
I’m attending many panels at these news media gatherings in Washington, D.C. Below are some of my favorite moments. This will update as the day goes on. [View the story "Live reporting from ASNE / NAA conferences" on Storify]
CNN crew tapes its risky path out of Syria
CNN correspondent Ivan Watson and his news crew videotaped their dangerous journey leaving Syria. Says CNN photog Joe Duran: “I’ve done some tough assignments, I’d say this is the most difficult one for many reasons. … It’s been not just scary, but … Continue reading
Most unfortunate Santorum headline ever?
From AccessNorthGa.com: h/t to Roger.
Paton: ‘Crappy newspaper executives’ are biggest threat to journalism
Digital First Media CEO John Paton, in a speech to Canadian journalists: I am struggling hard to teach this old dog new tricks. Struggling to accept that much of what we know is no longer valid. And trying to come … Continue reading
My career v3.0: Writing and teaching mobile, social media for Poynter
A little over a year ago I blogged here about starting version 2.0 of my journalism career for an ambitious local online news startup in Washington, D.C. TBD.com has been an incredible experience, with some bumps along the way but … Continue reading
The TBD community shows what it’s about
I felt like I needed to write something about today’s announced changes at TBD, which consist of widespread layoffs of the news staff. Rather than talk about the changes themselves, which you can read about many places and will take … Continue reading
How to customize the appearance of Storify on your site
Storify is growing in popularity and being used by more and more sites to tell stories by curating social media. But while you see Storify embedded on more and more sites, you’ll notice it looks exactly the same on all … Continue reading
Silencing WikiLeaks
What I have found most significant in the WikiLeaks release of U.S. diplomatic cables is not the information itself or the fact it was leaked, but the moves by governments and large corporate web services to cut off avenues of … Continue reading
Video: Watch the sessions from ONA 2010
Many of the sessions from the Online News Association conference here in Washington were streamed live online. For the benefit of those who weren’t there, or even those who were and want to watch again, I’ve pulled together as many … Continue reading
Malcolm Gladwell’s errors on social media activism
New Yorker writer and sociologish author Malcolm Gladwell has a new essay out in the New Yorker that seeks to draw a line in the sand between social networks and “real-life” relationships when it comes to producing significant social change. … Continue reading
Newspapers are getting the obit business fatally wrong
I began writing this as a comment on Steve Buttry’s blog, which today has two posts about a Lancaster, Pa., newspaper’s new paywall on its online obituaries for out-of-town viewers. I was reacting to the editor’s response to Steve’s initial … Continue reading
Read the study: “Citizen Journalism Web Sites Complement Newspapers”
This study comparing citizen journalism and traditional newspaper reporting has drawn lots of discussion on Twitter, but is not readily available online. Below is a copy posted to Scribd by Goran Rizaov. UPDATE: After first just putting this up to … Continue reading
Answers to 10 key community engagement questions for news sites: The best of #wjchat
Last night I hosted a two-hour live chat on Twitter about Web journalism. It was the 20th weekly episode of #wjchat, where people involved or interested in online journalism gather to discuss questions around a certain topic. Our topic this … Continue reading
Google’s secret micropayment strategy for publishers – is it a trick?
So Google is planning to roll out later this year a micropayment system for web content called Newspass. The concept is a single, standardized system for many publishers to put a “pay to read this story” button on their web … Continue reading
2011: The year mobile takes over
You have less than one year left to talk about mobile devices as the “future” of media. A lot of people have been talking about the eventual dominance of mobile. Some people have been planning. How many are truly ready? … Continue reading
What is journalism school for?
I missed the weekly #wjchat Web journalism discussion last night on Twitter, which focused on whether journalism schools are still relevant, and what their roles should be today. As a J-school graduate (Missouri BJ’04) and someone who has seen a … Continue reading
What “TBD” means to me
After a long time telling everyone the name of our new DC news site was to be determined, we announced today that the site will in fact be called “TBD.” Now I’ve always felt that a brand name itself is … Continue reading
My Career v2.0 (beta)
I’m excited to announce today that I am joining the Washington, D.C., digital news startup led by Jim Brady and Allbritton Communications. I’ll be working as Senior Community Host on Steve Buttry‘s community engagement team, developing ways to work with … Continue reading
Awards for great journalism
The Pennsylvania Newspaper Association released today its Keystone Awards for the best journalism of 2009. My Times-Tribune news reporters cleaned up first place in our division for all the major reporting categories — investigative, spot news and series. The total … Continue reading
Tips for institutions (and others) to succeed on Twitter
A friend who recently started working for a journalism institute e-mailed me for advice about how to grow the institute’s Twitter following. My response applies to both institutes and institutions, including newspapers, and somewhat to individuals as well. So I … Continue reading
Social networking recognition
I’m taking a moment to brag about a great accomplishment at our newspaper. The Times-Tribune won the Best Application of Social Networking Tools in the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association’s 2010 Newspaper Excellence in Cyberspace awards. Here is the judges’ statement: “Great … Continue reading
A reenactment and discussion of the Pentagon Papers saga, to benefit CJR
CJR is putting on a play about the Pentagon Papers saga this month as a fundraiser. I received this e-mail, and since I don’t see details online anywhere I’m posting it here so others can see and share: mike hoyt … Continue reading
The myth of ‘inevitable’ paid content
In almost any article examining the changing news media business, either the author or some pundit will throw out a comment like this: “Eventually, you’re going to pay for good online content.” Here’s a new and particularly blatant example from … Continue reading
A great conversation on the new news system
Spend some quality time with this: A five-part video of NYU professors Jay Rosen and Clay Shirky interviewing each other about what’s happening to news. Total runtime is about 52 minutes, broken into five segments. It’s well worth the time.
Why NYT’s metered model is a big gamble
The New York Times has decided that direct consumer payments for content must be a part of its online revenue mix. The metered paywall plan announced today was envisioned as a safe way to test the waters, keeping a mix … Continue reading
NYT plans to charge online: Will it work?
The paywall debate is about to move from words to actions. In the biggest large-scale test of whether a news website can successfully charge readers for access, The New York Times is about to announce an online subscription model, New … Continue reading
5 questions that “future of news” panels should be asking
There are frequent panel discussions these days to discuss the future of news. But too often they stick to tired questions: Will paywalls work? Will e-readers save print media? For a possibly more revealing discussion, here are five questions that … Continue reading
Discussion: What is the value of reader comments?
The discussion about the value and role of reader comments on news and blogs can be as divided as the commenters themselves. Join a discussion in the comments below: Where do you stand? Are reader comments a useful tool for … Continue reading
Comments are messy, but so is life — editors should get over it
I’m engaged in (what I thought was an old) discussion at work about the value of reader comments on news stories. Others’ concerns are the nastiness of some commenters, and the (flawed) logic that we wouldn’t print it in the … Continue reading
Google CEO Schmidt hints at “very powerful display advertising solutions” to help news websites
From an article in the Telegraph: (Google CEO Eric) Schmidt … to him the revenue model the newspaper industry will have to use comes after a pretty simple, and essentially binary, decision. “The simplest model to think about is that … Continue reading
