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Brand journalism is becoming increasingly popular and will continue to grow as new journalism business models arise, which means both good and bad news for traditional media. Ira Basen explains what brand journalism is, the arguments behind it and what challenges it creates for traditional journalism.
In J-Source's first-ever live chat, Belinda Alzner put questions to the minds behind two projects in Postmedia newsrooms: the National Post Labs and the Edmonton Experiment. They have been tasked with finding new innovations in what journalism in their respective communities can be, and though they have a similar mandate, they are taking two different approaches to achieving it.
Belinda Alzner sat down with Digital First Media CEO John Paton for an exclusive interview where the front-man of the second-largest newspaper company in the United States talked about his digital first, print last strategy and how he doesn't see Canadian newspapers investing in their digital products. Rhiannon Russell also reports on Paton’s advice for young journalists.
Mommy blogs have become monetized and it's not hard to see why: Brands embrace bloggers who promote their products, and many bloggers are only too happy to accept compensation to promote brands they were going to be writing about anyway. Ira Basen looks into issues of transparency, ethics and reader expectation that come with accepting payment or products in exchange for words.
High-quality journalism doesn't come for cheap and advertising doesn't cover the costs in the digital age as it once did. Ira Basen looks back at paywalls in 2011 and how they may impact the future of journalism as we begin a new year.
When two reporters got themselves fired for joining Occupy protests, some critics said their NPR bosses should get with the program: impartiality in journalism was dead, replaced by full transparency about biases and involvements. Ira Basen, returning to a theme he explored earlier this year, thinks it’s more complicated than that.
ScribbleLive’s Dana Lacey chats with Jeff Jarvis, well-known American journalist, blogger, and professor at CUNY’s j-school.
J-Source’s Rhiannon Russell quizzed five Canadian Online Publishing Awards winners on the hurdles, the process, and payoff of making top online content. Trade secrets from Torontoist, the National Film Board, OpenFile Toronto, Sparksheet, and The Thunderbird.
What is the future of radio? That was the question asked at a HOMAD conference of college educators, students, and radio professionals. The upshot: radio is alive and kicking. What needs to be fine-tuned is its definition.
Luckily, for those of us not fortunate enough to be at Cardiff's Future of Journalism conference in the U.K., UBC professor Alfred Hermida made the trip (he's presenting a paper) -- and kindly let J-Source reprint his blog post on Emily Bell's keynote. As it turns out, Bell, who is director of the Tow Centre for Digital Journalism at the Columbia School of Journalism, is pretty optimistic about what the future holds. You can find more reporting from the conference on Hermida's site, reportr.net.
The Future of News
In a world where billions of people now have the ability to distribute pictures, videos and stories instantaneously around the world, questions about what is journalism and who is a journalist have never been more relevant, and the answers never more elusive. This section will explore the future of journalism in an age of social media. Ira Basen is a journalist, author and educator. He teaches at Ryerson University.
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