Karthika Muthukumaraswamy gives a thorough analysis of Twitter’s role in journalism in this article, citing scholars and journalists. Notably, she emphasizes the importance of verification as being a major difference between tweets provided by anybody and those provided by journalists.
More local content is the key to saving newspapers in the SunMedia chain, according to a study done by Communications Workers of America released on June 25. “Publishers and newspaper companies complain that the financial model for the media industry is broken and papers are endangered because of competition from the Internet. This poll shows…
For many in the traditional media business, attracting young readers and viewers is like searching for the Holy Grail, a quest that never quite succeeds as hoped. However, according to How Teens Use Media, a new “myth-debunking” study by the Nielsen company, teens really aren’t that different from other people in how they interact with mass media. “The fact is, teens are unique, but they are not…
“Sun Media’s Alberta weeklies continue to experience the wrath of Quebecor cutbacks, the latest being the Pincher Creek Echo and the Crowsnest Pass Promoter.”
With all the hardship facing newspapers, some good news comes from the Center for the Digital Future. It found more people are reading news online and spending more time doing it. Online users are spending 53 minutes per week reading online newspapers, as compared to last year when the study found people were doing this…
The CBC’s John Bowman has created an interactive, visual representation of media ownership across the country. The result is an example of new digital storytelling techniques where there is less of a reliance on old forms like text, images, audio or video. The audience explores the story through interaction, creating their own narrative. It is…
“Vancouver’s two daily metropolitan newspapers have embraced BubbleTweet. The Vancouver Sun and The Province, both owned by Canwest, are embedding the bubble-shaped pop-ups on their Twitter pages to tell readers about the stories they’re chasing for web publication and the next day’s edition.”
La ministre Christine St-Pierre est inquiète de la décision de La Presse qui consiste à cesser de publier son journal les dimanches à compter du 28 juin. La ministre de la Culture et des Communications du Québec a utilisé l’image voulant qu’un tsunami frappe en ce moment la profession de journaliste. Le quotidien Le Devoir…
Selected stories from the most recent issue of the Newspaper Research Journal that may be of interest to the journalism community: Copy Editing Not Great Priority for Online Stories, by John Russial An Analysis of Slogans Used to ‘Sell the News’, by Salma Ghanem and Kimberly Selber Newspaper Managers Report Positive Attitudes about Blogs, by…