Putting people first
A good summary of new technologies that will include cell phone video cameras that can live stream material gathered by citizen journalists
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Journalists using new media
This is a great summary blog with a number of good links to resources and articles that are useful to both professionals and educators about social media.
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CanWest woes
CanWest Global closed the day’s trading at a record low of 25 cents following a slew of critical assessments of its financial crisis; analysts called Canwest shares worthless. Too many good employees depend, and too many Canadians rely for news, on this tottering behemoth…
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Derek Weiler dead at 40
Derek Weiler, literary critic and editor-in-chief of Canadian book industry magazine Quill & Quire, has died at age 40. Quill & Quire reported his death on its web site, and posted an obituary, here. CBC noted that “Weiler had reportedly battled health problems for some time. The cause of death was not announced.”
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Fishing for new models
“We don’t make any money and we’re not designed to make money,” the Tyee’s David Beers said in this 2008 interview with the Chicago Reader. That business philosophy didn’t stop BCBusiness from naming the Tyee one of the province’s most innovative companies. How do you produce quality journalism that you give away for free? In…
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In-depth look at Google’s role in news industry
“There is so much misunderstanding flying around about the economics of content on the web and the role of Google in the web’s content economy that it’s making my head hurt. So let’s see if we can straighten things out.”
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Reaction to AP’s plans to protect online content
The discussion about the aggregation and distribution of content on the web heated up this week when the Associated Press announced plans to “launch an industry initiative” designed “to protect news content” online. The announcement — characterized by the New York Times‘ Saul Hansell as a “war on search engines and aggregators” — drew considerable…
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Internet hurting journalism?
In a poll of 45 prominent “media insiders,” conducted by The Atlantic and National Journal, two in three (65 per cent) say the Internet is hurting journalism more than it’s helping, and 34 percent say it has helped, the magazines report. See The Atlantic and National Journal.
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Paying journalists for journalism online
“Perhaps it’s a bit cliché for a panel about the future of news to discuss how humans and computers will interact, but the good news is that the future of journalism includes humans. The tricky part will be figuring out how to pay for them.”
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A debate about regional journalism in U.K.
“Last night I chaired a debate at the Frontline Club on the future of regional journalism, with panellists Roy Greenslade (The Guardian), Keith Sutton (former editor of the Carlisle News & Star, Jon Slattery (former deputy editor of Press Gazette and William Yarker (media director of Deloitte)”