Two graphs included in the 2009 State of the Media report published by the Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism show at a glance why some sectors of the news business are in desperate straits. One shows 2007-2008 advertising revenue trends; the other shows audience trends for the same period. Newspapers in particular are suffering a double whammy – print…
“As digital technology wreaks havoc on the business models of legacy media such as newspapers and magazines, they are now turning more often to the non-profit model. Can they raise donations, micropayments, or get grants? They might want to check out a magazine that’s been a pioneer with the non-profit model, and first went online…
“A short while ago I had the pleasure of meeting with some local journalism graduate students, who are working to create an online news site covering the Los Angeles suburb of Alhambra. You’ll find Alhambra a few miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles. Despite its proximity to the center of LA, the community is lost…
“The complete Barrie Examiner ad, also posted on jobboom.com: “National Page Co-ordinator: Sun Media Corporate Editorial is seeking a National Page Co-ordinator to oversee the building of pages for the chain’s community daily newspapers.”
“ While the world economic crisis has devastated many industries, it kneecapped the prosperity of the already faltering field of newspaper journalism seemingly overnight. Whether many major daily newspapers will survive the coming years, or even the year, no longer seems to be in debate. The industry is in a true tailspin, and no one…
“Alberta weekly newspapers are going through horrific times these days. Two long-standing weeklies closed their doors for good this month and more newspaper offices could be shuttered before the year is out if the recession drags ever deeper.”
“The Ann Arbor (Mich.) News will shut down at the end of July and three other Michigan dailies, The Flint Journal, The Saginaw News and The Bay City Times, will cut back their print publication days to three days a week.”
“When a rural weekly in Colorado folds, volunteers step up to fill the void. ‘It just beat the dickens out of sitting around whining,’ one says.”
“The National Newspaper Association today revealed that 4th quarter results confirm that local papers in the States are faring better than regional and national news titles. The data put together by the NNA in conjunction with the Suburban Newspapers Association (SNA) showed that whilst the industry averaged a 21% fall in advertising revenues at the…
Mother Jones asked Michael Pollan about the transition to being the public face of food activism. His response: You still have to draw lines between being a journalist and an activist. When Obama announced his pick for agriculture secretary I was disappointed, and I said so in some interviews. I got calls from very prominent…