The Critical Mistake that Keeps Bloggers Broke | Copyblogger
Great, succinct post by Larry Brooks over at CopyBlogger that is a must read for all my students and colleagues, especially the ones who are either recently laid off from journalism or writing about how to “save journalism.”
Your blog is a strategy, a branding and marketing vehicle, a means toward an end.
Your business is the [...]
the big takeaway from #wjchat – journotaxonomy
I just got out of a really great twitter chat hashed wjchat that was pitched at web journalists and kicked off tonight.
There were plenty of seasoned hacker journos there mingling with new and curious types who were online/social savvy so the pace was blisteringly brisk and friendly. In all a great chat, but there was [...]
The Impenetrable Layer of Suck
By Suw Charman-Anderson
The Impenetrable Layer of Suck, a brilliant geo-visualization of a hilarious and insightful comment made by Peter Corbett (@corbett3000) of istrategylabs. Middle management generally seeks to entrench and justify existence by viewing knowledge as power. Top down organizational hierarchies and tall management structures have been proven time and again as inhibitors to change [...]
Promising online news organizations – The hunt is on | Knight Digital Media Center
saw this retweeted a lot yesterday, so i wanted to check it out.
Promising online news organizations – The hunt is on | Knight Digital Media Center.
i think it is an admirable and well- intentioned effort, and i realize it is just getting started. i wanted to post this comment, but it didn’t quite work out [...]
Arianna's welcome to Tucker on dailycaller points out journolazy he said/ she said
I’ve linked up to and commented on Jay Rosen’s blog posts about He Said, She Said journalism before, and I will keep doing it because his bandwagon is playing the song I’ve sung for years. I think it is a rampant problem in the current state of affairs, one that many journalists are refusing to [...]
the rumpus.net facebook employee interview and your privacy
Interesting timing, I was scheduled to do a media interview on something related to how social media sites monitor groups and police them for dangerous, offensive or hateful content and this little nugget comes out.
Conversations About The Internet #5: Anonymous Facebook Employee – The Rumpus.net.
The comments have a discussion going about how employees at sites [...]
Columbus Day Letter to the Editors: It isn't Craig's fault
Today is Columbus Day. I’m a big fan of the guy and have always liked to celebrate the holiday for that reason, as well as the defacto Italian celebration that has linked up to it. I also like to celebrate Leif Erikson Day, which is October 9 – earlier than Columbus, since he got to [...]
From the LR archives: Where’s the public in public broadcasting online? #nprthink
#nprthink is going on right now over at npr, i’m watching the hash on twitter as friends and generally smart people talk it over. i posted the item below on lostremote.com back on November 14, 2006. it caused quite a ripple and got a response from current magazine. since cory moved lostremote over to the [...]
What if saving journalism means saving advertising first?
This is essentially the question I pose in my latest post at Poynter Online – E-Media Tidbits, the group blog I joined recently. Please read it and comment there or here with your thoughts. Thanks!
It's been a tough year for journalism. What's given you hope? on Vimeo
i was interviewed by the student newsroom at ONA09 for this piece, you’ll find my comments at 5:35. i think it has been a great year for journalism, but a bad year for traditional media companies. watch me and the other folks who add their thoughts and let me know what you think in comments.
It’s [...]