We’ve had an ‘Applicant Day’ in my department today – and I discovered that some people studying a HND in Media were not covering new media. My reaction? Television production companies are now required to submit ’360-degree’ programme pitches that include a new media element. Often the budget for that is bigger than for the programme. Add to that red-button
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I’ve held back from commenting on the NUJ’s initial remarks on multimedia working but a call for reaction to Donnacha DeLong’s accompanying piece on the NUJ New Media mailing list – and some of the comments in response – have finally got me typing in frustration. In particular, one person’s remark that “The biggest problem is that on the web everyone thinks
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Part five of this draft book chapter looks at how blogs have changed the funding of journalism through their ability to attract reader donations, as well as other increasingly important sources such as licensing and foundations. I would welcome any corrections, extra information or comments. Fundraising Just as new media technologies are challenging publishing and distribution conventions, traditional business models
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German regional publisher WAZ just launched its new flagship website, Der Westen. New features include geotagging, blogs and keyword filtering, monitored from a futuristic-looking newsroom. Martin Stabe has the details. The concept, writes Der Spiegel, is to let users choose the centre of their world, their perspective on news. Der Westen then provides content around it. The FAZ today has
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I have been approached with the following question, which raises such a range of issues, and is so tough to answer, that I thought it best to open it up to you. The person has given permission for me to do this on condition of anonymity. Here’s the question – what would be your response? Suppose someone, in a vulnerable position, having
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Online Journalism Ethics: Traditions and Transitions Cecilia Friend and Jane B. Singer ME Sharpe, 2007, 245 pp., ISBN 0765615738 On April 16, 2007, a 23-year-old man shot and killed 32 people at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. As the shootings were taking place students reported what was taking place on blogs, mobile phones, instant messaging, Flickr, Wikipedia, and
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Andy Dickinson is conducting a short survey to gather information about how video is produced in newspaper newsrooms and who does it. The results will be made available on his blog – www.andydickinson.net. Sounds like a great idea – it’s a one-page job so quick to fill out. Fill out the survey here.
The third part of this draft book chapter (read part one here and part two here) looks at how blogs have changed the sourcing practices of journalists – in particular the rise of crowdsourcing – and provided opportunities for increased engagement. I would welcome any corrections, extra information or comments. Sourcing material While the opportunity that blogs provide for anyone
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A student from Poland has emailed to ask if I know of any journalism courses (and particularly online journalism) that are run entirely online. Do you know of any?
Blogs and investigative journalism: publishing
Part four of this draft book chapter looks at how blogs have changed the publishing of journalism through its possibilities for transparency, potential permanence over time, limitless space, and digital distribution systems (part one is here; part two here; part three here) . I would welcome any corrections, extra information or comments. Publishing Traditionally, news has always been subject to
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