Try new stuff! If it doesn’t work, just stop doing it. Then move on and try something else. That’s what Mackenzie Warren, director of content at Gannett Digital (that’s the digital division of what’s currently the USA’s largest media company), advised a group of Norwegian media executives at the Norwegian Institute of Journalism this week. Now, let me first point
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This was published as a guest post on Shane Richmond’s Daily Telegraph Technology blog: Media organisations are still barely getting their heads around social media. They look at a conversation and see ‘vox pops’; they look at a community and see a market. They ask for ‘Your pictures’ and then complain when they get 1000 images of a mild snowfall.
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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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In the first part of my model for the 21st century newsroom I looked at how a story might move through a number of stages from initial alert through to customisation. In part two I want to look at sourcing stories, and the role of journalism in a new media world. This post is also available in Russian. The last
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On Thursday I’ll be presenting my paper on wiki journalism at the Future of Newspapers conference in Cardiff. As previously reported, the full paper is available as a wiki online for anyone to add to or edit. You can also download a PDF of the ‘official’ version. Based on a review of a number of case studies, and some literature on
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Editors Weblog reports on Telegraph editor Will Lewis’ strategy for ‘integrating’ the newspaper: “Perhaps the hardest thing to do in the run up to the Daily Telegraph’s radical integration was to convince the paper’s staff. Lewis explained how in meetings his suggestions would constantly be voiced but most would be politely blown off. So he put all of his efforts
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Citizen journalism: some conclusions from the European Bloggers Unconference
Consider this my first attempt at a photoblog entry. For those who prefer video or text you can see both at http://www.ejc.net/seminars/picnic_2007_3
mobile journalism, online journalism • Tags: amsterdam, citizen journalism, comments, commercialisation, community, corporate social responsibility, crowdsourcing, ethics, european bloggers unconference, gannett, hyperlocal, interactivity, photoblogging, picnic07, trickle blogging, Trinity Mirror • Comment feed RSS 2.0 - Read this post