“When you think about the assembly line that was a newsroom, it’s changed,” Arnie Robbins, editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, says in the latest issue of American Journalism Review.
The man who reinvented science journalism (The Economist, 23/4/09)
WRITING any serious tribute to the science journalist and editor, Sir John Maddox, can only really start a long time after deadline, with the assistance of a cigarette and a glass of wine. Thus he famously began work on his editorials. Some were delivered so late that their first lines were being typeset before the last had been composed. But Sir John, who died on April 12th, was more than a hack with a little deadline difficulty. He was also a pioneer of modern science journalism.
Diez consejos para no matar tu diario de papel (Darío Gallo, Bloc de Periodista, 22/4/09)
1) No copies el contenido del papel a la web, salvo que lo cobres.
The great extinction of the American newspaper (Uwe Schmitt, Welt On Line, 15/4/09)
The grim regularity of the newspaper obituaries is reminiscent of an plague. The names of the fallen, critically injured, taken-over and humiliated generally warn of even more tragic battles to come: America’s newspapers are dying out. Across the country, proud publications are closing down, some among them are over 180 years old. They seek insolvency protection while shrinking into miniature online versions of themselves, desperately awaiting sale like aged whores. It is a shame, at least for those who still like to hold the news in their hands. Continuar leyendo
Spare change for news (Katharine Mieszkowski, Salon.com, 13/4/09)
It’s the newspaper journalist’s worst nightmare: His own obituary has become front-page news. Today, the headlines in your local paper are as likely to be about the pitiable death throes of that very rag as the war in Afghanistan or the sorry state of the economy.
Can the Statusphere Save Journalism? (Brian Solís, TechCrunch, 11/4/09)
Recently, I enjoyed a refreshing and invigorating dinner with Walt Mossberg. While we casually discussed our most current endeavors and experiences, the discussion shifted to deep conversation about the future of journalism in the era of socialized media with one simple question, “are newspapers worth saving?”
Media Insiders Say Internet Hurts Journalism (Cyra Master, The Atlantic, 10/4/09)
Will Google Start Hiring Journalists? (Amy Gahran, Poynter on line, 8/4/09)
The Wall Street Journal’s report on Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s keynote at the Newspaper Association of America conference noted: “Schmidt said ads will get better and more interactive. Instead of simply showing text about an espresso maker, he said, they’ll display pictures and come with e-commerce tools. ‘Advertising that is useful is going to work,’ he said.”
La nueva ley de medios (Leandro Zanoni, eBlog, 8/4/09)
Hay un tema muy importante que, sobre todo desde hace un par de semanas, está dando vueltas por los medios. Se trata de la Ley de Radiodifusión, un tema compleo pero que es necesario entender. Si sos de los que no entienden nada cuando escucha o lee algo relacionado, en eBlog te preparamos este informe con las claves principales para ser el más canchero de la oficina, levantarte una mina (?) o quedar bien con tu jefe. Tomate cinco minutos y lee esto:
The Rhetoric of Journalism - Defining and Re-Defining What We Do (DigiDave, 8/4/09)
In the switch over to Wordpress I’ve been looking over old posts. In September 2007 I laid out my definitions for “Networked Journalism” vs. “Citizen Journalism” vs. the myriad of other names for social media in the news world.”
Lo que debrían escuchar los editores de periódicos (traducción del anterior)
La Asociación de Editores de Periódicos de EE UU (NAA por sus siglas en inglés) está reunida en San Diego, predicando desde el púlpito sobre su situación con un enfado y engreimiento incendiarios. El CEO de Google, Eric Schmidt, hablará ante ellos, pero de manera correcta, porque él es así y porque habrá unos cuantos cientos de editores entrados en años armados con trabucos apuntando a su corazón. Necesitan escuchar un mensaje nuevo, un mensaje rotundo que venga desde fuera. Este es el discurso que creo que deberían oír:
The speech the NAA should hear (Jeff Jarvis, BuzzMachine, 7/4/09)
The Newspaper Association of America is meeting in San Diego this week and they’re preaching up at their own choir loft with angry, self-righteous fire and brimstone about their plight. Today, Google CEO Eric Schmidt will address them, but he’ll be polite because that’s the way he is and because there’ll be a few hundred aging but armed publishers with blunderbusses aimed at his heart. They need to hear a new message, a blunt message from the outside. Here’s the speech I think they should hear:
The Death & Birth of News (Superkiy, Current.com)
Towering ambition (Ed Pilkington, The Guardian, 6/4/09)
There’s precious little good news from America’s current affairs media these days. Barely a week passes without another announcement of savage staff cuts, bankruptcies or even closures at newsrooms across the US. But last week champagne corks were popping. The Huffington Post, the New York-based liberal blog, announced it was setting up a $1.75m fund to help fill the gap left by the decimation of US investigative teams.