“Newsstand” by triin on Flickr.
Mario Garcia probably believes the lifespan (halflife?) of print newspapers will stretch out ever so slightly longer than I believe, but I’m constantly inspired by his original thought about the problems associated with sustaining any version of the existing structure of journalism, assuming for the moment that it’s a good idea.
And [...]
All about newspapers
A Newsstand for the Tablet that might work
January 29, 2010
There is no newspapers
August 28, 2009
I’ve been saying those words in person to people a lot lately:
“There is no newspapers.”
What’s it mean?
It means that if you’re in the business of publishing pronouncements, predictions, prayers, analysis, criticism, or full on takedowns related to the current state of the newspaper industry, please understand that despite the convenience it would provide for said [...]
Crucial reading on the evolution of news, as it stands today
July 30, 2009
I feel like this summer has been sort of a rolling watershed moment in the Present of News, if not necessarily the Future of it.
(Yes, yes, the lowercase present is always becoming the lowercase future, but I’m talking about the supposed collective vision for the Future of News that, well, usually gets held up as [...]
Five Keys to Authenticity
June 29, 2009
A few days ago at the annual APSE convention, I led two sessions on Networked Journalism. On the way down to Pittsburgh from Rochester in the car, I tried to work out an idea I’ve been playing with for a while.
Authenticity.
Not authority, or reliability, or popularity, but a more difficult to quantify metric that I [...]
Dean Singleton on the plight of the major metro
June 1, 2009
[UPDATE: Predictably, this was the wrong day to bring this up.]
I get the feeling people think of MediaNews* CEO (and AP chairman) Dean Singleton as some sort of billionaire boogeyman, the last guy in the world you’d want buying your news organization, but his take on why newspapers in major metro markets are failing is [...]