Tag: journalism
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The ultimate guide to newspaper curmudgeon talking points — Eat Sleep Publish
Hahahahahaha! The ultimate guide to newspaper curmudgeon talking points — Eat Sleep Publish
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The stenography ends here
A few takeaways from this morning’s presentations at the Knight Foundation meeting today in Chicago: The stenography ends here. The days of chasing cops and government down for raw data (crime blotter, etc.) to parse into 8 inch stories is coming to an end. Everyblock and the Sunlight Foundation are a good start. More projects…
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You can be a journalist without a job at a mainstream news organization
That headline seems obvious, no? Then why is it that when journalists see layoffs, buyouts, and newspaper companies in trouble, they sigh and say “Should I stop wasting my time and start applying to advertising agencies?” Really? Here are a few ways you be a journalist without a full-time job at a mainstream news organization:…
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Innovation is messy
Michele McLellan has been doing some liveblogging of the Knight Digital Media Center’s Leadership Conference this week. Check out her notes from Krisztina Holly’s talk about innovation. Holly mentioned seven myths about innovation; I’m going to flip the proverbial script and turn them into Seven Reasons Innovation is Messy: Focusing your vision on the core…
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Romenesko and the Dawning of Gossip Journalism – Wired
A mild-mannered profile of mild-mannered Jim Romenesko. Romenesko and the Dawning of Gossip Journalism – Wired
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ICM interview: Pat Thornton, the Journalism Iconoclast – Innovation in College Media
Pat gets the CICM IM treatment from Bryan Murley. ICM interview: Pat Thornton, the Journalism Iconoclast – Innovation in College Media
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The Carnival of Journalism is coming to this here town
In some alternate universe back in January, I thought this would be a cool weekend to host the Carnival of Journalism. That’s just crazy talk, but nevertheless, I hope to serve you well as ringmaster this Memorial Day weekend. The party gets started Saturday and Sunday. Check out last month’s carnival, hosted by Yoni Greenbaum,…
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Expand your media blogosphere today
Like many readers of blogs about the news business, I started big. As in, with the big guys, the heavy hitters, the bloggers who showed up in Romenesko and were hard to ignore. The Jays and Jeffs and Dans of the media blog world. I’ve dramatically expanded my reading list since then, but meeting journalists…
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APME | Online Credibility Gap
Noteworthy study, especially the comparison between what readers think of comments and what editors think of comments. APME | Online Credibility Gap
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Alltop is Popurls for everything
Guy Kawasaki and his friends at Alltop have been building a series of cute little aggregators a la popurls that are full of headlines from a set of hand-picked blogs submitted by people who pay attention to Guy and friends in places like Twitter. Myself included. And so, you’ll find Invisible Inkling listed now at…