Web Sites That Dig for News Rise as Watchdogs
November 19, 2008
As America’s newspapers shrink and broadcast news outlets struggle, The New York Times reports that a new kind of Web-based news operation has arisen in several cities, forcing the papers to follow the stories they uncover. Read more »
How Industries Survive Change. If They Do.
November 17, 2008
For some businesses, the current economic downturn is a bit problematic. For industries already facing fundamental threats — like newspapers and American auto makers — the current economic downturn could accelerate the path to what, it has been said, might be death. The New York Times looks at how industries, like bicycle manufacturers, when faced with a threat of obsolescence, managed to creatively reinvent themselves. What lessons do they provide for today’s struggling industries such as newspapers? Read more »
Don’t Count Matt Drudge Out
November 13, 2008
Jack Shafer says Matt Drudge’s demise is greatly exaggerated.
Innovation: Twitter and Current TV founders discuss the future of news at the Web 2.0 Summit
November 12, 2008
Here is video and summary from Chris O’Brien of “The Media Business: New Approaches.” panel at the Web 2.o summit, which was moderated by Ken Auletta of the New Yorker and included Evan Williams of Twitter and Joel Hyatt of Current TV. Read more »
Internet freedom in Egypt
November 10, 2008
Here is a short video that explains how blogs are being used in Egypt to expose human rights abuses, how Facebook and Twitter have been used to organize demos and strikes. Read more »
The Transformation of NPR
November 6, 2008
Long defined by its radio programming, National Public Radio is reinventing itself as a multiplatform force.
NYmag.com’s ‘Where’s Rogan?’ uses Microsoft Silverlight
October 28, 2008
NYmag.com has launched a new web series, “Where’s Rogan?”, using Microsoft Silverlight. The project uses Silverlight to present an online film series with time-coded product placement - a new model for online advertising and promotion - which will trigger advertiser assets. Read more »
nytimes.com launches video in HD
October 27, 2008
NYTimes.com has relaunched video on its site in high-definition, wide-screen format and single pages for each video, optimized for SEO. Read more »
Link TV Lets Students Edit TV News Online
October 23, 2008
Link TV has announced the launch of Know the News, a set of free educational web-based News Literacy tools focusing on international television news. Read more »
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CJR: What is journalism?
October 19, 2008
CJR’s Ann Cooper says with the rise of bloggers and citizen journalists, the question is no longer “who is a journalist?” - the pertinent question is, “what is journalism?”