Tag: Media
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J-Lab’s Jan Schaffer on the Future of News
In this future, both professional and amateur journalists will need to engage in more than just journalism, however. They must engage in new kinds of “news work” to serve their audiences. News work? Fact entrepreneurs? Credit goes to Columbia University doctoral student Chris Anderson for these new terms. They help us understand that journalism in…
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Wikileaks proposal for journalism haven goes to Iceland MPs Feb. 16
Image via Wikipedia Measures in the IMMI include legal protection for sources and whistleblowers and the protection of communications between sources and journalists. 'Transparent nation' The proposals also include steps to end so-called “libel tourism”, the practice of pursuing libel actions in the most favourable legal jurisdiction irrespective of where the parties are based. But…
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Attention Young Journalists: Here’s Opportunity Knocking in Chicago
Image via Wikipedia Well, they don’t mention money, but it doesn’t say these are without remuneration either. I’m heartened to see that the Tribune is now defining reporting today pretty much the same way I would. They are asking for 12-15 clips. If you are short some clips, I encourage you to submit some stories…
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The Press Deathwatch and Value of Content
What I’m working on is an explication of how we can never afford to pay for the kind of news, hard news, that our democracy needs. However, we can produce this news, distribute it, but we have to think outside the norms of money and the economics of scarcity and the Industrial Age. More to…
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Liveblog of Berkman talk “From the Crowd to the Cloud: Social Media and the Obama Administration.”
Elizabeth Losh of UC Irvine is giving a Berkman lunchtime talk called “From the Crowd to the Cloud: Social Media and the Obama Administration.” She looks at “institutions as digital content creators.” via Joho the Blog » [berkman] Elizabeth Losh on Obama’s use of social media. This is Dave Winer’s blog and he adds a…
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The daily roundup: a second dose of link journalism from bloggers | BeatBlogging.Org
And it’s a very simple post that any journalist can do. It doesn’t take much time, can drive serious traffic and provides additional content and insight for readers. With sites/tools like Publish2, link journalism has become incredibly easy. Most journalists and bloggers eventually call it a day (except, it seems, for a few tech bloggers).…
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Mapping the Current Web Transition – ReadWriteWeb
Image via Wikipedia Includes a cryptic chart, but suggests where we’ve been and where we are going as far as our interactions with Internet go. via Mapping the Current Web Transition – ReadWriteWeb. Related articles by Zemanta Web Trend Map 4 in Final Beta (readwriteweb.com) Interview with Sridhar Vembu, Zoho CEO: Running a Startup in…
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85 Resources to Pass the Time During Your Next Furlough | Innovative Interactivity
Image by biverson via Flickr So, you’ve got some time on your hands, regardless if you are a student on summer vacation, an employee on furlough, or a professional in between jobs. Whatever the scenario, I have got a great list of resources to keep you busy for days. I have quickly realized that our…
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The 2009 Conference on the Future of Chicago Media
Coming in June. Don’t Miss these Panels. More info coming soon. The 2009 Conference on the Future of Chicago Media. http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js
Barbara K Iverson 