You may or may not know (and you may or may not care) that I started my career in online journalism. So I have a bit of an interest in how news is presented online. To me most news web sites throw way to much at the user. So much so that it’s hard to [...]
[5 Apr 2005]
In a sign that at least a few people in journalism are getting it, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has links to blogs on its news channel front. They’re all related to the paper’s tsunami coverage. But they bring up an interesting question: How and when should newspaper’s integrate audience-written blogs into their coverage and content offerings? [...]
[30 Jan 2005]
Via C Net news → Wired: The folks behind Wikipedia launch Wikinews, an effort to get citizen journalists to cover the news. I think this is a great idea, but I wonder if Wikinews can become a credible source of news on a national and international level. I worry about the effect of editorial decentralization [...]
[29 Nov 2004]
Two web sites that are righting the wrongs (or just putting them in one easy-to-access place). Regret the Error: A daily compendium of newspaper and magazine corrections FactCheck.org: Correcting political mistakes, misstatements, misinterpretations and lies.
[14 Oct 2004]
Updated July 10, 2006 to change link to photos Since I took so long to write this, the chronological order is a little bit fuzzy. But what I do remember is that this year’s speakers were downright fabulous. Legal analyst Greta Van Susteren (part of a panel on legal coverage) and sports reporter Christine Brennan [...]
[29 Sep 2004]
Coverage of a recent Online News Association meeting Related posts / related reading: “What Blogs Have Wrought“ “A Blogger’s Creed“ “Thoughts on journalism and social software“ “We’re All Journalists Now We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People (great book by Dan Gillmor)
[24 Sep 2004]
Women game designers try to change the industry More evidence of a Google browser Andrew Sullivan on bloggers’ influence on journalism and politics (related post and some recommended reading). A presidential candidate for canonization
[23 Sep 2004]
An opinion piece by Frank Rich on media bias, Fox News and why CNN (and other networks) is getting it’s ass kicked in the ratings. Of particular note: Fox’s feat has since been trivialized by most of its rivals as the inevitable triumph of a partisan channel speaking to its faithful. But there’s something else [...]
[20 Sep 2004]
Like I said in the previous post, registration didn’t start until 3 p.m. We (Nadirah and I) got back to the resort around 4-ish. Dinner was at 6, if I’m not mistaken, but before dinner we had a cocktail reception. The reception allows members to meet, mingle, network and renew old friendships. Our location meant [...]
[16 Sep 2004]
Dave Winer answers the question: Would a big media company lose traffic if they supported RSS? Winer hits the nail on the head with his response. But I’ll say it another way: RSS is Big Media’s most valuable delivery mechanism. As plenty of others have said: RSS is a “pull technology” instead of a “push [...]
[2 Jun 2004]