Your 2011 holiday gift guide, brought to you by the news
If you want to save journalism, you might turn to journalism this year for all your Christmas shopping. This weekend at NewsFoo, an O'Reilly "un-conference" for about 170 journalists and tech disrupters, the tech writer Mónica Guzmán posed a question: "Can't we [news organizations] sell anything besides articles?" Yes, it turns out, and there are...
Tom Stites: Taking stock of the state of web journalism
Tom Stites had a long career in newspapers, editing Pulitzer-winning projects and working at top newspapers like The New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. In recent years, he's shifted his emphasis to trying to figure out a new business model to support journalism through the Banyan Project. This week, Tom outlines...
John Robinson: “Find thinkers who will challenge you,” and more advice for newspaper editors
When John Robinson, longtime editor of the News & Record in Greensboro, North Carolina, announced his resignation from the paper last week, the news was met with accolades. "One of journalism's best editors," Steve Buttry called him. "One of the best editors I know," Jay Rosen had it. "Exemplary man, inspiring journalist." I caught up...
The TechCrunch/AOL Saga Told Through ‘Star Wars’
Business content on MediaShift is sponsored by the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, which offers an intensive, cutting edge, three semester Master of Arts in Journalism; a unique one semester Advanced Certificate in Entrepreneurial Jo...
Jeff Jarvis On CNN: ‘#F*ckYouWashington’ Shows ‘Hope And Expectation For A Better Government’
Jeff Jarvis, writes at BuzzMachine , but his Twitter "venting" at Washington gained national media attention and he explained his disappointment with the government to Howard Kurtz on Reliable Sources. After two glass of wine, Jarvis tells Kurtz he took to Twitter to share his immediate emotion with all...
Jeff Jarvis Explains #F*ckYouWashington Twitter Trend: ‘You Can Hear The Voice of the Country’
As debt ceiling negotiations continue to crumble, many Americans are upset at the inability of politicians to compromise on a deal. Journalism professor Jeff Jarvis tapped into this frustration with a Twitter chant that caught fire and exploded all over the internet last weekend: #F*CKYOUWASHINGTON
Vadim Lavrusik: Five key building blocks to incorporate as we’re rethinking the structure of stories
If we could re-envision today's story format — beyond the text, photographs, and occasional multimedia or interactive graphics — what would the story look like? How would the audience consume it? Vadim Lavrusik considers five key building blocks that all digital stories should incorporate.
FCC Report on Media Offers Strong Diagnosis, Weak Prescriptions
A consensus has begun to emerge around the Federal Communications Commission report, "The Information Needs of Communities," released Thursday: The diagnosis is sound, but the remedies are lacking.
The 465-page report (see full report, embedded below) is the result of 600-plus interviews, hearings and reams of research conducted over 18 months. It represents the most...
The news/analysis divorce: Who gets custody of the cash?
Lab contributor Lois Beckett is a freelance journalist who focuses on meta-media reporting and the future of long-form journalism. In a response to a much-discussed article predicting a “divorce” between news and analysis, she considers the economic aspects of longform.
This Week in Review: The Times’ changing of the guard, the news article’s future, and PBS is attacked
Every Friday, Mark Coddington sums up the week's top stories about the future of news. This week: Jill Abramson takes over at The New York Times; a debate over the merits of a news article in an age of tweets; PBS gets hacked and tries to fight back; Jann Wenner chides magazines for their iPad...
