September 27, 2012 •
Digital News •
by Tim Donnelly
*Article courtesy of the European Journalism Centre If we could get 20-somethings to spend as much time reading the news of the world as they do browsing for dates online, the world would be a much more informed place. There is something...
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June 26, 2012 •
Digital News •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Pensioned journalists have created online news sites, thus becoming competitors to their former employers. It seems legacy media have not yet learned to use the potential of experienced seniors. Within the last two years, Swiss journalists...
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May 2, 2012 •
Digital News •
by Pier Luca Santoro
The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism recently released a study focused on nine different digital startups from Germany, France and Italy. Conducted by Nicola Bruno and Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, the report is aptly titled...
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June 17, 2011 •
Digital News, Media Economics •
by Michal Kus
Slovakia’s online media join forces to alter audience attitudes about paid content. As of late, media-focused websites like the Nieman Journalism Lab and paidContent.org, have noted an interesting initiative launched in Slovakia. On...
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February 8, 2011 •
Digital News •
by Simone della Ripa
The debate surrounding the fate of print newspapers has remained stagnant for quite some time. While scholars of journalism and publishers asked themselves when the deadline would come – the point of no return born of distorted...
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December 7, 2010 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Kate Nacy
An alliance of news organizations unite for accuracy. The Report an Error Alliance, formed by Scott Rosenberg of MediaBugs and Craig Silverman of Regret the Error, is designed to improve accuracy in news coverage by giving readers the...
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November 26, 2010 •
Digital News •
by Kate Nacy
New app for journalists launches. Qluso is a new online app that allows news editors to bid on exclusive stories from freelance journalists (in exchange for 10 percent of generated profit, of course). The app is designed to help news...
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October 5, 2010 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Piero Macri
More speed, more news, more traffic. How the click-per-view logic changed journalism. The cover story of the latest issue of the Columbia Journalism Review, “The Hamster Wheel,” penned by Dean Starkman, analyzes and openly criticizes...
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June 12, 2010 •
Media Economics •
by Kate Nacy
Advertising blunder raises interesting questions about ad sales and content farms. Observed from France, where ads are localized, the Huffington Post’s homepage recently hosted what appears to be a gigantic advertisement featuring...
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