December 22, 2010 •
Digital News, Ethics and Quality •
by Kate Nacy
Media prophecies, 2011. As the familiar lists of wrap-ups and predictions spring from every conceivable angle, the future of the news media is, once again, condensed in 10 convenient points. Deeming 2010 the year of “mobile for...
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December 9, 2010 •
Digital News •
by Kate Nacy
Study compares news content on the Web to radio, television and newspapers. Published in Journalism and Mass Media Quarterly, Scott Maier’s 18-month study builds on the Project for Excellence in Journalism’s News Coverage...
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December 7, 2010 •
Digital News, Ethics and Quality •
by Kate Nacy
Anyone who’s done a bit of freelancing is aware that news editors are surprisingly un-Googleable. Email addresses along with other relevant contact info appear sparsely, if at all. In Googling ourselves we uncover the old standbys...
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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 18, 2010 •
Digital News, Ethics and Quality •
by Kate Nacy
With the publication of a new edition, the BBC’s editorial guidelines now include recommendations on the use of social media and user-generated content. Replacing the previous 2005 edition, the new edition covers BBC Online content,...
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October 16, 2010 •
Digital News •
by Piero Macri
Seventy minutes is the average time an American citizen devotes to the news. The Web grows, newspapers lose readers, radio and TV remain consistent. In the last 20 years news sources for Americans have changed significantly. According to...
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October 4, 2010 •
Digital News •
by Kate Nacy
Polis report discusses new media communication tools and the concept of networked journalism. Released this past summer, “The Value of Networked Journalism” sprung from four years of research at Polis, the journalism think-tank...
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September 30, 2010 •
Digital News •
by Daniela Kraus
EJO Research Austria’s political journalists spend 40 percent of their working hours on research. But which modes of research do they prefer, and which are valued less? The recently published “Journalists’ Report III”...
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September 15, 2010 •
Digital News •
by Kate Nacy
New report discusses the legality of news aggregators. Likened to barnacles suckling at the underbelly of Industrious Reporting, news aggregators are often faulted for the decline of traditional media, xeroxing (there’s a traditional...
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