March 4, 2010 •
Digital News, Ethics and Quality •
by Kate Nacy
Study analyzes distinction between newspapers and online news. Hoping to shed light on what newspaper readers stand to lose or gain by moving online, Scott Maier, a researcher and professor of journalism at the University of Oregon’s...
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February 3, 2010 •
Digital News •
by Kate Nacy
Study finds vast majority of reporters and editors utilize social media outlets when researching stories. Conducted by Cision and Don Bates of The George Washington University’s Master’s Degree Program in Strategic Public Relations,...
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February 3, 2010 •
Digital News •
by Kate Nacy
News reporter scores low on CareerCast.com’s 2010 job ranking, just ahead of the ever-glamorous stevedore, a career focused on the loading and unloading of cargo. CareerCast ranked a total of 200 jobs, scoring and separating data...
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December 31, 2009 •
Digital News •
by Kate Nacy
A study conducted by Prof. Roger Bohn and Dr. James Short of the University of California at San Diego dispels the notion that visually stimulating forms of media are driving the death of the written word. Of the 100,500 words they consume...
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November 28, 2009 •
Digital News, Media Economics •
by Kate Nacy
As 2009 comes to a close, the various problems afflicting the newspaper industry have hardly subsided, although several plans aimed at improving the state of affairs were spawned. Pay walls, micro-payments, cost-cutting initiatives, online...
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November 2, 2009 •
Digital News •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Message, Nr. 4/2009 Several of Germany’s most popular bloggers recently devised an “Internet Manifesto,” a document of prescriptions for journalism in the digital age. Stephan Russ-Mohl responds to the bloggers’...
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October 28, 2009 •
Digital News •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Schweizer Journalist, Nr. 8 + 9 Detecting Bull is a title which, when translated literally to German, might cause a bit of confusion. Californian media researcher John McManus is neither advertising an energy drink (i.e. Red Bull), nor...
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June 27, 2009 •
Digital News •
by Natascha Fioretti
Corriere del Ticino, June 16, 2009 As we find ourselves caught in a media pandemic, an open mind may carry us beyond the wreckage. “You have to be incredibly open to every idea,” advises John Byrne, director of the online...
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June 15, 2009 •
Digital News •
by Piero Macri
European Journalism Observatory, May 2009 EJO Research A study conducted by media researcher Piero Macrì assesses obstacles facing the newspaper industry and options for recovery. Newspapers have never been read as regularly as they are...
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