Archive for February, 2010

Citizen Journalism in Russia

Citizen Journalism in Russia

As one of the 2008 Knight News Challenge grant recipients, Alexander Zolotarev blogs about his winning idea — the Sochi Olympics Project — on PBS’s MediaShift Idea Lab blog. In a recent post, Zolotarev talks about some of the ways he....

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Online Journalism is the Future, But is it Enough?

Online Journalism is the Future, But is it Enough?

With traditional journalism jobs dwindling, the publishing industry is racing to adapt to new technologies that affect how the news is collected and distributed, as well as how its audience reads and responds to it. Paul Briand, who covers issues affecting....

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Paying for Online Content

Paying for Online Content

The Miami Herald announced plans this weekend to discontinue a voluntary payment program for its online content. After evaluating response to the program, which started this past December, the newspaper had decided to end it. No monetary figures regarding....

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Online Olympics Coverage Trumps NBC

Online Olympics Coverage Trumps NBC

NBC is catching a lot of flak from viewers about its decision to show the highlights of the 2010 Winter Olympics during primetime rather than airing each competition event as it happens. NBC has also decided to drastically reduce the amount of live streaming....

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Anonymous Videographer Receives Top Journalism Award

Anonymous Videographer Receives Top Journalism Award

The George Polk Awards, one of the most prestigious acknowledgements in journalism, has recognized an anonymous contributor for the first time. This year also marks the first time that the awards have been presented in a videography category. The unknown....

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FattyGate: Kevin Smith and Southwest Airlines

FattyGate: Kevin Smith and Southwest Airlines

Kevin Smith caused quite a stir this weekend after tweeting about a bad experience he’s had with Southwest Airlines (SWA). The director, famous for films like Clerks and Mallrats, vented on his Twitter account to his 1.6 million followers (@ThatKevinSmith)....

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Online Journalism Awards Display at Newseum

Online Journalism Awards Display at Newseum

The Online News Association (ONA), a membership organization for digital journalists, is part of a new exhibit featured in the Digital News Gallery of the Newseum, a 250,000-square-foot interactive museum of news in Washington, D.C. Winners of the 2009....

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Social Media at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Social Media at the 2010 Winter Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics officially opened in Vancouver this past Friday, and this marks the first Olympic Games at the height of the Twitter craze. Sure, Twitter was also around during the 2008 Summer Olympics, but the microblogging service wasn’t....

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When Rumors Become News: NY Gov. David Paterson

When Rumors Become News: NY Gov. David Paterson

In a strange series of events, rumors about a rumor made headlines during the past few days. Speculation spread about a story The New York Times was possibly working on that could be damaging to New York Governor David Paterson’s reputation, and....

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On the Future of Journalism

On the Future of Journalism

Sree Sreenivasan, dean of the Journalism School at Columbia University, and one of his graduate students, Vadim Lavrusik, created a list of social media skills needed by future journalists. Together, they presented the list in slide show format at a Mashable....

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