September 7th, 2010
USA Today, the country’s second largest newspaper, recently announced plans to restructure itself “from a newspaper company to a multi-platform media company.” The move comes in response to decreased circulation — down to 1.83....
September 3rd, 2010
Fact-checking has come a long way in the Internet age, evolving to a point beyond recognition. In the good old days, fact-checking was a venerable profession with its set of ethical rules, and fact-checkers were an integral part of any self-respecting....
August 31st, 2010
Citizen journalism is often lauded as a welcome alternative to mainstream media in the United States. As we’ve mentioned numerous times on this blog, however, there is an even greater need for citizen journalism in some other countries.
In Russia,....
August 24th, 2010
The list of publishers embracing mobile devices as a viable platform for their content continues to grow. The iPad is receiving particularly strong love.
Online magazine Slate now has an iPad app, available for free in the iTunes App Store. Perhaps former....
August 20th, 2010
We’ve been following the Righthaven lawsuit drama since its inception in March. Its scope is broadening, as both the number of lawsuits and the total sought in damages are increasing, as is the public outcry against the company practices. Whatever....
August 17th, 2010
Consumers are using e-readers, smartphones, and tablets with increasing frequency. Simultaneously, magazine and newspaper publishers are rushing to keep up with declining print sales and burgeoning technology to offer digital editions on these devices.....
August 10th, 2010
It’s only been six months since AOL launched the revamped Patch, a hyperlocal content initiative, yet already it’s the target of quite a bit of criticism. AOL says it is attempting to make digital, local journalism professional and profitable.....
August 5th, 2010
Blogging is an integral part of the future of news media. This is not just my own opinion; it is one shared by the news giant Forbes. On Tuesday, Forbes launched a new array of blogs using one of my favorite tools: the WordPress blogging platform.
Why....
August 3rd, 2010
YouTube has signed a deal with a San Francisco news station, ABC7 News (a.k.a. KGO-TV), that allows local citizen journalists to upload their own video reports and photos. The project is called uReport. Videos and photos can be uploaded directly through....
July 30th, 2010
Crediting your news and image sources in a certain way, as well as tagging your news sources, can do wonders in terms of blog optimization, not to mention that it can keep you away from getting into legal trouble. At SixEstate, we encourage our bloggers....
