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“Digital first” is a great rallying cry for the struggling publishing industry
– but what does it actually mean?
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
US students on the future of media
Speaking at The Nation/Campus Progress annual Student Journalism
Conference, a range of student journalists reflect on the future of
media. Where is journalism headed? What trends and technologies are
changing the game? And with print in peril, is a career in journalism
still worth it? Students from all over the country give their view of
the changing media landscape, and the efficacy of current "J-School"
curricula.
Check out the video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e23mInmBHNY&feature=channel&list=UL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e23mInmBHNY&feature=channel&list=UL
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
For the full report, click here
By Amy Mitchell and Tom Rosenstiel of PEJ
In 2011, the digital revolution entered a new era.
The age of mobile, in which people are connected to the web wherever
they are, arrived in earnest. More than four in ten American adults now
own a smartphone. One in five owns a tablet. New cars are manufactured
with internet built in. With more mobility comes deeper immersion into
social networking.
For news, the new era brings mixed blessings.
New research
released in this report finds that mobile devices are adding to
people’s news consumption, strengthening the lure of traditional news
brands and providing a boost to long-form journalism. Eight in ten who
get news on smartphones or tablets, for instance, get news on
conventional computers as well. People are taking advantage, in other
words, of having easier access to news throughout the day – in their
pocket, on their desks and in their laps.
At the same time, a more fundamental challenge that we identified in
this report last year has intensified — the extent to which technology
intermediaries now control the future of news.
NYT backs away from The Local
Five things The New York Times learned from its three-year hyperlocal experiment
The Local was billed as an open-ended project with some specific ideas
in mind. Blogs would be helmed by a couple of professional New York
Times reporters, but story ideas and contributions would come from the
community. If all went well, it might create a platform the Times could
license to other communities.
But now The New York Times is backing away from The Local, says it doesn’t make sense to pay its staff to be in the hyperlocal business.
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Best Designed Newspapers in the World
Best Designed Newspapers in the World
6/20/2012
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| Politiken, Copenhagen, Denmark) |
To see all five go to
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/ASection/Article/Best-Designed-Newspapers-in-the-World
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/ASection/Article/Best-Designed-Newspapers-in-the-World
by: Nu Yang
The winners are Excelsior (Mexico City, Mexico), National Post (Toronto, Canada), Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (Frankfurt, Germany), The Grid (Toronto, Canada), and Politiken (Copenhagen, Denmark). The publications were chosen from 230 entries from 39 countries.
Papers were judged on writing, visual storytelling, use of resources, execution, photography, illustrations, graphics, headlines, and the paper’s “voice.” Each entrant submitted five complete issues from five different months of the year.
Excelsior won for the first time with “sophisticated typography, bold color palette, and overall visual energy.”
The Post celebrated its third win. Judges said, “(The Post) lures its readers in with a sultry beauty and then captivates them with an authoritative attitude that makes this Canadian daily a must-read.”
FAS was commended for its “excellent photojournalism, vibrant illustrations, and clear, direct information graphics,” while The Grid surprised judges with “sparse but great inside photography on full spreads.”
A previous winner in this category, Politiken once again wowed judges with its “thoughtfulness to the cropping and editing of photographs with designers using full width of pages for impact.”
Eric Alterman - Does Print Journalism Have a Future?
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http://communicatemodernly.wordpress.com
http://communicatemodernly.wordpress.com
Watch this short interview with Eric Alterman from CUNY on the future of print journalism
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
John Paton's wise words
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| John Paton CEO of the Journal Register Company |
"As career journalists we have entered a new era where what we know
and what we traditionally do has finally found its value in the marketplace
and that value is about zero.
and what we traditionally do has finally found its value in the marketplace
and that value is about zero.
Our traditional journalism models and our journalistic efforts are
inefficient
and up against the Crowd – armed with mobile devices and internet connections- incomplete.
and up against the Crowd – armed with mobile devices and internet connections- incomplete.
Our response to date as an industry has been as equally inefficient and in many cases emotional.
'You’re gonna miss us when we’re gone' is not much of a business model."
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