Digital Journalism: Readings for 2/17
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Welcome to my bl0g NYU Digital
Journalism course
Welcome to my bl0g NYU Digital
Journalism course
02/17/2004 06:38 PMWelcome to my blog NYU Digital Journalism course, Spring '04. ;-)
via Radio Free Blogistan
Digital Cameras Change War
Photo-Journalism
Digital Cameras Change War
Photo-Journalism
05/08/2004 08:24 PMNYU's digital journalism class analyzes
popular bl0gs
NYU's digital journalism class analyzes
popular bl0gs
02/17/2004 07:51 PMthe consensus seems to be that choire is funny and female, and that
joi is boring and female
""Readings in the Spiritual
Autobiography""
""Readings in the Spiritual
Autobiography""
01/03/2004 07:07 PMESP Journalism
ESP Journalism
07/28/2004 09:54 PMAt 8:50 this evening, CJAD, 800 on your AM dial, reported that John
Edwards accepted the party nomination and recounted what he said in
his speech. Only problem: It's now 9:50 and Edwards has yet to give
his speech. Apparently, Canadian Press jumped the gun with the
transcript - explicitly embargoed - circulated by the Democratic PR
folks, and CJAD ran with it. Not surprisingly, it made the top listing
at Google News....
Stand Alone journalism
Stand Alone journalism
06/25/2004 01:34 PMStanding
room
Like some other well-known bloggers before her, Chris Nolan is working on
turning her blog into more of a revenue-generati
ng business. I like Chris's stuff, even as I sometimes disagree
with it, because it's sharp and unpredictable and rooted in her years
of experience as a reporter, and so I wish her well in her efforts to
sell ads and subscriptions.
Lord knows it's not an easy road. Reading Chris's manifesto for
"Stand-Alone Journalism" -- she argues that's a better label for what
she does than "blogging" -- brought me back to some distant memories
from the dawn of the Web. After learning HTML and participating in the
San Franciso Free Press experiment,
I thought to myself, hey, there's nothing to stop me from starting my
own publication on the Web!
So I did. In January 1995 I took a week's
vacation time from my job at the SF Examiner and published a site. I
focused on what was then quaintly known as "multimedia"; I called it
Kludge, as a nod to its essential clumsiness and improvised nature,
and I posted an issue. This was years before personal content
management software, needless to say; it's all just cruddy hand-coded
HTML and crude self-designed graphics. But the articles weren't so bad
(hey, here's an interview with Marc
Canter! Here's a satirical take on
the CD-ROM explosion/implosion!).
What I quickly realized was that, as much fun as writing, editing
and designing all that material was -- bringing me back as it did to
my teenage roots in mimeograph publishing -- it was just the beginning
of getting a Web site going. If I was serious about making it
something more than a labor of love -- if I wasn't going to do all
that work on my vacation days -- I'd need to figure out how to get
people to visit the site, and how to sell ads, and so forth. My best
efforts involved dumping a pile of flyers in the lobby of a multimedia
conference at Moscone Center. (While I was doing that, a couple of
guys named Jerry Yang and Dave Filo stood at a booth under a big Yahoo
banner, giving away T-shirts.)
After briefly toying with the notion of applying to AOL's
Greenhouse program for funding, I thought, nah. When David Talbot
started talking about a new publication he wanted to create, I helped
persuade him that he should do it on the Web instead of in print.
Salon turned out to be a great place for me to write and edit and
build Web sites without having to wear all the hats myself (though
there have certainly been times during the last decade when my pate
has felt a little crowded).
Today, would-be "Stand-Alone Journalists" can rely on much better
software tools to create and publish their work. They can plug into
far better organized online networks to spread the word of their
activities. And they can even turn to simple plug-in approaches to
advertising, like AdWords or BlogAds, to try to bring in some cash.
But being a "Stand-Alone Journalist" still requires a combination of
journalistic and entrepreneurial traits that's rare. Being a good
journalist requires the ability to not mind pissing people off
sometimes (Nolan, whose career has had its share of controversy, is no shirker in this regard); being a
good entrepreneur demands the ability to charm people as often as
possible. Both pursuits, of course, demand persistence, patience, and,
in the face of indifference, a stubborn belief in the value of one's
undertaking.
When I read Nolan's proposed label for the solo-blogger-journalist,
the first thing that popped into my mind was the famous quote from
Ibsen's Dr. Stockman in "Enemy of the People": "The strongest man in
the world is the one who stands most alone." Standing alone has many
wonderful advantages -- it's a stirring posture. But remember what
happens to old Dr. Stockman: He is right to blow the whistle about the
polluting of his town's waters, but he's dreadfully naive about the
world around him, he's ultimately ineffective, and he fails to
accomplish much besides his own martyrdom.
So I'm not sure the "Stand-Alone Journalist" label is one that will
stick. The linked nature of the Web is ultimately even more important
than the independence of the blogger. Standing alone is useless
without being connected.
[Scott
Rosenberg]
Innovations in Journalism
Innovations in Journalism
02/16/2004 01:22 PMMaking the bold leap from merely waiting for Leander Kahney to watch
Blogdex as this link rises, I'm actually going...
Backchannel Journalism
Backchannel Journalism
05/22/2004 12:30 PMJournalists have their sources, but usually have to find new sources
for new stories that don't reveal themselves while on the
investigative trail. One tool they use is Profnet, an expert system
for journalists. I have been on the expert...
that bad journalism thing
that bad journalism thing
06/15/2004 03:18 PMi think it's the Tribune's way of saying they think nobody read
Choire's NYT piece
Reverse Journalism
Reverse Journalism
03/23/2005 01:22 PMYesterday I had a long talk about the search competition between
Google and MSN. That competition is interesting, but so was the
conversation, and what I can say about it. I was talking to a journo
from a big-name mag that you see on every newsstand. He’d just been
briefed by one of the search titans and wanted some insight from an
independent search expert. The briefing was along the lines of
“We’re gonna kill ’em dead because of X, Y, and Z” and he
wanted my take on X, Y, and Z. Here’s the problem: X, Y, and Z are
real interesting, and in particular it’s interesting that the vendor
who’d briefed him thought they were important. But you know, I
don’t think I can ethically say who the reporter was and who briefed
him and what X, Y, and Z are, even though these are things that the
vendor was trying to get published; because I didn’t think to ask
the journo. Hmm, looks like I
covered this ground
once already, in August of 2003.
When the Journalism Itself Was the Bad
News
When the Journalism Itself Was the Bad
News
12/22/2004 01:06 AMO PIOR do jornalismo americano em
2004
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New Journalism Panel
New Journalism Panel
02/10/2004 02:51 AMI something going on that is changing the journalist role? How do we
do this better? Dan: On my right, is Jeff Jarvis, but I won't go into
that any further. Jay Rosen Teach-ins should teach us things, the
most...
Hurricane Journalism
Hurricane Journalism
09/10/2004 12:43 PM
"Conditions are deteriorating, Dwight!"
Herald writer's comprehensive guide to Hurricane Journalism. Very
important reading for storm-chasing reporters, especially now, as
Ivan the Terrible sets its eye on Jamaica, Cuba, and Florida.
Found via
CapitalWeather.
Also check out
CaribPundit for Ivan updates and reminiscences
of island hurricanes.
(Ivan the Terrible? Eye? Get it?
Eh? Eh? Yeah, I didn't think it was funny on Fox News
either.) Fairness in journalism
Fairness in journalism
06/05/2005 11:47 PMThere's an
interview with author Michael Pollan (he wrote the highly regarded
The Botany of Desire, which I have yet to read) on AlterNet.
The teaser indicates the piece is all about food and the environment,
but most of it ends up being about journalism, including this good
bit:
I think perfect objectivity is an unrealistic goal;
fairness, however, is not. Fairness forces you -- even when you're
writing a piece highly critical of, say, genetically modified food, as
I have done -- to make sure you represent the other side as
extensively and as accurately as you possibly can.
Many blog evangelists point to the success of blogs, many of which
are about as far from objective as you can get, as evidence that
objectivity isn't required in telling a story, sharing a viewpoint, or
in the search for truth. But it's important to keep Pollan's thoughts
about fairness in mind before we throw the fairness baby out with the
objectivity bath-water. So be subjective, but be fair also...you'll
find you may get more mileage out of your arguments that way.
Martyrs for the cause of journalism
Martyrs for the cause of journalism
07/26/2004 07:21 AMThey outraged an advertiser, pissed off the publisher or fell afoul of
right- or left-wing political correctness. Now these articles killed
by major magazines and newspapers have found new life.
a primer on how not to do journalism
a primer on how not to do journalism
05/31/2004 02:30 AMscathing self-rebuke .. Editor & Publisher .. this E&P piece ..
credibility
editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vn
u_content_id=1000518753
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Bloggers vs. Journalism
Bloggers vs. Journalism
02/01/2005 09:48 PMMieto Marinadi talks about how a column by
Matt
i Wuori in Iltalehti is asking if blogs could be journalism and
whether they will overrun the traditional media. I think the fact
that the question is being asked now shows clearly how much Finland is
not a front-runner in the information society game. In fact,
this question is not even asked yet by journalists, but a lawyer.
You see, PressThink says the conversation on this subject is already over.
But in order to overrun media, there has to be first a Finnish blog
that has something to say in a way that is interesting and new. I
much enjoy the writings of Sedis, for example, and I am
expecting much from Haltia (and some other political
bloggers), now that the Helsinki City Council is starting its work.
The new Finland for Thought (in
English) keeps also asking important questions, and Kari
Haakana is probably the foremost journalistic blogger in Finland.
At the moment, Sami
Köykkä of Pinseri and Alex Nieminen of sukellus.fi are
arguably the most influential bloggers in Finland.
But this is not enough. I don't know whether it's even a good
start. Most of the "internet discussion" in Finland is done
in the scary, yet boring discussion boards of magazines, such as
Iltalehti, Iltasanomat, Vauva-lehti, etc, and it is pretty much
failing to impact anything. There is little danger to any sort of
professional journalism from these discussion boards, who mostly just
consist of rehashing the same arguments all over again. The USENET has been
in existence for twenty years, and every time I go there, I see the
same discussions but with different people. Or sometimes with the
same people. It makes you wonder whether these discussion boards ever
contributed something to anything, other than in the sense of community creation.
To me, blogs are different from the discussion boards because they
are individualistic. A news group is usually referred to by its name,
say "the people in sfnet.keskustelu.ihmissuhteet say
that...". Similarly in a bulletin board: "Hey, I found this
from Vauva-lehti..." On the discussion board, you lose yourself
and become a part of a bigger crowd, all shouting at the same time.
But a blog is attached to a real person (except for some weir
dos who can't seem to be able to decide whether they exist or
not). Therefore, whatever a blog says carries more gravity than a
random rambling on a news board. It is essentially your own
personal publication, and the comments are only a side story -
much like "from the readers" -sections on newspapers.
Therefore, bloggers are not a community, any more than newspapers are.
Some bloggers form communities, yes, but blogs are far too good a
ground for egocentrism for communities to
become prevalent.
The reason that I find blogs interesting is that they might
be the avenue to a real way for individuals (particularly
non-journalists and non-politicians) to influence local and national
decision-making; the real "information society" that
the
...
Off the Grid Journalism
Off the Grid Journalism
03/06/2004 01:52 AMWhen a writer dissents from it, or departs from it, the master
narrative is a very real thing. Here are two examples: one from
politics, one from music.
Lazy Journalism
Lazy Journalism
12/17/2003 08:29 AMRichard
Forno has done a good job of extolling the virtues of security in
Mac OS X. This comes after PC Magazine columnist Lance Ulanoff
reported a vulnerability in Mac OS X and went on to write
a long and inflammatory
tirade about how Mac OS X is no more secure than the Windows OS,
and anyone who disagreed was a Mac zealot.
Printing stuff like this is guaranteed to cause a stir in the Mac
community, and as sure as eggs are eggs, the Slashdot crowd responded
in
true
acerbic fashion. What really bugs me is the lazy journalists who
print this stuff.
Time after time you get a 'technology' journalist who finds material a
bit thin on the ground (or are too lazy to write anything newsworthy)
and have a go at Apple and/or the Apple community by writing an overly
aggressive or inflammatory article. Why? The primary concern, I guess,
being to draw in huge traffic from the offended Apple community
websites and somehow earn respect of the Windows crowd by bashing one
of their rivals.
Jack Schofield from
Guardian Online is a
prime example. I've no doubt he's a respected 'technology' journalist
for a number of years, but his anti-Apple posts on
onlineblog (a weblog run by the
Guardian Online team) only serve to expose his laziness and spoil an
otherwise good read.
funding journalism
funding journalism
10/29/2003 12:31 PM Blogger
Joshua Micah
Marshall solicits funding so he can cover the Howard Dean campaign
in New Hampshire.
Readers respond with nearly $5,000 in 24 hours. See? You
CAN buy that kind of coverage.
Participatory journalism
Participatory journalism
08/16/2004 11:52 AMParticipatory (or citizen) journalism is getting a lot of
coverage at the moment, thanks in part to Dan Gillmor's new book We the Media. For a great
example of participatory journalism in action, check out Wikipedia's
outstanding coverage of the 2004
Summer Olympics. It's already a serious competitor to the official
site in terms of content, and its wiki nature means it will only
get better as the games continue. Hat tip: Gadgetopia.
I've been a fan of Wikipedia's current affairs
coverage for quite a while. The site is especially useful in
catching up with ongoing stories, in particular for detailed profiles
of people and groups currently making the news (random example: Muqtada
al-Sadr). Despite the site's open nature (or maybe because of it),
they generally do an excellent job of keeping to a ne
utral point of view.
Citizen journalism is unlikely to ever replace traditional
journalism completely, but it can certainly enhance it. Then again,
with OhMyNews now one of the
most influential media outlets in Korea (see this interview for details) this is
one trend that's not going to go away.
Jay on whether 9/11 changed journalism
Jay on whether 9/11 changed journalism
08/14/2004 08:22 AMJay has blogged an atypical piece that is typically brilliant. He
asks: Did 9/11 change journalism? Should it have? What story do
journalists tell themselves about their role in the "war on
terrorism"? Are journalists who inform citizens of the most powerful
and influentual nation in the world participants in the war on terror,
in the worldwide struggle for democracy, freedom and markets, because
their country is a participant—the biggest by far—and they
inform it? Don't miss the discussion in the comments. I only have a
simple-minded answer to the question Jay poses in his nuanced post:
9/11 should have...
"Webl0gs in Journalism"
"Webl0gs in Journalism"
01/26/2004 09:50 PMParticipatory Journalism and Education
Participatory Journalism and Education
08/03/2004 09:13 AMI'm in Toronto for today's
Exploring Fusion
Power of Public and Participatory Journalism conference, speaking
about the tools of tomorrow's grassroots journalism and how folks in
the business can get started.
I'm glad to see that quite a few educators are part of this gathering.
Their presence makes sense, given that tomorrow is the start of the
annual convention of the
Association for Education in
Journalism and Mass Communication. My guess is that the students
are, in many cases, way ahead of the teachers when it comes to
understanding the tools and how to use them.
(Cross-posted to We the
Media.)"Online Journalism Review"
"Online Journalism Review"
09/16/2004 03:30 AMJournalism and revealing sources
Journalism and revealing sources
03/14/2005 05:04 PMThere's been a lot of hoohah around the blogosphere recently about the
whole Apple suing "weblogs" deal, and I wanted to get my point of view
out in the open, given that I've been found occasionally practicing
journalism without a...
American Journalism Review
American Journalism Review
05/31/2004 03:28 PMThe Expanding Blogosphere .. article this month .. Rachel
Smolkin
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The future and past of journalism
The future and past of journalism
06/05/2005 11:34 PMScott Rosenberg has written a very nice essay on the future of
journalism in the age when anyone can publish. He has caught the
moment that we stand in well, with the old media monopolies dying but
not dead, and the new media struggling to be born, but not clear what
it will be born as. He captures well a phenomenon that experienced in
my teens and will never forget, the experience of having someone
report on something you know well, and discovering how flawed and
human supposedly authoritative institutions like major newspapers are.
In my case, I was living in Niger in West Africa, and I once met the
Washington Post journalist who was responsible for covering the entire
continent of Africa (which is by itself an amazing fact). He spent 5
days in the country and then left, not to return again for a year or
so, and on the basis of those 5 days wrote 5 or so articles on events
and trends in Niger, each of which contained things stated as facts
that I thought were patently false. It was a good learning experience
for a future political activist. I suspect that, in spite of the many
reasons why the existing institutions and practicioners of journalism
should be able to see the writing on the wall, we are entering another
period of Schumpeterian Creative Destruction. I also suspect that what
arises from the ashes that we will recognize as journalism will arise
from the mix of new sources like blogs, group blogs, indymedia, PLOS,
Kuroshin, etc. not from the transformation of existing
institutions....
Open source journalism
Open source journalism
04/13/2005 07:29 PMZDNet Apr 13 2005 11:12PM GMT
What Time is it in Political Journalism?
What Time is it in Political Journalism?
03/06/2004 01:52 AMAdam Gopnik argued ten years ago that the press did not know who it
was within politics, or what it stood for. There was a vacuum in
journalism where political argument and imagination should be. Now
there are signs that this absence of thought is ending. The view from
nowhere is being challenged.
The street where journalism ends
The street where journalism ends
02/01/2005 09:09 PMBernard Weinraub, former entertainment reporter for The New York
Times, writes about what it's like to be a journalist at Hollywood and
Vine. The basic lesson seems to be that you can't fully stand apart
from the world about which you're reporting. Hollywood, despite its
excesses, does not seem to be a special case: Reporters embedded in
the financial world, DC or in a foreign capital must face the same
situation, albeit with fewer Hummers and tiaras in view. Access is the
currency and humans remain human. Too bad Weinraub wasn't writing a
blog during all those years. We would...
mcdonald's and brand journalism
mcdonald's and brand journalism
07/26/2004 07:23 PMit's interesting that both mcdonald's and coke are rethinking core
marketing strategies
Interactive Tele-Journalism
Interactive Tele-Journalism
07/19/2004 04:40 PMDirect and Related Links for 'Interactive
Tele-Journalism'
Wouldn’t be cool if technology was more interactive with the
audience of a journalist’s work? Shawn Van Every, a researcher
at New York University, seems to think so. He has taken it upon
himself to show each of us how it can be done with a little ingenuity,
spare parts and a whole lot of imagination. His work involves a video
rig interconnected with Internet chat which enables his audience to
make suggestions to him…
Internet, Journalism and Ethics
Internet, Journalism and Ethics
08/11/2004 05:08 PMMark Glaser (Online Journalism Review): . On the Wild,
Woolly Internet, Old Ethics Rules Do
Apply
Participatory, Partisan Journalism
Participatory, Partisan Journalism
01/16/2004 01:00 PMBloggerStorm
is one of the more interesting developments in participatory
journalism in a long time. It's an aggregation of weblogs covering the
Iowa presidential caucuses, kind of a human-operated equivalent of
Google News capturing a narrow topic.
Journalism Net Picks of 2003
Journalism Net Picks of 2003
12/31/2003 12:23 AM JNet's Top
Picks of 2003 :
a random selection of some of the best, most
topical or just plain fun sites for journalists. "Online Journalism Awards"
"Online Journalism Awards"
11/19/2003 03:55 AMDan Gillmor on Grassroots Journalism
Dan Gillmor on Grassroots Journalism
01/01/2005 04:54 PMcan be found here
dangillmor.typepad.com
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The Most Powerful Man in Technology
Journalism
The Most Powerful Man in Technology
Journalism
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