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TecCrunch blogger Sarah Lacy asks an interesting question in her latest blog “Who the Hell Is Enrolling in Journalism School Right Now?”
It’s not that I’m pessimistic about the future for good journalists. Quite the opposite, in fact. Journalism isn’t dying; it’s just in a period of extreme volatility. And in any time of volatility, there’s huge room for opportunity. But you’re not going to learn how to exploit it in a stuffy classroom taught by people who got there by working at newspapers.
Just a wee test of scribefire – I might start blogging more with this…considering I live in Firefox anyway
In proper Web 2.0 style DCU Journalism student and fellow tweeter (as well as fellow BCFE alumnus) @cianginty is compiling a great list of Irish student journalists and media who tweet.
I wont steal his links by quoting his text but I will just mention the two Twitter lists he has created here (of Journalists) and here (of student media)
This weekend marks the 11th annual Symposium on Online Journalism in Austin, Texas.
In a nod to the times Multimedia Journalism students from UT Austin’s School of Journalism are live blogging the event throughout the weekend.
As the Symposium is still going here are some of the most interesting points raised.
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The Associated Press announced last week that student journalists should use Search Engine Optimisation style over AP’s style when publishing online.
On the face of it this is sound advice, journalists need to understand how to create content that can be properly indexed by Google – why produce content that cannot be found.
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Speaking at the F8 conference yesterday Mark Zuckerberg a very simple programming API that will have a profound impact on the consumption of online news.
One of the many criticisms of online news is its lack of serendipity.
The argument is simple but important, in newspapers of old (the ones on paper) editors had control over the placement and prioritisation of articles and images. The more important they felt the story was the more prominent its place on the page. Obvious as it may see editors had a more important role than that- they had the power to educate readers by combining different stories on the same page.
Online that power does not exist. While editors could include selected content on the homepage encouraging users to read articles they might otherwise have not became (speaking as a web developer) more of a site design challenge than editorial one. Read more »
Not only does web journalism allow professional and citizen journalists to become mass communicators it also corporations to reach the masses.
Google, as you would expect, is particularly adapt at using new media to tell stories online. While this blurres the line between PR and journalism Google’s use of new media demonstrates just how an average story can be told in a different way.
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The Irish Government has made about 10 requests for the removal of data from Google and YouTube servers according to details released by the search giant.
In an update to the company’s own website Google detailed the number of requests it has received from governments for the removal of information from data stored on its servers.
In a posting accompanying the website Google says “Like other technology and communications companies, we regularly receive requests from government agencies around the world to remove content from our services, or provide information about users of our services and products.”
Of the 10 requests made by the Irish government Google says it complied with about 50% of them although the website does not provide more information about what information the government asked be removed.
Ireland is one of 44 countries, including China, Russia, Turkey, listed on the Google site who requested the removal of data.
The Brazilian government who made the most number of requests at 291 of which 82.5% were fully of partially complied with.
Germany made the highest number of removal requests of any European state at 188. The company complied with 94.1% of the German requests of which the majority the majority, 109, were court mandated.
The United States government made 123 removal requests of which 80.5% were successful.
Delays and cancellations are to be expected when travelling but when the volcanic ash cloud grounded much of Europe’s air traffic, many travellers were left struggling to find alternative methods of transport.
In this audio interview Ms Grant, who suffers from diabetes, tells us of her frantic search to secure enough insulin to last her trip back to Essex.
Patrick O'Grady hosts
Running low on insulin and money Ms Grant, a self-employed Web Developer, tells us of her busy weekend spent trying to get home.
Fashionably late to the party March 18th saw the launch of CNN’s “This Just In” news blog site. Responding to the recent trend for ‘real-time‘ content mainstream media organisations have been developing such news blog sites to report breaking and rolling news stories as “live articles/blogs”.
With a mix of informal language, citizen journalist as well as staff reporter content live blog are created in a similar way to a Twitter account. The page is updated through the day with numerous short updates on a specific topic, often with rich media embedded.
Piers Stumbles