Tag Archives: Editorial
Who the Hell Is Enrolling in Journalism
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, [...]
Anti-Social Graph
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 [...]
Haiti 360
The web runs on memes- memes (‘cultural units of knowledge’) are at the very heart of Web 2.0. The ‘Green Revolution’ in Iran last year ran on meme’s; users in Iran generated content that was retweeted and reported, emailed and IMed to followers and friends. There is a Reithian value to internet meme’s. In the [...]
I’ve Got a Bad Feeling About This
The New York Times today outlined it’s plans to charge readers for access to it’s articles online. According to the paper the Times will opt for a metered system allowing users to read a set amount of content for free before they are asked to subscribe. This does not sound like a good idea to [...]
