April 2009
Newspapers Not Harnessing Readers' Social Power --... →
“Key survey findings:
• 49% of respondents use general search engines (such as Google (GOOG) and Yahoo (YHOO)) once a week or more to find content, but only 20% use search tools built into a…
Analyst: Worst Days For Display Advertising Are... →
“Gene Munster says the display advertising market stabilized in the first quarter and won’t be as bad for the rest of the year as many other people think.”
Disasters: Times Nukes Itself On Google →
Great example of how newspapers need to really understand the web, instead of just playing on it.
March 2009
Landmark moments in citizen journalism :: 10,000... →
Good examples of how citizen journalists are effective.
Searching for Sonny - Teaser Trailer/Canon 5d Mark... →
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Searching for Sonny is about three…
'Star Tribune' Withholds Select Print Content From... →
Talk about Baby Boomers not getting “it.”
Journalism standards | Save the Media →
It’s a good list of the things that journalists need to continue to do, no matter the medium.
PressThink: Rosen's Flying Seminar In The Future... →
Jay Rosen compiles a list of links arguing for the death of newspapers. No phoenix sighted yet.
Newspapers need a new business model - MarketWatch →
“I’m optimistic about the news business,” he said. “But if papers define themselves as traditional newspapers, that is a terrible mistake.” – Jeff Jarvis
Amy O'Leary of The New York Times shares audio... →
Amy O’Leary is a multimedia producer at the Times. This interview was taped on March 22, 2009, at the Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism, where O’Leary was a speaker.
Cast: Nieman…
Nonprofit journalism: It's in the numbers →
Presents numbers dating back to 2006 on the average number of bylines, pages, and sections in the local paper. It’s not really good news.
“There will be many Born to the Web enterprises over the next few years that will...”
– Twitter / JOHNABYRNE: There will be many Born to …
The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine gets a new... →
Apparently the entire internet can fit into a shipping containter. 4.5 petabytes, 1TB RAM, and 63 servers.
“They think that some day online advertising will offset the print decline and...”
– Twitter / JOHNABYRNE: They think that some day o …
“Online readers also earn more than print readers and are more likely to be...”
– Twitter / JOHNABYRNE: Online readers also earn m …
“Of our total audience, about 38% are online only; 31% magazine only & 31%...”
– Twitter / JOHNABYRNE: Of our total audience, abo …
“There’s overlap in our print and online readers but generally our online...”
– Twitter / JOHNABYRNE: There’s overlap in our pri …
“@ryansholin I’d prefer that we have fewer citizen journalists. You...”
– Twitter / benjgc: @ryansholin I’d prefer tha …
Put this up there as Generation Y not “getting it”
The Crisis of Credit Visualized →
The Short and Simple Story of the Credit Crisis. Crisisofcredit.com
The goal of giving form to a complex situation like the credit crisis is to quickly supply the essence of the…
Md. Senator Proposes Nonprofit Status For... →
Current rules don’t allow print media to report on political issues (apparently). A senator has stepped forward and suggested that we allow them to do so.
How to get a merchant account →
A step by step guide on setting up a merchant account so your business can take credit cards.
Twitter / NiemanLab: RT @liesell: Wow. MediaSto... →
“RT @liesell: Wow. MediaStorm has a 65 PERCENT completion rate for one of their 21 minute videos http://tr.im/hKgk”
RevenueTwoPointZero Classified solutions →
The rev2oh team presents their brainstorming results for classifieds.
Long-Form Multimedia Journalism: Quality Is the... →
Brian Storm says that long form content requires a team of people to do well. The haphazard approach that everyone can do everything is harmful.
The Media Equation - In Austin, a Thriving Weekly... →
Case study of hyperlocal: it works in Austin.
10 (small) Ways To Reinvent Your Newsroom Right... →
This is a great presentation. Details some really simple and some more complex things that you could start doing today if you got your newsroom excited about them.
Mr Cheese's Stop Motion Show - Episode Twenty →
Watch10 (small) Ways To Reinvent Your Newsroom Right Now - The Next Newsroom Project
“You sneaked into your question the word “quality,” so I’d have to disagree with...”
– Nieman Reports Article
WatchYochai Benkler on the new open-source economics | Video on TED.com
P.O.S - Optimist (HD Version) →
Hospitals and the Social Web →
Makes sense, but it took me a bit by surprise to see that hospitals were using social media. HIPPA doesn’t seem like it would smile to kindly on the endeavor.
The 13 Most Essential Plugins for WordPress -... →
Totally fantastic list.
A scenario for news BuzzMachine →
Think of this one more like a “Jarvis Manifesto”
Why Advertising Is Failing On The Internet →
Controversial post by a UPenn Prof. He refers to his own research on how people interact with ads. Most interesting: the break downs of what and how you can sell online.
“The problem is not the medium, the problem is the message, and the fact that it...”
– Why Advertising Is Failing On The Internet
“The wonder of the web is that it gives readers more and more control every day...”
– RevenueTwoPointZero » Advertising on iPhone
Glam: The success of the network BuzzMachine →
Jarvis does a case study on the Glam model. Complete with visitor trending data as compared to iVillage.
Newspaper ownership and the fourth generation... →
Steve argues that the current generation of newspaper owners are more interested in spending money than their own business.
2020 vision: What's next for news →
A fantastic bit of futurism on the journalism business.
• Industry will shrink/re-make itself
• The semantic web plays a huge role and datamining becomes key
• Collaboration among local news sites…
“When I got my first computer back in 1984 or 1985, it was a Mac and there was...”
– At SXSW Michael Penn Talks iTunes, Film, Music, and Hypercard! - The Mac Observer
What Happened to the Land of the Free? →
Very long, very detailed piece arguing that the government has become too powerful. Well researched, well opined.
Newspaper Execs: Still Sleepless in Seattle -... →
Vin speaks from personal experience about the staff and history of the Seattle PI. In Vin’s opinion, the staff is top notch, but the Hearst Corp. has shackled them.
BBC NEWS | Americas | US high school 'held cage... →
WTF!? A Dallas school was holding cage fighting matches, with students!?
“The most profitable newspapers have tended to be monopoly markets with...”
– One Banker’s Plan to Save the Newspaper Industry - Deal Journal - WSJ
Goodbye Google | stopdesign →
Google’s top designer quits ostensibly because Google doesn’t understand good design. Here’s the thing: they’re still successful. They don’t have Microsoft levels of shitty design, so what’s the…
Why young reporters need to get past their... →
I’m throughly inspired. This is a great call for us Generation Y youngin’s to do the right thing and start from scratch: redo the journalism industry in our vision.
