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Future of journalism series on OurBlook.com

Posted on May 10, 2010 | Leave a comment

PBM MediaShift informs about the website  OurBlook.com, that gathers opinions from today’s top leaders in the hopes of collaboratively finding tomorrow’s solutions. Future of journalism interview series (@ourblook) has collected over 100 interviews with well known journalists and new media experts. From the series it’s clear that newspapers do have lot of catching up to do but journalism will survive in one form or another and trained journalists cannot be replaced.

Future of Journalism Interview Series Findings

  • blook.jpgNewspapers are still searching for business and editorial models that are sustainable in this new world of media. Outlets that cling on to their old methods of doing things will die.
  • The idea of newspapers charging for their websites was once looked down upon, but is now becoming an accepted strategy. Additionally, as online advertising changes, and banner ads are quickly becoming passé, experts are urging newspapers to explore non-traditional revenue streams such as online games or web apps.
  • Hyper-local is gaining acceptance. As a result, harnessing the power of citizen journalism has become a key goal for many media outlets.
  • The role of journalists and the skills necessary to succeed have changed. This has caused many industry insiders to ponder the future of journalism’s culture and ethics.
  • One-way storytelling has given way to a two-way (or multiple) conversation between the journalist and the audience. Tools like Twitter and Facebook have become incredibly important in this new context.
  • TV news is beginning to experience the same changes and chaos as print journalism, causing many to panic.

Bob Garfield on Journalism, Advertising, and Future from OurBlook.com on Vimeo.

 

Amy Gahran on Future Journalist from OurBlook.com on Vimeo.

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Logan Symposium: New Era of Collaboration?

Posted on April 28, 2010 | Leave a comment

A panel of journalists at Logan Symposium  by Berkley Graduate School of Journalism  discusses the benefits of collaboration in investigative journalism. They discuss their experiences collaborating with other news organizations, and explore what makes a partnership work, and what can potentially kill a working relationship.

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Report: The State of the News Media, Bright ! but there is a But

Posted on March 17, 2010 | Leave a comment

Pew Project For Excellence In Journalism has published their annual report on American Journalism – The state of the News Media. The report talks about all the aspects of news media – consumption, journalism, monetization, users and the news industry as whole across the mediums. It talks about the economics of online news, journalism’s future, users readiness to pay for the news and so on.

The major trends highlighted in the report:

        • As we learn more about both web economics and consumer behavior, the unbundling of news seems increasingly central to journalism’s future.
        • The future of New and Old Media are more tied together than some may think
        • The notion that the news media are shrinking is mistaken.
        • Technology is further shifting power to newsmakers, and the newest way is through their ability to control the initial accounts of events
        • The ranks of self-interested information providers are now growing rapidly and news organizations must define their relationship to them
        • When it comes to audience numbers online, traditional media content still prevails, which means the cutbacks in old media heavily impact what the public is learning through the new.

Lee Rainie, who is the Director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project provides his own thoughts on journalism’s future. He seems to be optimistic. In an interview with Leonard Witt, he says:

"News organizations are trying to adapt to the new realities that will allow them to provide [high quality journalism], and there will always be a portion of the population who deeply cares about public life and civic life and the way that public institutions perform."

Here’s the video of the interview and the full transcript .

In response to this report Derek Thompson, staff editor at Atlantic Business comes up with 7 ideas that could save online journalism

 

Read the full "State of the News Media" report at http://www.stateofthemedia.org/2010/

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Study: Featuring Skeptics in News Media Stories Reduces Public Beliefs in the Seriousness of Global Warming

Posted on March 17, 2010 | Leave a comment

Woods Institute for the Environment informs about the Stanford University study, a working paper which documents how climate change skeptics can affect Americans’ thinking about climate change. A synopsis of the study can be found here, including videos used in the study that feature interviews of mainstream and skeptical scientists discussing global warming issues.

News media coverage of global warming has often offered "balanced" accounts, quoting mainstream scientists and skeptics in the same story. Balanced accounts might be considered admirable efforts to abide by the journalistic norms of objectivity and fairness. However, critics have noted that balanced reporting of this particular issue actually conveys a misleading portrait of the science of climate change, since scientists endorsing the mainstream view appear to outnumber skeptics. Our study explored the impact of including skeptical voices in news media coverage. In particular, we explored whether adding a skeptic to a story about a mainstream scientist’s views or findings would reduce the number of people who perceive agreement among scientific experts on this issue and think global warming is a serious problem.

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