Jeffrey McManus, CEO of Platform Associates, sets out his advice on how to save the journalism industry. “Eliminate the distinction between ‘mainstream media’ and ‘blogging’. Blogging is mainstream and has been for years now. What we’ve been referring to as ‘mainstream media’ is really ‘large corporate media,’ and that model is finished,” he begins.
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We’re gathered here in Oslo this morning (25 October) with 20+ of Norwegian’s finest journalists to listen to addresses from investigative journalist and research skills trainer Colin Meek, Journalisten.no journalist and blogger Kristine Lowe. Colin will be talking about web 3.0 (the social web) and what it means for journalists). We’re streaming live, but you should be able to view this video later (gremlins permitting).
UPDATE: They turned the lights down so the audience could see the projection screen! Apologies for the poor quality of the video.
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Online Journalism Review has closed its doors after a decade of covering developments in new media publishing.
The website, run by the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication, aimed to “help mid-career journalists make a successful transition from other media to online reporting and production”, and now intends to continue to do so via the Knight Digital Media Center and its blogs.
OJR author Robert Nile has now left the University of Southern California but continue to write about new media and journalism at his new website SensibleTalk.com.
A mystery blogger enjoys the comforts of the press facilities at the World Editors Forum in Gothenburg, Sweden, where there was much discussion and dismissiveness about that fly-by-night phenomenon known as the internet.
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pof7Iiv5Vmc]According to Tomas Brunegård, chairman of the Swedish Newspaper Publishers Association, Sweden is enjoying an online advertising market of 15 per cent of overall spend – the “highest percentage in the world” (do you know better?)
Despite its small population, Sweden has a healthy and innovative news publishing industry, online and in print. Hear more from Tomas in his speech during the opening ceremony of the 61st World Newspaper Congress in Gothenberg, Sweden today:
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB0PX9zcSkU]Gavin O’Reilly, president of the World Association of Newspapers, nailed his colours firmly to the print mast in his speech at the opening ceremony of the 61st World Newspaper Congress in Gothenburg, Sweden:
[youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=MevSx1EpRj0]This is doing the rounds of a few J-blogs, but to save you the trip:
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rvBgaxUXrc]Compare and contrast with the way you work now. Web link – http://www.sockerollon.se/