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A thought on journalism for Boxing Day

Cover via Amazon I’ve spent part of the Christmas break reading Andrew Marr‘s book “My Trade“, which is a kind of personal history of journalism. If you like Marr’s history programmes, and have any interest in the history of media, … Continue reading

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The future of journalism? It’s astronomy

There’s nothing more that journalists like than the opportunity to talk about themselves, thinly disguised as a treatise on the future of journalism This is probably why the “debate” (which it isn’t – not enough listening) on “citizen journalism” (which … Continue reading

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If people don’t want journalism, we have no right to make them have it

I’ve been partially watching, partially taking part in a debate on Twitter over the future of news (what else?). It began with a tweet from John Robinson: “Tired of the media obsession with Tiger? Me too. Yet people are fascinated … Continue reading

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Why “process journalism” is neither journalism, nor process

Jeremy Toeman, talking about the truly absurd “Twittergate”, sums up why process journalism fails: “But this is par for the course if your job is breaking news as fast as possible, as there is no reward for being late nor is … Continue reading

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The new economic reality: business model first, build traffic second

Farhad Manjoo at Slate offers a timely reminder of one of the underlying realities of online business: “Everyone knows that print newspapers are our generation’s horse-and-buggy; in the most wired cities, they’ve been pummeled by competition from the Web. But … Continue reading

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A Twitter workshop for journalists

I’m sure many of you read Mathew Ingram (and if not, you should), but just in case you missed it Mathew did a workshop for journalists on using Twitter. He’s put the slide deck on SlideShare, too, and they’re well … Continue reading

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