April 15, 2010 – 11:48 am
The parent company of Politico.com, WJLA-TV, and NewsChannel8 is getting ready to launch a hyper local online news operation covering Washington, DC. The Nieman Journalism Lab reports the site will have a staff of 50, including reporters, editors and business execs. But what may get the most attention is the plan for a team of [...]
Despite the economic problems facing traditional media and the changing landscape for journalists, more and more students are studying journalism. There’s a surge across the country, from Kennesaw State University, to Columbia University. Columbia Journalism School Dean Sree Sreenivasan tells Media Bistro traditional journalists must master new media to survive: “Someone who has all the skills and values of [...]
March 31, 2010 – 10:35 am
While some experts argue government should play a role in funding and saving journalism, here’s a strong argument against it from Trevor Butterworth at Forbes.com. He says taxpayer support would bring demands for new regulations on issues such as invasion of privacy, inaccurate reporting and political bias. And as he points out, the danger of [...]
March 18, 2010 – 12:05 pm
The Atlantic Business blog is joining the search for ways to pay for journalism. Staff Editor Derek Thompson says journalism can survive what he calls the ad-pocalypse with these tactics: Micropayments Microaccounting Freemiums Targeted Ads Circulate Bar Turn off Google Sharing Fees with Internet Providers
March 15, 2010 – 11:17 am
There are hundreds of online news sites, but 57% of news consumers stick to only a handful. The latest study from Pew’s Project for Excellence in Journalism shows just 7% of people are willing to pay for access to any news site. More headlines: Stories that are big on mainstream media are barely mentioned on [...]
February 26, 2010 – 2:27 pm
TV Newser looks at the pros and cons of digital one-man bands – reporters who shoot and edit video in addition to reporting and writing stories. Charles Bierbauer at the University of South Carolina, Gwen Ifill at PBS, Lou Ureneck at Boston University and Andy Mendelson at Temple all weigh the cost savings against the [...]
January 18, 2010 – 11:47 am
Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols discuss their new book The Death and Life of American Journalism: The Media Revolution that Will Begin the World Again with NOW’s David Brancaccio “about the perils of a shrinking news media landscape, and their bold proposal to save journalism with government subsidies.” They discuss the idea of providing [...]
By Leonard Witt
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Posted in Future of Journalism, Uncategorized
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Also tagged Bob McChesney, Death and Life of American Journalism, government subsidies, John Nichols, journalism business models, newspapers, reinvent journalism, Robert McChesney, save journalism, sustainable journalism
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January 11, 2010 – 11:04 am
Most fresh news is still coming from newspapers, according to the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism. Researchers monitored newspapers, TV and radio stations, and Web-only operations in Baltimore for one week last July. The numbers tell the story: 61% of fresh information came from newspapers and their web sites 28% from local [...]
