RJI news
RJI-DPA spring 2011 iPad survey results
This follow-up panel survey conducted by the Reynolds Journalism Institute was designed to gather additional information about how Apple iPad owners use the device in their daily lives and how the iPad may influence news consumption. The 561 panelists who completed this survey were self-selected from the nearly 1,600 Apple iPad owners who participated in … Continued
Newspaper Archive Summit recorded sessions
If a newspaper goes out of business, what happens to its archives? If a newspaper becomes available only online, what happens to yesterday’s (or last year’s) news? Why should we care? As the erosion of the traditional media economy and its concomitant decline in readership and revenues transforms one of the pillars of democratic life, … Continued
Consensus on journalist-library collaboration begins to emerge at ‘Beyond Books’
A draft consensus statement for journalist/librarian collaboration is circulating after garnering support at “Beyond Books: News, Literacy, Democracy and America’s Libraries,” a two-day Journalism That Matters symposium in Cambridge April 6-7 co-sponsored by the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute. On Thursday, participants in “Beyond Books” moved to the Cambridge Public Library for a public wrapup … Continued
What do we mean by engagement? An RJI fellow ponders
In 2008-2009, Donald W. Reynolds Fellow Mike Fancher concluded that journalists needed to develop a “new ethic of public engagement” as an enhancement or amendment to The Journalist’s Creed. This year, Reynolds Fellow Joy Mayer has been following that thread. She’s been asking: “What do we mean by engagement?” The idea of sorting out the meaning … Continued
Yahoo: An unlikely source for a journalism stylebook?
Giving away a stylebook at the Online News Association convention, above, is Chris Barr, an editor at Yahoo Inc. Barr was supervising editor for Yahoo’s online news stylebook, which was published earlier this year. Barr says he’s talked at 12 journalism schools so far about the book, and he was surprised to learning that at … Continued
IDEA? Steve Outing has created a public Facebook Group to consider ideas for ‘membership models’
Steve Outing, in Boulder, Colo., a veteran observer and columnist on the new-media/journalism scene, has created a public Facebook Group (kind of like a mailing list but web only) to discuss ideas for “membership models” to support journalism. Here’s the public URL: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_157802460917550 One of the commentators, Chris O’Brien, makes reference to Chris Peck’s “Next … Continued
ONA ADVISORY: The Public Insight Network from Minneapolis will be out in force
One of the most innovative, ongoing projects in community and citizen media is the Public Insight Network Project launched by Andrew Haeg and Michael Skoler six years ago at Minnesota Public Radio. After a long period of careful incubation — including bulding a highly active network of engaged listeners around Minnesota — PIN is now … Continued
RJI-DPA fall 2010 iPad survey results
The Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) is conducting a multi-year research project to understand how Apple iPad users consume news content. The initial phase was a cross-sectional survey with 20 questions conducted online from September 6 through November 30, 2010. The RJI plans to conduct at least one follow-up panel survey and another cross-sectional survey in … Continued
RJI-DPA fall 2010 iPad survey results
The Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) is conducting a multi-year research project to understand how Apple iPad users consume news content. The initial phase was a cross-sectional survey with 20 questions conducted online from September 6 through November 30, 2010. The RJI plans to conduct at least one follow-up panel survey and another cross-sectional survey in … Continued
PAYWALL/CHARGING: NYTimes CEO’s audio interview comments at the World Editor’s Forum, Hamburg
Here is New York Times Co. CEO Janet Robinson at the World Editor’s Forum, Hamburg, Germany, Oct. 7, 2010, as posted by EditorsWebLog reporter/editor Emma Heald at: http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/10/audio_janet_robinson_of_the_new_york_tim.php This is the full text of the audio clip, starting after Robinson’s comments about The Times of London’s paywall. It’s clear there are a few edits between … Continued