Author: Lamar
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
Block by Block: Imagining the sequel(s)
The online community news leaders and their shared passion for local news was the most impressive part of Block by Block: Community News Summit 2010. More impressive — and challenging — is where local editors and publishers take it from here. A big tip of the hat to online publishers, including Susan Mernit, Andre Natta … Continued
On net neutrality: What if Eisenhower had asked private industry to build our Interstates?
We’ve been digesting and thinking about yesterday’s Google/Verizon statement about how to build out fast Internet for America — and trying to think of analogies that put the issue in terms non-geeks can understand. Over at the Mountain Area Information Network, Wally Bowen draws an excellent analogy to British property. Also, Susan Crawford at NYU’s … Continued
Coffeeshop newsroom concept catching on — two fellows working it; so is Starbucks
The idea of assigning reporters to work from coffee shops and other public spaces is gradually picking up steam. See: Coffeeshop Newsrooms Yield Stories, Sources, Understanding of Journalism at the Poynter site. Both David Cohn, one of this fall’s incoming Reynolds Fellows, and Bill Densmore, a consultant to RJI, (this post author) have been pitching the … Continued
AUDIO: Community media and the future of news
Reynolds Journalism Institute consultant Bill Densmore moderates a panel at the Alliance for Community Media in Pittsburgh: “Community Media and the Future of News.” As the decline of newspapers is felt throughout the country, could community media & technology centers be the new model for local news? Could Citizen Journalism be an opportunity for community … Continued
Debunking the replacement myth
The tired idea that born-on-the-Web news sites will replace traditional media is wrong-headed, and it’s past time that academic research and news reports reflect that. Jay Rosen, the New York University professor and media critic, calls them “replaceniks,” and it’s an apt term. Rosen is talking about people who insist on evaluating new, born-on-the-web news … Continued