Dec
6
Reading at mid-week:
- Blow This. Baristanet, one of the best of the attitude-laden, hyperlocal new journalism spots on the web, has added video, and it’s well worth a look. Via Jeff Jarvis.
- Is web video shifting to professional? Terry Heaton doesn’t think and gracefully provides the reasons why.
- Why Newsrooms Pray To St. Petersburg. An opinion piece at Forbes that says while the St. Petersburg Times is much to be envied, it’s probably not easily duplicate nor immune from what’s bugging the industry.
- A Collection of Journalists Who Have Distinctive Signatures. Jay Rosen has a interview with John Harris, the former Washington Post national political editor, about his newsmaking interesting new gig. While there’s much about the project, there’s also a lot of discussion about some of The Current Issues in Journalism. Lengthy and worth the time.
