Mar
19
Getting to the RRS reader late again today and it’s chock-full of journalism goodness:
- Links, the Currency of The Machine. Terry Heaton’s latest essay looks at the power of the link and legacy media’s misunderstanding of their power and value.
- If you love newspaper journalism, make it part of your job to extend it online. Howard Owens says three outcomes of an aggressive online presence are possible and two of them are good news.
- How long should online video be? Andy Dickinson continues to ponder the question and track down answers. The emerging consensus seems to be: find a good story and take the time you really need, which is the tough part.
- From Evangelism to Execution, the next chapter. Colin Crawford writes about moving technology publisher IDG into the new mediascape and there’s a lot in there for anyone working with print to ponder. (Apologies for the of credit due to whichever source originally pointed me to this: I’ve lost track of where I found the link.)
- On 4th Anniversary, Editors Say War is Taking Toll — But Vow to Keep Covering. Editor & Publisher reports on the toll the Iraq War is having on reporters and American newspapers. Sobering reading. Also a must read: Adrain Monck’s Reporting Iraq – four years on.
- Portals devouring online ad sales, finds study. Speaking of sobering: Yahoo, Google, MSN and AOL are carrying two-thirds of the value of internet advertising.
- Update 1: Magazine publishers see future, but no profit, in shift to Internet. A headline to give any publisher pause. Via I Want Media.
- Update 2: Morton & Miles give up. Alan Mutter’s lede: “The most authoritative newsletter covering the newspaper industry issued a gloomy prognosis for the business today and then, tellingly, went out of business.”
- Internet and Asian producers threaten paper-makers. Bad news for newsprint producers may be a shot of good news for newspapers.
