Nov
27
Interesting pieces I’ve read so far today:
- Google and Other People’s Content. Jon Fine has a shortish, intriguing Business Week piece that argues that it’s inevitable that Google, to maintain profit and growth, will have to start buying content creators.
- Eye-Fi wireless memory card. I’m pretty sure I would like one of these $99 wireless memory cards for digital cameras, which beam your photos from camera to PC and onward to Flickr and the like. But, according to the FAQ, it’s only currently supported in the U.S. and it won’t work with public wifi spots that require logging in.
- Top 9 gifts for online journalists. A little seasonal fun at OJR, with a wish-list that includes a Vespa.
- Multimedia reporting: no longer optional. Bryan Murley thinks it’s essential that every j-school student be exposed to multimedia and points out that a recent survey of accredited schools revealed only half of them had required multimedia courses. I know (from too much experience) that the academic wheels of change rotate slowly, but I find that astonishing.
- Could print have saved us? Steve Outing says it may have kept his user-based company from going under. The reason is economics: local advertisers still believe in print.
- An Important Lesson About Grassroots Media. Speaking of Steve, he has an Editor & Publisher column that delves into the lessons he learned with The Enthusiast Group and how those lessons can help others who want to work with grassroots and citizen journalists. Highly recommended.
- US news chiefs warn of evening TV news demise. The reason? The young folks aren’t watching. (The headline overstates the case a little: according to the Press Gazette story, it is only “conceivable” that the evening TV news might disappear at some point.
