And now, for the rest of the story:
- Sustainability in Citizen Media. Great short post from Dan Gillmor laying out his ideas about what sustainability means for the still fledgling citizen media efforts.
- Introducing Backyard Post: Real-world neighborhoods as the foundation for a reappraisal of what a local newspaper should be. The first squib leads nicely into this one: a new neighborhood-based “newspaper” for West Palm Beach. Some intriguing stuff here: it will be interesting to see how the site develops. Congrats to William Hartnett for what he’s accomplished so far.
- iConflict. “Now, there is finally a citizen journalism website dedicated to covering international conflicts and crises” Most welcome and very well done. Users can not only follow the news from the world’s hotspots (filling an increasing need) but also upload their own reports, including video. A great addition to Global Voices to help us all keep track of what’s happening in the global village.
- Announcing the publication of my new book. Terry Heaton, author of the must-read essays on media in the post-modern world, has a new book out that I’m going to have to get. Although, I find it a little odd that someone as plugged in as Terry requires you to mail him something called a “check” if you want the autographed version.
- FriendFeed. Paul Bradshaw gives the newest kid on the block a once over. Should I be paying attention to FriendFeed? Probably, but given that I was the two-million-and-something person to sign up for Twitter, I can hardly be considered an early adopter.
- Montgomery: papers must adapt or die. A few interesting ideas in some testimony before an English House of Lords committee on media and ownership, from David Montgomery, including the prediction that the days of subeditors (copy editors on this side of the pond) are numbered.
- Diversify or die – that is the harsh reality for media firms. This Roy Greenslade column might have gone better with the earlier business squibs. He makes a persuasive argument that for newspapers salvation may lie in buying non-news, revenue-producing assets.
- Separate online and print staff necessary for online innovation. Kristine Lowe kicks off what could be an interesting discussion with the observation that there may be great value in keeping the online and print folks apart. Sounds like a discussion well worth having.
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