Feb
13
Because there is so much flowing through the feedreader this evening:
- A disturbing blog and a parochial contest. Juan Antonio Giner dislikes a couple of things about the latest SND Best of Newspaper Design contest: a blog that “leaks” partial results of the judging and the fact that 10 of the 12 newspapers that have apparently won the most awards are American, of which he writes: “And very revealing: all these newspapers, all of them, are losing circulation.”
- The Future of News: A Case for Literary Journalism. A Poynter interview with Norman Simms, editor of well-loved compilations of literary journalism. Includes this: “I see a degree of stress in public affairs journalism that wasn’t there 10 or 20 years ago. Newspaper staffs have been reduced and there are fewer resources available to support the newspaper’s job of covering government and doing independent investigative reporting. There’s still plenty of great work being done, but people inside the industry are now questioning whether or not the fundamental nature of American democracy will change if newspapers continue down this path.”
- Best example yet of why paid content doesn’t work online. Howard Owens offers a post of how a local newspaper is losing the online war to an (apparent) one-man band. Good discussion in the comments, too.
- Photojournalism as Art? You be the judge! Richard Koci Hernandez has a nice response to Dennis Dunleavy’s recent column on the role of art in photojournalism. Not sure if the last quote in the article is his, but it’s a great one.
- Google Maps: Answers to your questions. Ryan Pitts with an incredibly valuable post that’s as good a guide for journalists to Google map mashups that you’ll find.
- The true promise of citizen journalism. I want to spend a little more time with this post, but it is a deeply thought-provoking idea: the greatest addition of citizens to journalism may be bringing morality to the discussion. This needs to be widely read, I think.
