Jan
10
I’m coming up on the fifth anniversary of this endeavour. While I’m figuring out where to take it next, I’ll continue to cherry pick what I consider some of the best of the media web. There’ll be a separate list of links to an avalanche of newspaper business news later today.
- Snaps by day derby by night. This word-and-photo piece on a photojournalists who’s also a roller derby team member isn’t as compelling as John Lehmann’s video doc about a librarian/roller derby queen, but hey, she’s one of us.
- 10 golden rules for video journalists. Generally, I’m wary of anything presented as “the rules,” but ths is a pretty good list to remember. More on video: Final Cut Pro’s Voice Over Tool is a Time Saver, from Colin Mulvany.
- Doing more with less: The world’s newspaper editors sound off on integrated newsrooms. A nice round-up of opinions on the strengths and weaknesses of integrated newsrooms. Interesting because it includes voices from places not usually heard from in the mediasphere, including Nigeria, Brazil and Norway.
- Citizen journalism news site Oh My News to stop paying contributors. We haven’t heard much about former darling Oh My News lately. The fact it’s moving from payment for most to prizes for some is being pushed as greater incentive. Related: Some outrage accompanies this post, The Oakland Press enlists reporters to train free journalists.
- ‘Chicago Tribune’: We Goofed On Redesign. This is the second time in the past year a newspaper has apologized to its readers for its redesign. Apparently, the goof was to redesign for young non-readers, not the newspaper actual readers.
- Networked link journalism: A revolution quietly begins in Washington state. This is one of the most significant things that happened in journalism last week. I’m not kidding. Go read about how four newspapers collaboratively covered Washington State’s weather mess. Four newspapers owned by four different companies. Driven by the folks on the ground.
- The Romenesko Effect and what it means for the future of news. Tom Mangan, whose regular posts I dearly miss, sees the benefits and advantages of brand.
- The dawn of the “personal journalist.” Isn’t that what the aggregators are all about? Is there salable value in aggregation-to-order? Can anyone become an “information butler”?
