Archive for July, 2008

How social media changes everything

July 30, 2008 in Web 2.0, internet, journalism, social media
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A thought-provoking presentation by Neil Perkin on how social media changes the rules in the media industry. I stumbled across it as Neil kindly quotes me in the presentation:

Jobs at UBC School of Journalism

July 30, 2008 in Canada, education, journalism
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We have some positions open at my J-school at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. If you are looking for a position and this is a good fit for you, I hope that you will apply. If not, please help us let others know about the opportunities. I would be happy [...]

links for 2008-07-30

July 30, 2008 in Links

FORTUNE: Big Tech What’s Google News worth? $100 million «
Think of Google News as a $100 million search referral machine.
(tags: internet innovation journalism media)

links for 2008-07-29

July 29, 2008 in Links

Newsnight editor Peter Barron leaving the BBC to join Google | Media | guardian.co.uk
Newsnight editor Peter Barron is to leave the BBC to join Google as head of communications and public affairs for the UK, Ireland and Benelux regions.
(tags: BBC media internet journalism)

Newspapers on a laptop

July 28, 2008 in Canada, journalism, newspapers

Is this the Canadian Newpaper Association’s idea of online journalism?

CBC seeks to draw in ethnic audiences

July 25, 2008 in CBC, Canada, broadcast, journalism
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CBC is reaching out to the Chinese community in British Columbia with the launch of a Chinese-language news service.
The website is fairly basic at this stage, with a list of headlines leading to local, national and international stories in simplified and traditional Chinese characters.
The stories are picked by staff in the Vancouver newsroom and translated [...]

links for 2008-07-24

July 24, 2008 in Links

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | McFly CD lifts newspaper’s sales
How the Daily Mail in the UK is trying to boost sales
(tags: online internet newspapers)

BBC - Press Office - Roly Keating appointed as Director of Archive Content
Roly Keating takes over responsibility for maximising public access to the BBC’s constantly expanding archive of television, radio and multimedia [...]

US newspapers struggle to understand the web

July 22, 2008 in journalism, news, newspapers, online
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Image via WikipediaA major study into US newspapers by the Project for Excellence in Journalism presents a picture of an industry struggling to come to terms with the seismic changes taking place in the media.
As the report highlights:
On one hand, financial pressures sap its strength and threaten its very survival. On the other, the rise [...]

links for 2008-07-17

July 17, 2008 in Links

J-Lab Announces Winners in First New Media Women Entrepreneurs Competition
hree entrepreneurial news ideas - for public storytelling installations, a networking site for Puget Sound’s military community and a news site for and by Latinas - each won $10,000 in a competition that forecast the kinds of fresh and intriguing ideas
(tags: innovation internet media)

The seven [...]

Newspapers failing to exploit online opportunities, again

July 16, 2008 in internet, journalism, newspapers
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The latest survey of newspaper readers in the US by the Readership Institute has both good and bad news for the industry.
The good news is the study (PDF) found that newspaper readership is relatively stable, only down a little from 2006:
Why aren’t they much worse, when the imminent demise of newspapers seems to be all [...]

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