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A posting for an internship at The St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper and its website for a multimedia intern reads a lot like the job description for a 21st century journalist.
The ad reads:
This new position is for a multidisciplined and flexible multimedia journalist who can generate and execute multimedia ideas. Ideal candidates will be able to [...]

I caught up with Jim Brady, executive editor of the WashingtonPost.com during one of the lunch break at this weekend’s Online Journalism Symposium at Austin, Texas, to find out what was happening at the news website:

(Shot on a Nokia N95)

I was fortunate enough to present my research on how the BBC has integrated blogging in its journalism at the Online Journalism Symposium.
The paper, The BBC Goes Blogging: Is ‘Auntie’ Finally Listening?, is available for download as a PDF.
Here’s the abstract to provide a taster of the paper:
This study examines how the world’s [...]

After a morning of discussions about hyper-local at the Online Journalism Symposium, on comes Georgia Popplewell, the managing director of GlobalVoicesOnline.org to talk about the role of this non-profit in the media environment.
She talks about Global Voices as the leading newsroom for citizen media content and its relationship with mainstream media, particularly one of [...]

It’s time for the “show me the money” part of the Online Journalism Symposium at Austin, Texas, with speakers focusing on how the media is struggling to find sustainable business models.
First up, is Ken Riddick, vice president of digital media at Hearst Newspapers with a sombre message for newspapers - marketers have options far [...]

I’m off to Austin, Texas, for the 2008 International Online Journalism Symposium to present a paper on the BBC’s blogging strategy during the Saturday session.
There is a promising line-up and some 200 scholars, professional journalists and media executives have registered for the event. If you can’t make it, students will be live blogging the sessions [...]

Local news in the US reaches out to the ‘kids’ with Dance Party Friday, at least at Local 12 News in Cincinnati.

The issue over the use of photos of Ashley Alexandra Dupre taken from social networking sites like MySpace has just taken another twist.
Her court-appointed attorney, Kelley Drye’s Don D. Buchwald, has attacked the media for invading his client’s privacy.
The press release (PDF) from the attorney says the alleged call girl was “thrust into the public [...]

The schedule for the forthcoming International Symposium on Online Journalism is now available online and it has a great range of speakers.
The conference, held 4-5 April at the University of Texas at Austin, is unique in bringing both professionals and academics to discuss where journalism is going. But it also stands out for its [...]

The new year has inspired a couple of postings of how the news industry needs to change. Steve Outing, writing in Editor and Publisher, argues that the culture of newsrooms need to radically change:
As you enter 2008, I urge you to focus on cultural change within your newsroom. Get everyone involved in the task of [...]