Posts under ‘General Media’

Two stories a world apart, one challenge for following up on the wisdom of crowds.

Len Witt posted a fascinating rhetorical question on the public journalism network today: At 21 which job would you want, print or digital? It’s part of a story (one of so many these days) that represents the navel-gazing of an industry in the midst of collossal change. Witt quotes Jon Gisby, Head of Media Group, […]

Inspired by this post at Boing Boing, I’m sure some people are thinking this about Gannett’s adoption of the crowdsourcing method of news production.

Update with reactions at bottom of post.

See related post: “Crowdsourcing” the news?
Romenesko posted a memo from Gannett CEO Craig Dubow that outlines plans for the roll-out of a radical change in the newsroom environment at the company’s news outlets. Read the memo here. Comments below the fold.

If you’re not going to be in St. Louis, chew on this story from Mark Glaser about the “news” that’s going on in Second Life.
I haven’t seen any hard statistics about who’s hanging out in Second Life, but I can’t imagine it’s a lot of college students … yet.

Rich Cameron digs up this defense of the supremacy of newspapers from a surprising source: a college student.
But I think there are huge faults in Greg Finley’s reasoning.

Doug Fisher attended a blogging/journalism confab in Greensboro, N.C. last weekend. His wrap-up weblog entry is entirely worth a read - Thoughts from Greensboro.

A few days ago, I posted a link in our del.icio.us links (ICM Recommends) to a prescription for the newspaper industry from Alan Jacobson, a high-profile news designer: New rules for newspapers

Danny Sanchez provides a nifty reminder of how crowded the media landscape has become.
All of those brands are competing with you for the attention of college students on your campus.