Category: Journalism

  • Lee Enterprises executives get six-figure bonuses for doing their jobs

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    Link: » [UPDATED] Lee Enterprises executives get six-figure bonuses for doing their jobs JIMROMENESKO.COM On Friday, Lee’s executive compensation committee gave CEO Mary Junck a $700,000 bonus, while CFO Carl Schmidt received $400,000.

  • Here’s What It’s Like to Be a Russian Journalist

    Here’s What It’s Like to Be a Russian Journalist

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    Here’s What It’s Like to Be a Russian Journalist The Olympics sparked a deep examination by U.S. media of Russia’s policies and politics, so it’s eye-opening to see how the country’s own media operates. Photographer M. Scott Brauer spent a month painstakingly documenting Russia’s journalism industry and via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2014/02/brauer-russian-newsrooms/ The Olympics sparked a deep…

  • Still Mad as Hell

    Still Mad as Hell

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    Opinion | Still Mad as Hell What would Paddy Chayefsky say, now that the apocalyptic “Network” has come true a couple thousand times over? Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/opinion/sunday/dowd-still-mad-as-hell.html?hp&rref=opinion What would Paddy rant about the viral, often venomous world of the Internet, Twitter and cable news, where fake rage is all the rage all the time, bleeding over…

  • The best and worst media errors and corrections in 2013

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    Link: The best and worst media errors and corrections in 2013 | Poynter.

  • Maker of Animated GIFs Waits for Offbeat Moments

    Maker of Animated GIFs Waits for Offbeat Moments

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    Maker of Animated GIFs Waits for Offbeat Moments Tim Burke of Deadspin is known for his ability to capture the moment — whether as a still, a video clip or a GIF — better, faster, more frequently and from more sports events than just about anyone. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/sports/deadspins-tim-burke-waits-to-turn-offbeat-moments-into-gifs.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Burke, 35, is known among sports journalists…

  • Are Operations Like Flipboard Scams Against Publishers?

    Are Operations Like Flipboard Scams Against Publishers?

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    Are Operations Like Flipboard Scams Against Publishers? Since we’d gotten a number of questions from readers, I jotted down a short post a couple days ago explaining… via Talking Points Memo: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/–100456 You can’t eat ‘reach’ and we can’t pay salaries with ‘brand awareness’. I don’t pretend to know other people’s business models or strategies.…

  • If We Spend $25K On A Photo Essay, Readers Should Pay to See It, Says Harper’s Publisher

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    If We Spend $25K On A Photo Essay, Readers Should Pay to See It, Says Harper’s Publisher | PDNPulse Harper’s publisher John R. MacArthur wrote a letter for the October issue of the magazine in which he took a strong stand against publishing free writing and photography on the web. He tackles the question of…

  • Seymour Hersh on Obama, NSA and the ‘pathetic’ American media

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    Seymour Hersh on Obama, NSA and the ‘pathetic’ American media Pulitzer Prize winner explains how to fix journalism, saying press should ‘fire 90% of editors and promote ones you can’t control’. By Lisa O’Carroll via the Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/media/media-blog/2013/sep/27/seymour-hersh-obama-nsa-american-media?CMP=twt_gu Pulitzer Prize winner explains how to fix journalism, saying press should ‘fire 90% of editors and promote…

  • Riptide

    Riptide

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    Home – Riptide Riptide is an oral history of the collision between journalism and digital technology, from 1980 to today. Featuring over 60 interviews: Tim Berners-Lee, Eric Schmidt, Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., Arianna Huffington, Clay Christensen, Dick Costolo, Nick Denton via Riptide: http://www.niemanlab.org/riptide/ An oral history of the epic collision between journalism and digital technology, from…

  • Campaign Journalism in the Age of Twitter

    Campaign Journalism in the Age of Twitter

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    Campaign Journalism in the Age of Twitter A far younger campaign reporter now feeds a never-ending news cycle named Twitter. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/02/business/media/campaign-journalism-in-the-age-of-twitter.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 Mr. Hamby suggested that politicians who came of age in the Twitter era — Gov. Chris Christie, Gov. Martin O’Malley, Senator Marco Rubio and others — will have an advantage over Hillary Rodham…

  • Let Me Explain Why Miley Cyrus’ VMA Performance Was Our Top Story This Morning

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    Link: Let Me Explain Why Miley Cyrus’ VMA Performance Was Our Top Story This Morning – America’s Finest News Source Side note: Advertisers, along with you idiots, love videos. Another side note: The Miley Cyrus story was in the same top spot we used for our 9/11 coverage.

  • Gannett layoffs, job eliminations said nearing 200

    Gannett layoffs, job eliminations said nearing 200

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    Urgent: Layoffs, job eliminations push near 230; more expected to get the boot through Monday [ Updated at 7:29 p.m. ET with latest figures.] Gannett’s U.S. Community Publishing newspaper division and a handful of other subsidiari… Link: http://gannettblog.blogspot.com/2013/08/urgent-layoffs-job-eliminations-now.html Gannett’s U.S. Community Publishing newspaper division has now cut an estimated 195 165 118 jobs across at least 35…

  • German newspapers go back to Google after winning right to be excluded from it

    German newspapers go back to Google after winning right to be excluded from it

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    German newspapers go back to Google after winning right to be excluded from it After lobbying for laws to allow them to opt out of Google’s search results, German newspapers have opted right back in again. The publishers claim it’s a temporary measure while they f… via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2013/08/01/german-newspapers-go-back-to-g.html Panasonic has officially announced the…

  • Print Dead At 1,803

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    Link: Print Dead At 1,803 | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source That’s quite a legacy print’s leaving behind. And the world will not soon forget it.” “On second thought,” Burnett added, after pausing a moment, “the world will probably forget it pretty soon, actually

  • Is There Still Hope For Newspapers? David Simon Of The Wire Thinks So

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    Is There Still Hope For Newspapers? David Simon Of The Wire Thinks So – A Photo Editor Jonathan, sent me a link to David Simon’s blog awhile back and in the comments of the introduction he gets into a debate with someone about the future of newspapers. I know he’s right about the problem and…

  • Journalism Is the Worst 4-Year College Investment—Be a Sailor Instead!

    Journalism Is the Worst 4-Year College Investment—Be a Sailor Instead!

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    Journalism Is the Worst 4-Year College Investment—Be a Sailor Instead! If the constant downsizing in the news-media industry hasn't already convinced you to pick something else to do with your life, a new study shows the worst "return on investment" for a four-year degree is a job in journalism. It takes journ via Gizmodo: http://front.kinja.com/journalism-is-the-worst-4-year-college-investment-be-a-512348579…

  • The White House Correspondents Dinner 2013: Morphing of Hollywood and DC Now Complete

    The White House Correspondents Dinner 2013: Morphing of Hollywood and DC Now Complete

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    The White House Correspondents Dinner 2013: Morphing of Hollywood and DC Now Complete – Reading The Pictures For a gesture that fleetingly alludes to the insanity that is Washington, this is epic. via Reading The Pictures: http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2013/04/the-white-house-correspondents-dinner-2013-morphing-of-hollywood-and-dc-now-complete/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Bagnewsnotes+%28BAGnewsNotes%29 I love “Hollywood on the Potomac”; the “Nerd Prom,” and and everything the White House Correspondent’s Bacchanal has…

  • In Boston, CNN Stumbles in Rush to Break News

    In Boston, CNN Stumbles in Rush to Break News

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    The Pressure to Be the TV News Leader Tarnishes a Big Brand When big news breaks, a common impulse is to turn to CNN, but the network suffers from self-inflicted damage. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/22/business/media/in-boston-cnn-stumbles-in-rush-to-break-news.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 Throughout the week, I saw anchors and reporters staring at their phones, hoping a new nugget might arrive to give them something…

  • Why we need a better conversation about the future of journalism education

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    Link: Why we need a better conversation about the future of journalism education | Poynter. If journalism has value to democratic society that makes it more than another form of commerce, then licensed or not, it has the qualities of a profession and should be evaluated as we evaluate other professional schools.

  • Fox News reporter who won’t reveal sources threatened with jail

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    Link: Fox News reporter who won’t reveal sources threatened with jail | Poynter. If forced to testify, Winter would either reveal her confidential sources in the nation’s highest profile trial – perhaps destroying her career as an investigative reporter – or spend up to six months in jail, according to Judge Samour.