Category: Journalism
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Algorithmically constructed news
Algorithmically constructed news In Wired, Steven Levy has a long profile of the fascinating field of algorithmic news-story generation. Levy focuses on Narrative Science, and its competitor Automated Insights, and discusses how t… via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2013/04/03/algorithmically-constructed-ne.html Narrative Science’s cofounder, Kristian Hammond, claims that 90 percent of all news will soon be algorithmically generated, but…
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102 Spectacular Nonfiction Stories from 2012
52 Spectacular Non-Fiction Books You Need To Read Looking to read a story about something that really happened, but is told in a way that is very captivating? Here are 52 non-fiction books to check out via Byliner.com – Satisfy Your Curiosity, Fill The Information Void: http://byliner.com/spotlights/102-spectacular-nonfiction-articles-2012 Each year, I track the most exceptional stories…
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The 50 Worst Columns of 2012
The 50 Worst Columns of 2012 The most noxious, wrongheaded, misleading, silly, and downright awful pieces of punditry to somehow end up in print or online this year. via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2012/12/worst-columns-2012/59720/ we wanted to take some time out of The Atlantic Wire’s Year in Review to re-read and reflect on the most noxious, wrongheaded,…
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The best (and worst) media errors and corrections of 2012
Link: The best (and worst) media errors and corrections of 2012 | Poynter. If my annual tally of plagiarism and fabrication incidents is the depressing part of “Regret the Error”‘s year-end coverage, then this annual collection of the best of the worst in errors and corrections is the highlight.
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The Taliban Just Tried to Assassinate Me | VICE
The Taliban Just Tried to Assassinate Me There’s a certain amount of irony when you’re accused of being pro-Taliban, only to find half a kilo of explosives under your car, which have been put there by the Taliban. But that situation is something that Hamid Mir, Pakistan’s most well-known TV… via Vice: http://www.vice.com/read/hamid-mir-just-survived-an-assassination-attempt-by-the-taliban There’s a…
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Nation Horrified To Learn About War In Afghanistan While Reading Up On Petraeus Sex Scandal
Link: Nation Horrified To Learn About War In Afghanistan While Reading Up On Petraeus Sex Scandal | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
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Ad Age: ‘Digital dimes are turning into mobile pennies’
Link: Ad Age: ‘Digital dimes are turning into mobile pennies’ | Poynter. Poynter’s Rick Edmonds looks at the business implications: While tablet ownership doubled to 22 percent in the past year, those tablet owners don’t want to pay for content and they aren’t crazy about advertising either.
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‘The Dream Is Dead’: Why So Many Chinese Journalists Are Quitting
‘The Dream Is Dead’: Why So Many Chinese Journalists Are Quitting A reporter’s high-profile resignation has provoked pessimism about the future of China’s news media. via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/09/the-dream-is-dead-why-so-many-chinese-journalists-are-quitting/262389/ Although the government’s control over news media has always been tight, the range and intensity of the purge this year has been rarely seen, suggesting that…
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Newspapers get $1 in new digital ad revenue for every $25 in print ad revenue lost
Link: Newspapers get $1 in new digital ad revenue for every $25 in print ad revenue lost | Poynter. The newspaper industry’ s effort to cover print advertising losses with digital ad gains, weak in 2010 and 2011, deteriorated further in the first half of this year.
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Why Do Americans Hate the Media? Just Watch the Conventions
Why Do Americans Hate the Media? Just Watch the Conventions By embracing the cult of political celebrity, journalists have sacrificed their public mission. via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/09/why-do-americans-hate-the-media-just-watch-the-conventions/261879/ By embracing the cult of political celebrity, journalists have sacrificed their public mission.
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CNN Afflicts ‘the Skinny-dipper’
Link: CNN Afflicts ‘the Skinny-dipper,’ Comforts Jesus Christ – Conor Friedersdorf – The Atlantic As a story about a congressman who swam nude in a lake spreads through the media it discredits almost everyone who takes it seriously.
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University of Georgia student newspaper staff walks out after pressure to take grip-and-grin photos and focus on ‘good’ news rather than journalism
Link: University of Georgia student newspaper staff walks out after pressure to take grip-and-grin photos and focus on ‘good’ news rather than journalism | dvafoto The whole situation reads like a microcosm of what’s been happening at newspapers across the country as staffs are gutted and institutional knowledge is lost in favor of cheap and…
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‘Denver Resident Here. Reddit, I’m Doing My Best to Update This.’
‘Denver Resident Here. Reddit, I’m Doing My Best to Update This.’ The real story here is the tragedy, but the way the news spread is also a sign of the times. via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/print/2012/07/denver-resident-here-reddit-im-doing-my-best-to-update-this/260115/ But one of the most effective sources of information about the massacre has been Reddit. In particular, “Comprehensive timeline: Aurora Massacre,”…
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‘I left daily journalism at exactly the right time’
Link: ‘I left daily journalism at exactly the right time’ | JIMROMENESKO.COM But that’s where we are. We’re fighting over seconds that, for the vast majority of news users, are completely irrelevant. We’ve wrongly bought into some idea or practice built on obsessive competition combined with the joys of technological advancement – and we’ve overestimated…
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AP orders staff to stop taunting news outlets for getting health care ruling wrong
Link: AP orders staff to stop taunting news outlets for getting health care ruling wrong | JIMROMENESKO.COM From: Scott, David T. Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 9:51 AM To: News – Central Editorial Staff Subject: Twitter/Health Care Importance: High All, Please, immediately, stop taunting on social networks about CNN and others’ SCOTUS ruling mistake and…
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A New York Times Whodunit
Link: A New York Times Whodunit Who slew Times CEO Janet Robinson? Was it Arthur Sulzberger’s new lady friend? The advertising market? The frustrated web guru? Or the ambitious Sulzberger cousin?
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Facebook IPO may force journalists to consider their role in the social network’s growth
Link: Facebook IPO may force journalists to consider their role in the social network’s growth | Poynter. “Journalists have been flocking to Facebook to create content and connections on a platform that the company can use for all time,” she writes. “Not only that, we’re feeding an advertising rival that’s only going to get bigger…
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The Pernicious Myth That Slideshows Drive ‘Traffic’
The Pernicious Myth That Slideshows Drive ‘Traffic’ Readers aren’t stupid. They know when your product is cheap. via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/print/2012/05/the-pernicious-myth-that-slideshows-drive-traffic/256831/ readers may click through your slideshow, but they’ll hate you a liiitttle bit more than they did when they got to the site. And I bet they’ll feel the same way about whatever advertiser…
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‘I would have loved to piss on your shoes’
Link: JIMROMENESKO.COM In April of 2001, I posted what I believe to be the best letter ever written by a journalist as he left a newsroom. The author is Mark Schlueb, who was laid off from the Akron Beacon Journal, a Knight Ridder paper eleven years ago.