Category: Journalism

Classement mondial de la liberté de la presse 2019 | Reporters sans frontières Reporters sans frontières (RSF) dévoile l’édition 2019 du Classement mondial de la liberté de la presse. via RSF: http://index.rsf.org/#!/presentation The 2015 World Press Freedom Index highlights the worldwide deterioration in freedom of information in 2014. Beset by wars, the growing threat from…

Sowing Mayhem, One Click at a Time Charles C. Johnson, a blogger based in California, may be the ultimate expression of a certain kind of citizen journalism — one far more toxic than we’re accustomed to seeing. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/15/business/media/sowing-mayhem-one-click-at-a-time.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 The Internet has given us many glorious things: streaming movies, multiplayer games, real-time information and videos…

Is Livestreaming the Future of Media or the Future of Activism? It might be both. A report from Ferguson and your laptop screen. via Intelligencer: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/12/livestreaming-the-future-of-media-or-activism.html livestreaming has come into its own as a raw alternative to cable news’ slick packaging and personality-driven coverage

This building is an organism for making newspapers I love this cutaway view of Washington DC’s Evening Star Building, drawn in 1922. The building is on the National Register as a Hi via kottke.org: http://kottke.org/14/11/this-building-is-a-organism-for-making-newspapers I love this cutaway view of Washington DC’s Evening Star Building, drawn in 1922. The building is on the National…

How Facebook Is Changing the Way Its Users Consume Journalism Facebook uses mathematical formulas to predict what its users might want to read on the site, from which, a study says, about 30 percent of adults in America get their news. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/27/business/media/how-facebook-is-changing-the-way-its-users-consume-journalism.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Many of the people who read this article will do so because…

Ferguson Reveals a Twitter Loop Twitter ensured that the events in Ferguson, Mo., led to a debate about police violence and race in America. But it was also responsible for creating and perpetuating numerous falsehoods. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/28/fashion/ferguson-reveals-a-twitter-loop.html?partner=rss&emc=rss You would think that with all this information at my fingertips I would have known exactly what was…

Last Call The end of the printed newspaper. via Medium: https://medium.com/@cshirky/last-call-c682f6471c70 If you are a journalist at a print publication, your job is in danger. Period. Time to do something about it

Comment: Social Media And The Future of TV News – Newsshooter An opinion by Matt Allard: It’s a difficult time to be employed in the news industry. Whether you’re a cameraman, photographer, editor, producer, reporter or do any of the other countless jobs in our industry you will have been personally affected by cuts via…

Exclusive: New York Times Internal Report Painted Dire Digital Picture “Our journalism advantage is shrinking,” a committee led by the publisher’s son warned. A call to get rid of the metaphor of “Church and State.” via BuzzFeed News: http://www.buzzfeed.com/mylestanzer/exclusive-times-internal-report-painted-dire-digital-picture “They are ahead of us in building impressive support systems for digital journalists, and that gap…