Studying the intersection of journalism, interactive communications and public discourse
Do we need a code of “global” journalism ethics now that interactive communications technology makes worldwide distribution possible for each and every story published online? Here’s what the UW Center for Journalism Ethics says on the subject: “News media now inhabit a radically pluralistic, global community where the impact of their reports can have far-reaching effects — good or …
In July of 2009, I traveled to the Philippines and volunteered at a 3-day medical mission in the barrios of Burauen, Leyte. Using my newly acquired Flash CS4 skills, I created this website to document the experience. The site includes a preloader (since it takes few moments to load), a flash introduction, a text story, a …
Tweeting from a funeral? Is it OK or is it in bad taste? When I worked as a daily newspaper reporter, I covered more than my share of funerals. One was for a 7-year-old who had his head cut off with a box cutter after a home invasion. Another was for a family of two …
This is the keynote speech I delivered to the Travelers Information Technology Leadership Development Program Annual Session in Hartford, Connecticut on October 13, 2009. Thank you, Tony for your introduction, and thank you members of the Information Technology Leadership Development Program for inviting me to speak today about networking and the value of conversation. I’d …
Writing for the web demands writing short. You are crafting content for an audience with a very limited attention span. And most people don’t read online. They scan. So here are 25 tips for writing short by Roy Peter Clarke, the writing coach at Poynter Institute. My short list of Clarke’s best tips: #6. Beware: …
“If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance even less.” — Gen. Eric Shinseki “The future belongs to people who see possibilities before they become obvious.” — Ted Levitt
– What Should Journalism Professors Tell Their Students? – Technology Is Newspapers Undoing
Advances in mobile technology and the continued proliferation of mobile devices will mean a greater boon for citizen journalism. The idea behind citizen journalism, also known participatory journalism, is that individuals with no professional journalism training play an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating news and information. Mobile technology is …
September 11, 2001. According to the Pew Internet Project, the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, generated the most traffic to traditional news sites in the history of the Web. The immense demand for immediate news had people turning to e-mail, weblogs and forums “as conduits for information, commentary, and action related to 9/11 events.” …
The following is an examination of mobile products offered by two traditional news organizations. The New York Times Mobile The New York Times is the benchmark for news media organizations in terms of depth of content, audience reach, and elegance of design. The newspaper’s mobile products are no different. The Times’ mobile site drew 500,000 page …