Among the Audience
by: Gary HayesA fabulous upsum range of articles from the Economist on our beloved media industry (mostly in the user, participatory domain) and the evolution, revolution and chaos it is going through....
View ArticleThe Future of News - Peak Journalism
"Society doesn't need newspapers. What we need is journalism." Clay Shirkyread more
View ArticleGuillotine Owners Stay Ahead
I had an inane exchange with a social media consultant on his blog last week that reminded me of a truism: just as the rule for understanding politics is to follow the money, an important quality of...
View ArticleCandy Floss Journalism
I get contacted by lots of journalists and have developed a sixth sense for spotting the variety that know what they want to hear and if you aint saying it, will keep searching until they find somebody...
View ArticleDoes the Murdoch Content Paywall Really Work?
Let’s just get a few things straight, there are a lot of doomsayers out there. Those that say Rupert Murdoch is an idiot for implementing a paywall on his most prized content. If you talk to...
View ArticleUnequivocal Action
When accusations of illegal mobile phone hacking and arrests first came to the newspaper News of the World a few years ago, the paper responded in the typically guarded, less-said-the-better dance...
View Article‘Horizontal Media’ – How Social Media Has Changed Journalism
Guest Post by: Jo StratmannIn a recent article titled “The people formerly known as the audience”, The Economist looked at how social media technologies have changed how we gather, filter and...
View ArticleOpen Journalism: the Benefits of Collaboration
Guest Post by: Richard DalkeSky and the BBC have recently been in the news for restricting their journalists’ use of social media. The BBC released guidelines encouraging employees not to break news...
View ArticleThe Financial Times - How Can You Be So Amateurish??
The headline in today's FT says "Rift grows between old and young - Chancellor continues to shelter older people from austerity measures."What follows is a pathetic attempt to construct an argument to...
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