Journalism, leadership and the realities of change
Perhaps I should just have one huge post on user-generated content that gets updated as merited because, to continue with the theme of UGC from the last update, this example shows what happens when a newspaper assumes everyone has the same knowledge and standards. Image: James ParksThe photograph on the right appeared in the Standard-Examiner in... Continue Reading →
Image via WikipediaReading Maria Purdy Young's take on UGC (Citizen Journalism: Something for Nothing Won't Last Long) I remembered Bild's 2008 announcement that it planned to pebbledash basic digital cameras around its potential audience, to try and boost the paper's photographic network. According to Bild's picture editor, the newspaper now receives something like 4,000 photographs a day,... Continue Reading →
Given that curation is the new black*, or at least a popular, effective way to tell stories, the number of tools caluclated to help with gathering and presenting information rises every week.Since I have accounts with any number of them of them, albeit mostly unused, and happened to be using Storify for work today, I... Continue Reading →
Image via WikipediaI was reading Tom Stites: Layoffs and cutbacks lead to a new world of news deserts this week* and it got me thinking about how (and whether) a newspaper really is intrinsic to the fabric of a community.It is a thought-provoking piece, exploring the concept of news deserts - although Stites is discussing... Continue Reading →
Image via WikipediaLong ago, when people tended to AskJeeves instead of just Asking, and citing Wikipedia as a source got you a newsdesk hairdrier (so, circa 1994), being rota-ed to do the Births, Deaths and Marriages scan was an envied job. Usually you were the early shift reporter, so you would potentially already have bagged at... Continue Reading →
Goodbye Google Wave. It seems so long ago that we were all selling our grannies for invites...***********************************************************From: Google Wave <wave-noreply@google.com>Subject: Google Wave Sunsetting in 2012To: alisongowDear Wavers,More than a year ago, we announced that Google Wave would no longer be developed as a separate product. At the time, we committed to maintaining the site at... Continue Reading →
Newsroom Insider: Hating on Chelsea ClintonDespite the title, this isn't a rant about nepotism - it's an excellent read about what it means to be a journalist, with some great anecdotes and observations on a long career. Having said that, it's difficult to disagree with the point that "Clinton is not the first unqualified silver... Continue Reading →
I'm a Lean Machine - Your Idea is a Liability, Not an Asset..."Whatever your idea is, however brilliant, it is a consumer of resources, not a creator. The creation of value comes from the execution of the idea, not the idea itself. Your idea is a liability. You, as the entrepreneur, are paying the expense of creating... Continue Reading →
I read this a while ago but I had a broken wrist and, while I could have potentially used all sorts of free online tools to get my point across, I really couldn't face it. I was in pain, and I disagreed with this post so fundamentally, that the best thing to do was simply... Continue Reading →
Coding Horror: Suspension, Ban or Hellban? ..."every community is different. I've personally talked to people in charge of large online communities – ones you probably participate in every day – and part of the reason those communities haven't broken down into utter chaos by now is because they secretly hellban and slowban their most problematic... Continue Reading →
Alison Gow | Building the New 