Au Revoir Ampp3d | Digital by Default " Other people will write blogposts that better sum up the influence Ampp3d etc had on digital journalism in the UK – I am not qualified to do that. I will just say thank you for the inspiration, for demonstrating there was an audience for data journalism beyond... Continue Reading →

Twitter and What Might Have Been | stratechery This analysis of Twitter's shift from developer darling to standalone creator is a fascinating read. I remember the blog post alluded to in this article, and the shockwaves it caused about Twitter's supposed retreat from openness, dev culture and the open web. Of course, Twitter has never... Continue Reading →

What Newspapers Don't Know about Web Traffic Has Hurt Them Badly – But There is a Better Way - Shorenstein Center Research paper by Matthew Hindman into the regional news business in the US. Fascinating, frustrating and familiar... "Hindman’s research finds that although national news websites have robust traffic, traditional local newspapers are severely behind... Continue Reading →

Facebook hosting doesn't change things, the world already changed — Remains of the Day This... "...media ad experiences are awful. I wonder sometimes if folks at media companies ever try clicking their own links from within social media like Twitter or Facebook, just to experience what a damn travesty of a user experience it is.... Continue Reading →

NPR Appoints The AP's Michael Oreskes As News Chief : The Two-Way : NPR I'd agree with this, and also add apathy into the mix - not only how do you hold people's attention, but how to do you get them to care enough to engage in the first place? For a mercifully brief moment... Continue Reading →

Snapchat stories: Here’s how 6 news orgs are thinking about the chat app » Nieman Journalism Lab Does what it says on the tin. I like the opportunities presented by Snapchat - I particularly like the idea of going back to that more intimate connection with an audience - it feels to me like the... Continue Reading →

A Teenager’s View on Social Media — Backchannel — Medium "While it hasn't reached the popularity of the other networks, Yik Yak is a powerful contender that people actually use. Often I see people post about the fight for anonymity with other applications such as Secret. I can tell you that I do not know... Continue Reading →

When to quit your journalism job » Pressthink "When the sales people are happy to sell what the newsroom is happy to make, there you have a well-run editorial company. So measure your own newsroom’s misery by its distance from that (ideal) state" tags: journalism models leadership 5 waves of technology disruption that are just... Continue Reading →

News in the age of digital disruption - Future Tense - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) "The digital disruption to news delivery has also posed questions about the need for impartiality in the digital age. With the internet providing so many varied opinions and views on an issue, and social media favouring strongly held... Continue Reading →

New Relationships, Forms, and Models for News — Geeks Bearing Gifts — Medium "So perhaps the news industry must think past the idea that it is in the content, advertising, and distribution businesses. Perhaps we should ask whether — like Google and Facebook — news instead should be a service that helps people accomplish their goals. " tags: models... Continue Reading →