Stilgherrian: Wherefor art thou, bloggers?
Stilgherrian goes to Tanzania to train ActionAid workers on social media so they can publish a voice online, but it’s pretty well ignored by Australian journalism – citizen and professiona.
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Blog Journalism: The World As Editor
Comments in blogs keep the blogger honest. The world becomes the Editor – a scary brute indeed!
Read MoreAustralian Journalists on Twitter
(nearly 100) Here’s a list of journalists from Australian (mostly mainstream, some New Zealanders) media who have embraced, indeed are head over heels, in love with Twitter. Let’s sit here and watch them. Quis...
Read MoreHistoric Drop in Newspaper Shares
From Alan Mutter’s blog: Newspaper share value fell $64B in ’08 In the worst year in history for publishers, newspaper shares dropped an average of 83.3% in 2008, wiping out $64.5 billion in market value in just 12 months....
Read MoreInternet takes over papers as news source
I always get into trouble for these types of posts. Something about me hating newspapers (I don’t), promoting blogger vs journos war (I’m not). But hey ho. *dons flak jacket* Here I am using my two unread newspapers...
Read MoreTwitter: Plane Crash in Denver
Jennifer Ross @Jenn was on a plane, tweeting away, when the plane ahead of hers ran off the runway: Pushed back – airport shutdown due to “an emergency” on a flight taking off to the north A couple of pages of...
Read MoreWotNews 2008: Our most important stories
WotNews wanted to put together stories of significance – not just reporting the main news from 2008 but asking a bunch of us what was most relevant to us personally. The list of people are:• David Liddy CEO, Bank of...
Read MorePrint: Tribune Bankrupt, Ad revenue plunge
From RintiniWriting Media giant Tribune Co., saddled with billions in debt since it became a privately held company last year, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a Delaware court this afternoon, becoming the first...
Read MoreEulogy: Mainstream Media Memorial
How fitting that Ray Martin will deliver the eulogy tonight: Martin accuses proprietors of abandoning serious journalismIn the annual Andrew Olle lecture, long-time Nine Network journalist Ray Martin last night slammed owners of...
Read MoreCensorship, Echo Chamber, and Democratization of News
Here’s the top 12 News stories that didn’t make mainstream media and should’ve.Top 25 Censored Stories for 2007 1. Future of Internet Debate Ignored by Media2. Halliburton Charged with Selling Nuclear...
Read MoreCivility, Profiles on Newspaper blogs
This week’s Media Report (Radio National) is on ensuring civility on blogs and social networks.The pageListen Now DownloadThe question we were asked to address was this: how do you encourage civility between commenters on...
Read MoreUnethical Media Behavior
How strange! I was reading Stilgherrian’s rant – or, open letter – to traditional journalists: Dear Journalists, how can you spout all that stuff about “standards” and then go back to your mucky business? Oh,...
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