Tag: journalism
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Traditional Vs. Non-Traditional Journalism
Chris Anderson and Will Hearst talking shop in May of 2006: Publisher, Will Hearst, on the evolution of journalism: [..] In the era of 20 years ago, there was a notion of a professional journalist — I’m not saying let’s race back to that era — what I’m saying is that notion is utterly gone.…
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Reality, By James Nachtwey
Rwanda, 1994 – Survivor of Hutu death camp. The opening statement from Nachtwey’s photojournalism portfolio: “I have been a witness, and these pictures are my testimony. The events I have recorded should not be forgotten and must not be repeated.” -James Nachtwey- More on James’ work from EthanZ, covering TED.
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The Bottom Line Of CrowdSourcing
Wired News Gannett to Crowdsource News By Jeff Howe […] According to internal documents provided to Wired News and interviews with key executives, Gannett, the publisher of USA Today as well as 90 other American daily newspapers, will begin crowdsourcing many of its newsgathering functions. Starting Friday, Gannett newsrooms were rechristened “information centers,” and instead…
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The Haditha Massacre, Media and Patterns of Warfare
With the massacre of Haditha already drawing comparisons to the My Lai massacre — where up to 500 unarmed Vietnamese men, women and children were killed in cold blood by American forces — proponents of this war are holding fast against this incident becoming the tipping point of complete anti-war sentiment. Local blogger, Joe Guarino:…
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The News Is Getting Interesting
When Technorati began presenting blogs on articles pages of Newsweek and WaPo, the blogosphere moved one step closer to credibility. This move by Reuters pushes blogging—specifically bridge blogging—into a whole new stratosphere. Reuters partners in comment blog Mark Sweney Reuters has formed a partnership with an international network of bloggers to provide public comment alongside…
Sean Patrick Coon 