How can a news organization make real money online? The answer may be the key to survival for many mainstream news outlets, but nobody’s really found the magic formula yet. Most sites depend on advertising, which does bring in revenue…
You know the public image of TV news reporters, right? They’re unethical, lazy and overpaid. Not. In this brilliant blog post, former Atlanta TV reporter Doug Richards debunks those myths, and several more–like this one: They can tell you what’s…
Jargon. Bylines. Swag. Those are just a few of the items on the list of stuff journalists like on the blog of the same name written by two former newspaper reporters in Colorado. Denver’s alt-weekly Westword calls the site “hilariously…
It’s the latest twist in non-profit journalism. Spot.us is a project of the Center for Media Change based in the San Francisco area that launched a few weeks ago. It allows the public to commission journalists to investigate what the…
If there was ever any doubt about the popularity and staying power of blogging, a new report says there shouldn’t be. Ten years after the launch of the first blog host, Open Diary, blogs have become a truly “global phenomenon…
Uh-oh. It looks like we’ve finally done it; we’ve given people too much news and information. In an article for the Columbia Journalism Review, author Bree Nordensen writes about frustrated news consumers who have so much data coming at them every…
Anyone looking for a job in journalism needs to know what employers want. The short answer is, they want it all. They’re looking for journalists who can process information and write clearly, and who also have high-level technical skills. And…
Is this the future of print? Esquire Magazine has just published an experimental, limited-edition issue that features something called electronic ink on the cover, with moving words and flashing images. The same technology puts a Ford ad in motion on…
Despite all the changes in the newspaper business, top editors say the most important skill for journalists is still good writing. A survey by the Project for Excellence in Journalism found that 88% of editors ranked writing skills as “very…
Times are tough in newsrooms all across the country. Dragged down by a sagging economy, TV newsrooms and newspapers are laying off staff and cutting their coverage. If you’re a young journalist, it may be hard to keep your fears…
