Posted on March 9, 2005 10:14 am by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Media
If an editorial written by a San Diego State University student in the Daily Aztec is any indication, the next generation of journalists won’t be any better positioned to co-exist with the blogosphere than the current generation.
Consuela Headrick, the student newspaper’s opinion editor, offers a column in today’s issue headlined “Blogs infringe on true journalism.” Some excerpts:
...slowly but surely, the Internet world is infringing on the…
Posted on February 24, 2005 9:52 am by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Media
When King Gyandendra assumed power in Nepal early this month, he did was most rulers do when they have taken power by force: He shut down the media. But after the phone lines came back up, journalists whose newspapers, radio stations and television stations had been shut down began reporting on conditions via blogs. Mark Glaser tells the story at OJR.
Posted on February 21, 2005 8:16 am by Shel Holtz | Media | Podcasting
Several items in rapid succession point to the continued growth of podcasting.
First came word from podcasting pioneer Adam Curry who last week noted that the number of podcasts listed in the ipodder.org directory has passed the 3,000 mark. Not bad for a medium that fundamentally didn’t exist six months ago.
Next, Charles Pizzo forwards a New York Times article on podcasting, “Tired of TiVo?…
Posted on February 18, 2005 9:24 am by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Media
If you’ve ever worked for a newspaper (I have, although longer ago than I care to admit), or if you ever watched an episode of “Lou Grant,” you know that the foundation of the editorial process is the daily budget meeting. Here, section editors meet with the brass to decide which stories get in and which don’t, which make the front page, which go above…
Posted on February 14, 2005 8:34 am by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Media
In the aftermath of CNN chief news executive Eason Jordan stepping down, some bloggers are crowing about the second high-profile media casualty in five months. “The moral of the story: the media can’t just cover up the truth and expect to get away with it—and journalists can’t just toss around allegations without substantiation and expect people to believe them anymore,” according to Edward Morrissey, author…
Posted on February 11, 2005 9:50 am by Shel Holtz | Media | Politics
Transparency is perhaps the most significant business and media issue of the decade. Following the uncovering of ethical lapses by everyone from Enron to Ketchum, the public—not to mention regulatory agencies—are demanding transparency. Even journalists appear willing to have their source material exposed to public scrutiny (see “Can PR Handle Transparency?”) And yet political bloggers on both sides of the fence seem to believe they…
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