studying the media ecosystem
Yesterday I observed that journalism has always been an open source undertaking because its product gets put into the public domain for discussion and improvement. Today I will reference a a paper published on the Internet journal First Monday that looks at how to create journalism through citizen involvement, making it open source in process [...]
Journalists give away of knowledge so that others can expand or act upon the ideas. Open source software is code that is written and shared in public. If we think of writing as a form of software then journalism is an open source field. Not only do journalists publish their works for people to share, [...]
There’s nothing wrong with media that isn’t explained by the character of media people. I say this having just come away from a writers’ social organized by MediaBistro. “This is not about networking, but about community-building,” said the invitation in one of those pleasant lies that wordsmiths knowingly ignore: To tell a gathering of writers, [...]
Today I take a page from the notebook of Pierre de Fermat, the French mathematician who tantalized generations of subsequent number-crunchers with a margin note saying he had a marvelous proof to thorny problem but didn’t have time to jot it down. Similarly, I have a theory that the problem with mass media is that [...]
Several of the blognoscenti have posted their tips and tricks for keeping up with the flood of information. Start trying to improving your own technique by scanning this post written by B.L. Ochman Then click on this tip sheet offered by Graham Holliday and if you are a glutton for knowledge, view the [...]
OurMedia, the citizen media portal, has created a Personal Media Learning Center to help people acquire the skills “to create videoblogs, podcasts, screencasts, digital stories and other emerging media forms,” reports site co-founder J.D. Lasica. The new how-to site includes an Open Media Directory that points to shareable audio, video and other content. The list [...]
News is a commodity in oversupply but that abundance creates the need for sifting and sorting to put the details into context. So says one journalism guru in suggesting that “sense-making” will be the future of newspapers. I don’t run a newspaper but I am supporting a family through journalism. What does this new definition [...]
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