studying the media ecosystem
I had a dream last night, about how blogging could enliven and reinvigorate newspapers, but that’s not why I’m so late in getting some thoughts down today. Instead I’ve moved my morning schedule around to tend a real blog (in the blogging for dollars sense) that takes economic priority over these musings. But I want [...]
The “Blogging for Dolars” cover story in Business 2.0 offers tidbits of information on pay-per-click and banner (CPM) advertising rates, but somehow the math doesn’t add up in a piece that dwells on a handful of stars in a breathless, “Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous” tone suggesting that you, too, might grab blogging’s brass [...]
The Internet is becoming an increasingly important tool in political campaigns but an unusual survey of political consultants, “political junkies” and randomly selected voters suggests that the 2008 election will still be won or lost on televsion and cable. That’s what I extracted from a report titled “Moving to the Mainstream” published by E-Voter Institute, [...]
I’ve been tending a real (as in you get paid, blog) for the past few mornings which has eliminated the time that I normally devote to this labor of love. But I’ve switched things around for a few days so let me cut the chatter and use this time to rip through some items that [...]
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 [...]
It may be an old term but it’s new to me: data smog. That’s the title of the book in which author David Shenk describes a media environment that overwhelms us with information and to the point where it may cause “a variety of social and physical ills, including attention deficit disorder, loss of civility, [...]
The longer I practice journalism the more convinced I become that the most critical aspect of the craft is the choice and arrangement of the materials. Journalism should be factul, honest and fair. It should be truthful but it is not the “truth.” Rreaders must decide what larger truth to extract from any story. They [...]
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