“The hunter-gatherer model of journalism is no long sufficient. Citizens can do their own hunting and gathering on the Internet. What they need is somebody to add value to that information by processing it–digesting it, organizing it, making it usable.” — Phil Meyer, author of “Precision Journalism” Briggs starts out the third chapter of “Journalism […]
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Monday, February 14th, 2011
Ch. 2 ‘Advanced blogging’
“The great thing about a blog for an old-fashioned beat reporter like me is that it is journalism at its core–pounding the pavement looking for the next scoop and making sure that you stay two steps ahead of the competition. That drive was always in me as a beat reporter, but a blog elevates that […]
Sunday, February 13th, 2011
Ch. 1 ‘We are all web workers now’
In the first chapter of Mark Briggs‘ “Journalism Next,” Briggs starts off by stating that we as a society take the Internet and e-mail for granted. He then goes on to define ‘digital information’ and how to create and save text files, audio files, picture files and video files. One of the tips that Briggs […]
Sunday, February 6th, 2011
Has Journalism Become All About Page Views?
In Joel Achenbach‘s article, he writes about how journalists across all platforms have become more obsessed with how many people are viewing, listening or reading their works than the quality of their works and how it impacts people. Obviously, journalists want as many people as possible to view their work, but Achenbach raises the question: […]