http://ju-don.com/wordpress Musings about online Journalism Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:00:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In a recent survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, 40 percent of respondents cited the internet as a main source of news about national and international issues. Thirty-five percent cited newspapers as a main source. According to the survey, TV eclipses all other ... http://ju-don.com/wordpress/2008/12/31/pew-internet-surpasses-newspapers-for-national-international-news/ Chris O’Brien, who has been working on the The Next Newsroom Project, recently wrote an interesting post for the Knight Digital Media Center leadership blog on what being an online first newsroom really means. Chris's post does a good job of challenging conventional thinking about online journalism. The short story, ... http://ju-don.com/wordpress/2008/12/24/online-first/ The New York Times reports that Hewlett-Packard and Arizona State University are joining forces to create a portable, flexible display. The new device has the potential to get your news on the go. Oh, wait, that's what PDAs and cell phones are for. But, hey, if it brings extra eyeballs ... http://ju-don.com/wordpress/2008/12/09/the-digital-evolution/ The New York Times has an interesting article this morning about professional journalists at Web-based news operations doing serious investigative reporting. VoiceofSanDiego.org and others are cited as forcing traditional news media outlets to play catchup on their reporting. http://ju-don.com/wordpress/2008/11/18/the-second-rise-of-independent-journalism/ NABJ kicks off its fall Media Institute series with Lessons From the Multimedia Battlefield in Nashville. The seminar, which runs Oct. 23 to 25, features new media professionals who will help the journalists in attendance understand how to position themselves in a new media landscape. My personal bias is that ... http://ju-don.com/wordpress/2008/10/09/nabjs-new-media-institute/ The Online News Association conference is fast approaching. If you're interested in new media -- innovation, implementation or jobs -- this is the conference you want to attend. I first became involved in ONA as a panelist for the '04 conference. Since then, I've been on the conference planning committee ... http://ju-don.com/wordpress/2008/08/01/ona-conference-is-a-month-away/ Okay, I'm really late posting this, but I've been busy. :-) http://ju-don.com/wordpress/2008/08/01/post-and-postcom-get-a-new-editor/ The 2004 Class of Nieman Fellows (and Nieman Affiliates, or significant others). The Nieman Foundation has selected its incoming class. Twenty-eight fellows from around the world will descend on Harvard for a year of study, fellowship and pampering. Yes, pampering. In 2003, I had the privilege of being selected a Nieman ... http://ju-don.com/wordpress/2008/05/28/nieman-fellows-chosen/ The Post broke its record for the number of Pulitzer wins in one year, bringing home six of the coveted awards. The previous high for the newspaper was four in 2006. As you can imagine, there was a lot of celebrating in both newsrooms -- the print newsroom in Washington ... http://ju-don.com/wordpress/2008/04/08/cause-for-celebration/ Tanya Ballard was already a veteran Web editor when she decided to attend a workshop to beef up her technical skills. Ballard, who oversees investigative projects for washingtonpost.com, said that although her work does not require her to create multimedia elements, she felt that gaining experience with certain software and ... http://ju-don.com/wordpress/2008/03/19/as-newsroom-change-mid-career-journalists-embrace-training-to-adjust/