Besides using freelancers (and just giving journalists cameras) the big trend at papers is to crowdsource citizen journalists. One can rightfully argue for the loss of quality but, especially online, readers respond better (meaning spend time with and engage more with) to low quality “real” photos and videos. While they … Continue reading
Dorothy Pomerantz, @DorothyAtForbes who is a staff writer at Forbes and writes the Show Me The Money blog, recently posted a question on Quora: What franchise could replicate the success of the Harry Potter movies? She then took those answers and used them to write her story: Some Ideas for Replacing ‘Harry Potter’. Quora … Continue reading
I’ve been a very outspoken critic of hyperlocal journalism as a scalable business model. One of my top 10 predictions for 2010 was that hyperlocal journalism wouldn’t catch on. In 2009 I even went as far as comparing the quest for the hyperlocal journalism business model to cold fusion. Sure … Continue reading
Content Farms have been around for a long time in one form or another. They are evolving rapidly and the advancements they make are starting to bleed over into the broader field of journalism, content and marketing. You can see this evidenced in developments like Computational Reporting. When I’m *predicting … Continue reading
There’s a brewing problem. Reporters are strapped an under increasing pressure to compete with bloggers. This results in reporters writing re-tweetable headlines which are sometimes misleading or stories being written with unchecked facts and inaccuracies. The solution, of course, is good journalism. But until the market sorts out the news … Continue reading
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