Skip to primary content

Blog

McClatchyNext: A Wiki Addresses Future of News

July 5th, 2008 by Leonard Witt

McClatchyNext is billed as a:

A shared wiki for McClatchy journalists and others to talk about the way ahead for news, news companies and people who care about them.

If you have not done, so I would recommend a visit, lots of interesting conversations happening at this wiki and you can join the conversation. Here is more:

What’s the point here, anyhow?

Well, one of the comments on Etaoin Shrdlu recently suggested that McClatchy should “set up an online repository for ideas, sort of like what Starbucks did when it solicited suggestions from customers. Give people a venue. Innovation will happen. It must.”

McClatchyNext aspires to be that venue.

Posted in Journalism, Journalism Business Models, Newspapers, Reinventing Journalism, Social Media, Social Networking | No Comments

CNN iReport Superstar Tells All — Maybe Too Much

July 3rd, 2008 by Leonard Witt

I contacted Grayson Daughters, an Atlanta area user content producer, because I wanted to learn more about her success at getting stuff placed at CNN’s iReport.com.  She is listed as a CNN iReport Superstar. One piece on Georgia politics got more than 10,000 views and got the CNN stamp of approval. What Daughters tells me […]

Read the full post ›

Posted in CNN, Citizen journalism, Grayson Daughters, Journalism, Journalism Ethics, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Video Explains Representative Journalism — And Is Critiqued

July 2nd, 2008 by Leonard Witt

Last week at the New England News Forum I made a 25-minute presentation explaining my Representative Journalism concept. You can see it below, it is very YouTube in quality. Here is Dan Kennedy, a Northeastern University journalism professor who writes the Media Nation blog, reacting to my presentation.
Free .TV show from Ustream
Also the forum […]

Read the full post ›

Posted in Bill Densmore, Community Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Business Models, Journalism Education, Journalism Ethics, Locally Grown, Northfield, Representative Journalism, Ruth Ann Harnisch, crowdfunding, journalism jobs, nonprofit journalism | No Comments

Dosh Dosh Lists Digg Plus 37 Other Social News Websites

July 2nd, 2008 by Leonard Witt

Dosh Dosh, an interesting site on social marketing and social networking, lists 48 top social news websites such as Reddit and Digg.
The site also has a primer about social news websites and points you to a list of 380 social news sites.

Read the full post ›

Posted in Social Media, Social Networking | No Comments

Need Journalism Funds, See a Community Foundation Now

June 29th, 2008 by Leonard Witt

Starting now community foundations can begin to apply for the five-year, $24-million Knight Community Information Challenge. So maybe if you, as a local citizen journalist, have an idea that could use funding this might be a very good time to drop by and see your local community foundation, which might not have a clue and […]

Read the full post ›

Posted in Community Foundations, Community Journalism, Eric Newton, Journalism, Journalism Business Models, digital media | No Comments

Previous Entries

Sidelines

PJNet.org