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By: Innovation in College Media » Blog Archive » The internet is a river

Innovation in College Media » Blog Archive » The internet is a river — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:58:38 +0000

[...] Danny Sanchez rightly points out that an editor at the Orlando Sentinel makes the “The Internet is a river” metaphor a year ago: As Orlando Sentinel editor Charlotte Hall likes to say, online news is like a flowing [...]

By: Bryan Murley

Bryan Murley — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:49:23 +0000

Okay, so she gets the river reference, but I get the well? thanks for the reminder. Obviously, that was sitting in my subconscious for some time.

By: John Robinson

John Robinson — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 21:24:28 +0000

Good list. I sent this post to our online guys to suggest they use it to inform the staff during training and the daily work. One responded with this about #2: “I think related to that point is recognizing we’re in a constant battle with the competition. It never lets up. I think reporters need to think in terms of what they file online as dispatches that can be updated throughout the day if need be, recognizing that we have WFMY, WXII, News Channel 14, Fox 8, and the Biz Journal breathing down our necks.

“And also if they come across something the newspaper’s not interested in for whatever reason — a school shutting down in Davidson due to a gas leak for example — we still want that on our Web site.”

By: Innovation in College Media » Blog Archive » The swirling vortex of journalism ed

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:28:09 +0000

[...] There’s lots of interesting discussion going on about the state of journalism education, much of it crossing the Atlantic. Read these posts from Andy Dickinson, Martin Stabe, Kevin Anderson, and Andrew Grant-Adamson in the UK, practioners and academics all. Then read this from Dave Lee, a student in the UK. In the U.S., of course, there’s Mindy McAdams’ post from last week that started this ball rolling. Then there’s Bob Stepno. And don’t miss Ryan Sholin’s young gun words of wisdom. Or Matt Waite. Or Danny Sanchez. I’d like to see some thoughts from U.S. journalism students who write blogs. I know they’re out there. Link in, folks. This is your future we’re talking about here. Lots to read there. Lots to think about. But the very fact that there are so many people talking about these issues and sharing ideas with each other increases the possibility that we’ll all benefit. It’s that “wisdom of crowds” thing again. This whole conversation illustrates something Howard Owens mentioned in his interview with me. There’s a social nature to the World Wide Web that you have to be a part of to understand. And journalists need to increase their understanding. Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

By: BAOnline » Blog Archive » Discussions on the future of journalism education

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:54:24 +0000

[...] Interesting post on the whole discussion that’s currently chattering away on blogs about the future of journalism education, there’s some good points made about how online journalism is different to print journalism. There’s some points we could perhaps pick up for our newsday: 3) Web headlines are often different from print headlines. Online news stories truly live and die by the headline (i.e., just search “Shamu” and “New York Times” in Google). Search engines bring huge traffic and they sniff out headlines based on keywords, so try to get those in there. [...]

By: Lisa Williams

Lisa Williams — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 07:23:31 +0000

Hey, thanks for pointing out this interview — I would have missed it if I hadn’t read about it here.