From net to radio: adapting a third-world solution to a first-world problem
From a presentation by the director of ElFaro.net, at the annual meeting of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists: they are succeeding in the goal of reaching large audiences in the country with a very limited internet penetration.
Note to talking heads on Judge Sotomayor’s ethnic background
Folks, while her nomination to the Supreme Court is a great accomplishment for Judge Sotomayor and the Hispanic community, hopefully she will be considered on her own merits not her background. However, if you can’t avoid talking about it at least make sure you have the geopolitical facts straight.
The (shrinking) job board for broadcasters
Look at an actual job board at RTNDA@NAB. A sad sight. And not just because it is a traditional, cork-backed bulletin board. The question is: what are are the execs looking at, the buleting board on the wall or at the other wall, you know, in the social net?
Crashing on Twitter
Talk about Twitter as an emerging tool for breaking news reporting… first Mumbay and now this: plane crash play-by-play.
You edit: CNN reporter sees Russia from Alaska
CNN’s Gary Tuchman went all the way to the part of Alaska from when one can actually see Russia but the story sounds so slanted that it invites some copy-editing.
The newspaper is dead. Long live the newspaper (…or whatever)!
Funding journalism: the overall theme seems to be related to divorcing content from the platform, even in this question about business models.
An Ethics Seal for blogs
Calling for an Ethic Seal for blogs and news sites at the Ethics Panel at ONA. Seems like a good idea, mostly about transparency. Sounds a little bit like purity rings…
Newspapers eating the broadcaster’s lunch?
According to the study the researchers are presenting on media convergence, “newspapers are eating the broadcaster’s lunch” in the run for the web. Really?
Nobody Cares About Your Blog
A colleague tells me in an email that he cares about my blog. That’s a reference to a phrase I use as a shorcut to summarize my feelings about user generated content.
Listening to cockpit conversations
Meet The Aviatrix. She flies, she blogs, and she has inadvertently done away with an old notion involving bad news and journalism.
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